ROSE -FAMILY 



shores of New England, shores of Lake Superior, south- 

 ward on the Alleghanies, westward to the Canadian 

 Rockies. June-August. 



Stem. — Woody at base, creeping; branches of the year 

 erect, two to six inches high, pubescent. 



Leaves. — Trifohate, thick, 

 dark green, shining above, 

 pale and minutely pubes- 

 cent beneath; leaflets three, 

 wedge-shaped; midrib de- 

 pressed, margin entire, apex 

 three-toothed; stipules lan- 

 ceolate, entire. 



Flowers. — White, of straw- 

 berry type, borne on stems 

 four to six inches high in 

 loose, irregular cymose pan- 

 icles. 



Calyx. — Five-lobed, lobes 

 ovate, acute, bractlets five, 

 shorter than calyx-lobes and 

 narrower. 



Corolla. — Petals five, obo- 

 vate, white. 



T\. T fv, ^ Axn,-. r- ( -1 Stamens. — About twenty; 



Ihree-Toothed White Cinquefoil. r^ . -, .. ^i n-i 



Potentaia tridentdta lilaments white, threadlike; 



anthers dark, small. 



Pistil. — Of many carpels; ripening into hairy akenes. 



This tiny alpine plant, nestling in rocky places, 

 marking the seams of granite rocks where a little 

 earth has collected, with shining leaves and in mid- 

 summer with a wealth of starry white flowers, is a 

 characteristic growth on the rocks of New England 

 and is especially abundant at Gloucester. 



At the point where stem and root meet, the stem 



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