N'O. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 237 



Rubus phoenicolasius Maxim, (having purple-red hairs). 

 VVineberry. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to fields and roadsides: 

 Southington (Andrews), Fairfield (Eames), Norwalk (E. H. 

 Baldwin). June- — Aug. Adventive from Japan. 



Cultivated as an ornamental plant and for its fruit. 



Rubus occidentalis L. (western). 



Black Raspberry. Thimbleberry. Black-cap. 



Common. Thickets, fence-rows, roadsides and pastures. 

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



The Ohio, Gregg, etc., are cultivated forms of this species. 

 Both wild and cultivated its fruit is valued for dessert and 

 preserving. 



The forma pallidus (Bailey) Robinson (pale) has been 

 found in Bridgeport (Eames) and Oxford (Harger). The 

 Golden Queen of the gardens is a derivative of this form. 



Rubus odoratus L, (fragrant). 

 Purple Flowering Raspberry. 



Rocky woods. Rare near the coast; becoming. occasional 

 or frequent northward. June — Aug. ; fruit Aug. — Sept. 



Rubus triflorus Richards, (three-flowered). 

 Rubus americanus Britton. 

 Dwarf or Running Raspberry. 



Wet, often rocky woods, and in wooded swamps. Rare 

 near the coast; becoming occasional or frequent northward. 

 May ; fruit June. 



Sometimes occurs with pink flowers. 

 Rubus allegheniensis Porter. 



Rubus villosus Gray's Manual ed. 6 in large part, not Ait. 

 Rubus nigrobaccus Bailey. 

 High-bush or Mulberry Blackberry. 



Common in woods, thickets and pastures in the hilly and 

 mountainous parts of the state; occasional or local at low 

 elevations and in sandy soil elsewhere. Mid-May — June ; 

 fruit late July — Sept. 



One of our most valued wild berries and often cultivated, 

 the Taylor being a representative. The fruit- juice and root- 



