Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits . uropean speciesunder the name B. cuneifoUusMerc, but it was publishedsince R. cuneifoUus, Pursh.,therefore cannot stand. Infact, the European name hasalready been replaced by , Focke, 27. R. viLLOSUS, Ait.—LowBlackberry. Canadensis, authors,not L. Main stems shrubby, long,trailing, rather sparsely andlightly prickly; leaflets 3,on both fruiting and youngcanes (rarely pedately 5-7) ;oval or ovate-lanceolate,acuminate, or obtuse at baseof
Bush-fruits; a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits . uropean speciesunder the name B. cuneifoUusMerc, but it was publishedsince R. cuneifoUus, Pursh.,therefore cannot stand. Infact, the European name hasalready been replaced by , Focke, 27. R. viLLOSUS, Ait.—LowBlackberry. Canadensis, authors,not L. Main stems shrubby, long,trailing, rather sparsely andlightly prickly; leaflets 3,on both fruiting and youngcanes (rarely pedately 5-7) ;oval or ovate-lanceolate,acuminate, or obtuse at baseof fruiting shoots, thin,slightly roughened, sharplyand usually singly cut-ser-rate, petioles and veins be-neath often prickly; in-florescence cymose, scarcelyextending beyond the leaves,few-flowered ; peduncles slightly pubescent but notglandular; sepals tomentos?within, often 3-lobed at tip,the central lobe being long,expanded and —Newfoundland to Virginia, and west to easternKansas and central Minnesota. This species, with its varieties, forms the foundation typeto which the northern dewberries Fig. 62. Eubus cuneifoUus(XI). NOBTREJRN DEWBERRY 329 Var. RORIBACCUS, larger and stronger; leaflets broad below, usually tri-angular-ovate, doubly serrate with small teeth, and more orless notched or jagged; peduncles longer, straighter, stouter,and more erect, habitually more numerous and more conspic-uously overtopping the leaves; flowers very large, sometimes twoinches (5 em.) across ; sepals uniformly larger, some of themmuch prolonged and leaf-like and conspicuously lobed (some-times becoming an inch long and wide) ; fruit much larger andlonger as a rule.—Original description. This variety is represented in cultivation by the Lucretia. Itwas found in West Virginia, though evidently not common there. Var. MiCHiGANENSis, Card. Stems woody, trailing in sand and more or less subterranean,sparingly armed with comparatively weak, reflex
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