The Cloudberry.
Rubus Chamæmorus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 708. Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. ii. p. 1090. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 349.—Icosandria Polygynia, Linn. Rosaceæ, Juss.
A herbaceous bramble with simple, plaited, and lobed leaves; stem without prickles, undivided and single-flowered. The flowers are white, the berries large and of a yellowish-red colour. They are ripe in July, when they drop from the stalk at the slightest touch, make an excellent preserve, and are collected by Indians, fishermen, and eggers, in great quantities. In Newfoundland I found them larger and better than in Labrador. Their ripeness is a sure intimation of the arrival of the Esquimaux Curlew (Numenius borealis), which comes in clouds from the north, to feed upon them.