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ICOSANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 
vUfosus, 
strigosus. 
cuneifoiius. 
or two of Sweet-briar. Found wild, occasionally, along fences. 
Flowers small. I 2 . May, June. 
233. RUBUS. Gen pi. 864« 
Calix 5-cleft inferior. Petals 5. Berry com- 
pound; acini 1-seeded. 
1. 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.— 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. I 2 . June, July. 
2. R. without thorns, stiffly hispid ; folioles 3 or 
pinnate-quinate, oval, obtuse at the base, acumi- 
nate, lineate and covered with a white tomentuni 
underneath ; calices acuminate, flowers at the 
ends of the branches, axillary and solitary, pe- 
duncles and calicos hispid. — Mich. 
R. Pennsylvanica, Lamark. 
Red-fruited Raspbernj. 
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. I 2 . June, July. 
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 
waked.— Pm\sh. 
R. parvifolitis, Walt, and Muhl. 
