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(E. F. Burleson, Graves), Sprague (Miss Smith), Guilford 

 (G. H. Bartlett), New Haven and Orange (D. C. Eaton). 

 Occasional or local northward and usually plentiful where it 

 occurs. May — June. 



The root is used medicinally. 



KERRIA DC. 



Kerria japonica (Thunb.) DC. 

 Japanese. Rose. Globeflower. 



Rare. Ledyard, roadside as an escape from garden 

 (Graves). Late May — June. Introduced from eastern Asia. 



RUBUS L. Bramble. 



Rubus idaeus L. (of Mt. Ida.) 

 European Red Raspberry. 



Rare. Roadsides and fence-rows : Southington, escaped 

 from an old garden (W. H. Blanchard), Oxford (Harger), 

 Bridgeport, plentiful in one locality (Eames). Mid-May — 

 June; fruit Jul}-. Adventive from the Old World. 



Formerly much cultivated and represented by the Antwerp, 

 Fontenay, etc. 

 Rubus idaeus L., var. aculeatissimus Regel & Tiling (very 



prickly). 

 Rubus idaeus L., var. strigosiis Maxim. 

 Rubus strigosus Michx. 

 Red or Wild Red Raspberry. 



Fence-rows, pastures and thickets. Rare in the coast re- 

 gion of the southwestern part of the state ; occasional or 

 frequent elsewhere. Mid-May — June ; fruit late June — July. 



Valued for its fruit in cultivation. The Cuthbert and 

 other light red berries of gardens are of this type. 



X ? Rubus neglectus Peck (neglected). 

 Purple Wild Raspberry. 



Rare. Moist thicket: Oxford (Harger). Mid-May — 

 June. 



Thought to be a hybrid between Rubus idaeus var. 

 aculeatissimus and Rubus occidentalis. The Shafifer, Glad- 

 stone and Philadelphia are cultivated forms of this species. 



