encrease: the leaues grow without order, composed of three leaues, and sometimes of fiue, or else the two lower leaues are diuided into two parts, as Hop leaues are now and then, of a light greene colour both aboue and vnderneath. The floures grow on the tops of the branches, racematim, many together, sometimes white, sometimes of a very light purple colour, euery floure containing fiue leaues, which are crompled or wrinkled, and do not grow plaine: the fruit followes, first green, and afterwards blew, euerie berry composed of one or two graines, seldome oboue foure or fiue grow∣ing together, about the bignesse of corans; wherein is contained a stony hard kernell or seed, and a iuyce of the colour of Claret wine, contrarie to the common Rubus or Bramble, whose leaues are white vnderneath: the berries being ripe are of a shining blacke colour, and euery berry containes vsually aboue forty graines closely compacted and thrust together. The root is wooddy and la∣sting. This growes common enough in most places, and too common in ploughed fields. Sept. 6. 1619. Iohn Goodyer. ‡
3 The Raspis or Framboise bush hath leaues and branches not much vnlike the common Bramble, but not so rough nor prickly, and sometimes without any prickles at all, hauing onely a rough hairinesse about the stalkes: the fruit in shape and proportion is like those of the Bramble, red when they be ripe, and couered ouer with a little downinesse; in taste not very pleasant. The root creepeth far abroad, whereby it greatly encreaseth. ‡ This growes either with prickles vp∣on the stalkes, or else without them: the fruit is vsually red, but sometimes white of colour. ‡
4 Stone Bramble seldome groweth aboue a foot high, hauing many small flexible branches without prickles, trailing vpon the ground, couered with a reddish barke, and somwhat hairy: the leaues grow three together, set vpon tender naked foot-stalkes somewhat snipt about the edges: the floures grow at the end of the branches, consisting of foure small white leaues like those of the Cherry tree: after which come small Grape-like fruit, consisting of one, two, or three large trans∣parent berries, set together as those of the common Bramble, of a red colour when they be ripe, and of a pleasant taste, but somewhat astringent. The roots creepe along in the ground very farre abroad, whereby it greatly increaseth.
4 Chamaemorus (called in the North part of England, where they especially doe grow, Knot∣berries, and Knought-berries) is likewise one of the Brambles, though without prickles: it brings