12G ROSACKi^E. (UOSE FAMILY.) 



iliilar ; coivmb fi'w-flowercd ; jiotals obcordntc ; fruit {rlol)Osc, sniootli. — Borders 

 of swaini>s, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. June. — Stem lu°-15° 

 long. Flowers 2' -3' wide, red. 



* * Stylts distinct, included : Jloirers r(d or vliite. 



2. E,. Carolina, L. Stem erect, smooth, armed with stout recurved Ptipu- 

 lar prickles; leaflets 5-9, ohlong or elliptical, acute, finely serrate, dull and 

 smoothisli above, the lower surface paler, or, like the j>ricklr petioles and cau- 

 date calyx-lobes, tomentose ; flowers single or corymbose ; calyx-tube and 

 ])eduneles glandular-hispid. — Swamps, Florida to Xorth Carolina, and west- 

 ward. June. — Stem 4° - G° high, commonly purplish. Fruit depressed-globose, 

 glandular. 



3. E.. lueida, Ehrhart Stem low, erect, armed with bristles and stout 

 stipular jjrickles ; leaflets mostly 5, elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, sharply ser- 

 rate, smooth and shining above, paler and often somewhat pubescent beneath ; 

 flowers solitary, or 2-3 together ; peduncles and calyx glandular, the latter 

 with foliaceous, often incised lobes. (11. parviflora. Ell.) — Florida to Mississijipi, 

 and northward, mostly in dry soil, common. May and June. — Stem l°-3° 

 high. A variable species. Stem sometimes smooth. 



4. R. rubiginosa, L. (Eglantine.) Stem erect or curving, armed with 

 very stout j)rickles ; leaflets 5-7, oval or obovate, serrate, glandular beneath; 

 flowers mostly solitary, on hispid peduncles; fruit obovate. (R. suaveolens, 

 Piirsh.) — Waste places in the ujjpcr districts : introduced. Branches yellowish- 

 green. Leaves fragrant. 



5. E,. laevigata, Michx. (Cherokee Rose ) Stem long, trailing, 

 smooth, the branches armed with very stout and curved prickles ; leaves ever- 

 green, mostly trifoliolate ; leaflets smooth and shining, lanceolate, the midrib his- 

 pid ; sti])ules deciduous ; flowers large, solitary, white ; calyx very bristly. — 

 Common in cultivation. 



15. CRAT^GUS, L. Hawti:ork. 



Calyx urn-shaped ; the limb 5-cleft, persistent. Petals ,5, orbicular, concave. 

 Stamens few or many. Styles 1-5, distinct. Fruit fleshy, contauiing 1-5 

 bony nutlets. — Thorny shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, serrate or variously 

 lobed. Flowers white, axillary and solitary, or in corymbs terminating short 

 lateral branches. Stipules on the young branches linear, or lunate and ser- 

 rate. 



* Corymhs compound, mamj-fiowered. 

 ■4- Fruit small, not larger than a pea. 



1. C. spathulata, Michx. Young branches tomentose, otherwise nearly 

 smooth and glandless throughout ; leaves small, s])atulate, crcnate at the sum- 

 mit ; those on the young shoots larger and incisely lobed ; calyx-lobes very 

 short; styles 5 ; fruit very small, red. — River-banks, Florida to North Carolina, 

 and west to ^Mississippi. April. — A small tree. Corymbs sometimes slightly 

 pvibcsccnt. Stipules lunate on the young branches. 



