Calyx narrow, somewhat constricted at the throat, 5-toothed; teeth erect. Petals 5, rather unequal, linear-lanceolate, inserted in the throat of the calyx, convolute in the bud. Stamens 10--20, included. Pods 5, included, at first lightly cohering with each other, 2--4-seeded. Seeds ascending, with a close coriaceous coat, and some albumen.--Perennial herbs, with almost sessile 3-foliolate leaves; the thin leaflets doubly serrate and incised. Flowers loosely paniculate-corymbed, pale rose-color or white. (Dedicated to an obscure German botanist or physician, _A. Gille_, or _Gillenius_.) 1. G. trifoliàta, Moench. (BOWMAN'S ROOT.) Leaflets ovate-oblong, pointed, cut-serrate; stipules small, awl-shaped, entire.--Rich woods, N. Y. to N. J. and Ga., west to Mich., Ind., and Mo. 2. G. stipulàcea, Nutt. (AMERICAN IPECAC.) Leaflets lanceolate, deeply incised; stipules large and leaf-like, doubly incised.--Western N. Y. and Penn. to S. Ind. and Kan., south to Ala. and La. 5. RÙBUS, Tourn. BRAMBLE. Calyx 5-parted, without bractlets. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens numerous. Achenes usually many, collected on a spongy or succulent receptacle, becoming small drupes; styles nearly terminal.--Perennial herbs, or somewhat shrubby plants, with white (rarely reddish) flowers, and edible fruit. (The Roman name, kindred with _ruber_, red.) § 1. _Fruit, or collective mass of drupes, falling off whole from the dry receptacle when ripe, or of few grains which fall separately._--RASPBERRY. [*] _Leaves simple; flowers large; prickles none; fruit and receptacle flat and broad._ 1. R. odoràtus, L. (PURPLE FLOWERING-RASPBERRY.) _Stem shrubby_ (3--5° high); _branches, stalks, and calyx bristly with glandular clammy hairs_; leaves 3--5-lobed, the lobes pointed and minutely toothed, the middle one prolonged; peduncles many-flowered; flowers showy (2´ broad); calyx-lobes tipped with a long narrow appendage; _petals rounded, purple rose-color_; fruit reddish.--N. Scotia to N. J. and Ga., west to Mich. 2. R. Nutkànus, Moçino. (SALMON-BERRY.) _Glandular_, scarcely bristly; leaves almost equally 5-lobed, coarsely toothed; peduncles few-flowered; _petals oval, white_.--Upper Mich., Minn., and westward. 3. R. Chamæmòrus, L. (CLOUD-BERRY. BAKED-APPLE BERRY.) _Herbaceous, low, diœcious; stem simple, 2--3-leaved, 1-flowered_; leaves roundish-kidney-form, somewhat 5-lobed, serrate, wrinkled; calyx-lobes pointless; _petals obovate, white_; fruit of few grains, amber-color.--In sphagnous swamps, highest peaks of White Mts., coast of E. Maine, and north and west to the Arctic regions. (Eu.) [*][*] _Leaflets (pinnately or pedately) 3--5; petals small, erect, white._ [+] _Stems annual, herbaceous, not prickly; fruit of few separate grains._