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Small-leaved Blackberry.^ 
About three feet high, well described above. Berries not 
unpleasant when mature. Along field-fences in Jersey, and 
forming little thickets in sandy neglected fields or commons ; 
not unfrequent. I2 . June, July. 
4. R. branches and petioles glaucous and prick- occidentals, 
ly ; leaves ternate, oval, acuminate, sublobate, 
duplicate-serrate, white-tomentose underneath; 
petioles terete, prickly recurved, racemes ter- 
minal. — Willd. and Pursh. 
Icon. Dill, eltli. t. 247. f. 319. (Pursh.) 
Black-raspberry. Thimble-berry. 
A very handsome species, about three or four feet high. 
Leaves light green above, white underneath. Stem very 
smooth and glaucous. In retired thickets with other species 
of Rubus, not unfrequent. The fruit which is known by the 
name of wild black-raspberry, is very sweet and delicious. It is 
brought abundantly to the Philadelphia market from the 
neighbouring country. \i . May, June. 
5. R. sarmentose-procumbent ; petioles and pe- procumbens. 
duncles prickly and recurvedly hispid, stipules 
subulate ; leaves ternate and quinate, oblong- 
oval, acute, unequally serrate, subpubescent, 
pedicels solitary, elongated, petals obovate three 
times the length of the calix. — Mich, and PifcrsA. 
R. procumbens, Muhl. 
R. trivialis, Mich., Willd., &c. 
Dewberry. 
Easily recognized from other species, by its procumbent 
and samentose habit. Fruit very large, oblong, and deliciously 
flavoured. It is quite medicinal. (See Veg. Mat. Med. U. S.) 
In old and neglected fields, very common. . 
6. R. sarmentose-procumbent ; stem terete, and fiageiians. 
petioles recurvedly-prickly ; leaves ternate, gla- 
brous, unequally serrate, the intermediate one 
ovate and cuneate at base, the lateral ones 
rhomboid. — Willd. eniim. and Pursh, 
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