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358. Rubus. 60. DRYADE/E. 
PL ex. cal . 
Root creeping; runners 0 ; stem angulate ; leaves unequally 
serrated ; flowers peduncled, dark rose-coloured ; fruit pur- 
ple. — Fruit is made in Sweden into a rich sweetmeat, or 
hoe-flavoured wine. 
3. Rubus saxatilis . Stone bramble . 
Stem unarmed, simple ; runners creeping ; leaves ternate, 
nearly bald ; panicle few-flowered. 
Chamsemorus quae Chamaerubus saxatilis, Raii Syn. 261,2. 
Rubus saxatilis, Ger. em. 1278, 4 ; Lin. S. P. 708. 
Rubus alpinus saxatilis, Park. 1014. 
Alpine shady places ; perennial ; June. 
Root fibrous ; runners or barren stems hairy ; leaves pale- 
green, thin, doubly serrated; lower leaves sometimes in 
fives; side leaflets sessile; flowers 3 or 4; petals white, 
lanceolate; fruit red; akenia 3 or 4, very fleshy. — Fruit 
rather astringent, yet pleasant. 
b. Rubus. Stem shrubby , armed ; runners bending down , 
rooting at the end ; leaves digitate. 
4. Rubus fruticosus. * Shrubby bramble. 
Stem angular, prickly; prickles hooked; leaves generally 
in fives; leaflets woolly beneath, petioled ; calyx-lobes turned 
back. 
Rubus major fructu nigro, Raii Syn. 467, 1. 
Rubus vulgaris major, Park. 1013. 
Rubus, Ger. em. 1269, 1. 
Rubus fruticosus, Lin. S. P. 707. 
Common bramble. Blackberry. 
Woods and hedges ; shrubby; July and August. 
Stem woody, tough, divaricating; angles prickly; prickles 
dilated at bottom, compressed, conical ; leaves in threes or 
fives ; leaflets blunt with a point, dark green, rough ; pa- 
nicle racemose, many-flowered ; petals white. — Fruit rather 
acid, but eats well with wine. 
5. Rubus corylifolius. Hazel-leaved bramble. 
Stem roundish, diffused, prickly; prickles placed pro- 
miscuously, straight; leaves usually in fives ; leaflets ovate, 
rather hairy ; side-leaflets sessile. 
Rubus corylifolius. Smith FI. Brit. 542. 
Rubus fruticosus major, With. Bot. Arr . 469. 
Hedges; shrubby; July. 
