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1. Rubus frondosus Bigel. Leafy-flowered Blackberry. Erect, 
about 3 feet high, villous when young; leaves 3-parted, lighter 
beneath; prickles slender and straight; inflorescence dense, usually 
with unifoliate leaves; flower about 1 in. broad. Coshocton, 
Gallia, Hancock, Lake, Columbiana. 
2 . Rubus alleghaniensis Port. High Blackberry. Plants 
shrubby, branched, glandular-pubescent, 3-10 ft. high, leaves 
3-5-par ted, inflorescence terminal, racemose-paniculate; flowers 
1—1L 4 in. broad. General. 
3. Rubus procumbens Muhl. Common Dewberry. Trail¬ 
ing shrubs with few or no prickles; branches erect, 3-9 in. tall; 
leaves 3-7-foliate; leaflets oval, rounded or narrowed at the base, 
rather finely and sharply dentate, sometimes serrate. General. 
4. Rubus hispidus L. Hispid Dewberry. Stems slender, 
densely set with weak bristles; branches slender, 3-9 in. long; 
leaves 3-foliate; leaflets ovate or obovate, sharply serrate; flowers 
corymbose, small, about pf in. broad; fruit red, small, about 
p 4 in. long. Ashtabula, Lucas, Cuyahoga, Portage, Geauga, 
Logan, Summit, Lake. 
5. Rubus occidentalis L. Black Raspberry. Stems recurved, 
very glaucous, sometimes 12 ft. long, armed with stout recurved 
prickles, which are usually in pairs; leaves 3-5-parted; leaflets 
ovate, acumenate, serrate, inflorescence corymbose; fruit black, 
hemispheric. General. 
6 . Rubus neglectus Peck. Purple Raspberry. Stems 1-3 
ft. long, glaucous, sparingly bristly and prickly; leaflets ovate, 
sharply serrate, very white beneath; inflorescence corymbose, 
terminal; flowers, white; fruit dark-red or purple. Williams, 
Stark, Defiance, Ashtabula. 
7. Rubus strigosus Mx. Wild Red Raspberry. Branched 
biennial shrub, 3-6 ft. high with many weak glandular bristles, 
leaves 3-5-foliate, white, velvety-pubescent beneath leaflets, 
ovate to ovate oblong, acuminate, rounded at the base; inflores¬ 
cence racemose; flowers f-f in. broad; fruit red. Summit, 
Erie, Clarke. 
8 . Rubus triflorus Richards. Dwarf Raspberry. Stems 
trailing or ascending; leaves 3-5-foliate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, rather coarsely serrate; flowers 1-3 on a peduncle, pink or 
white; fruit red-purple, rather large, acid. Sandusky, Stark, 
Lorain, Brown, Wyandot, Crawford, Vinton, Wood, Champaign, 
Lake, Lucas, Fairfield. 
9. Rubus phoenicolasius Max. Wineberry. Stems densely 
covered with reddish-brown prickles and gland-tipped hairs; 
leaves 3-5-parted, white pubescent beneath; leaflets broadly 
ovate; fruit red, enclosed in the bur-like calyx. Lake County. 
