Rubus

(ru’bus) [L.]._ A genus of rosaceous plants, including the blackberries, raspberries, brambles, dewberries, and cloudberries. The root-barks of.R. canaden’ sis, trivia’lis, and villo’sus, species of blackberry, are tonic and astringent, and used in diarrhea. Dose of fluidextract, 10-60 min. (0.666- 4 c.c.). The fruits of R. ide’us and R. strigo’- sus, red raspberries, are used in pharmacy.