232 ICOSANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 



or two of Sweet-briar. Found wild, occasionally, along fences. 

 Flowers small. \ . May, June. 



233. RUBUS. Gen pi. 864. (Ro&cicex.) 



Calix 5-cleft inferior. Petals 5. Berry com- 

 pound; acini 1 -seeded. 



vjiiosus. i. R. pubescent, hispid and prickly; leaves 3-5 

 digitate, folioles ovate-oblong, acuminate, ser- 

 rate, every where pubescent; stems and peti- 

 oles prickly, calix short, acuminate, raceme 

 loose, pedicels solitary. — Willd. and Pursh. 



Common Blackberry -bush. 



This well known species affords a fine flavoured fruit. The 

 plant itself, and the fruit are- equally medicinal. In dry soil 

 forming extensive thickets, every where. In neglected fields, 

 frequent. Jj . June, July. 



strigosus. 2. R. without thorns, stiffly hispid ; folioles 3 or 

 pinnate-quinate, oval, obtuse at the base, acumi- 

 nate, lineate and covered with a white tomentum 

 underneath ; calices acuminate, flowers at the 

 ends of the branches, axillary and solitary", pe- 

 duncles and calices hispid. — Mich. 

 R. Pcnnsylvanica, Lamark. 



Red-fruited Raspberrtj, 



The fruit of this shrub, is well known under the name of 

 wild red raspberries. It is very pleasant and much esteemed. 

 In Jersey, near Woodbury, not common. I2 . June, July. 



cuneifolius. 



3. R. branches, petioles and peduncles tomentose, 

 sparingly set with recurved prickles; leaves 3 — 5 

 digitate, folioles cuneate, obovate, unequally den- 

 date above, plaited, margin very entire and re- 

 volute, tomentose underneath; racemes termi- 

 nal, paniculate, pedicels divaricate, and nearly 

 naked. — Pursh. 



R. parvifolius, Walt, and Muhl. 



