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ROSACEJE. (ROSE FAMILY.) 
1. R. sctigcra, Michx. (Climbing or Prairie Rose.) Stems 
climbing, armed icith stout nearly straight prickles, not bristly ; leaflets 
3-5, ovate , acute, sharply serrate, smoothish or downy beneath; 
stalks and calyx glandular; flowers corymbed; sepals pointed; pe¬ 
tals deep rose-color changing to white ; styles cohering in a column as 
long as the stamens; fruit (hip) globular. — Borders of prairies and 
thickets, Ohio to Wisconsin. July. —A fine species, the only Amer¬ 
ican climbing Rose ; the strong shoots growing 15°-20° in a season. 
Several varieties and hybrid forms are in cultivation. 
2. R. Carolina, L. (Swamp Rose.) Armed with stout hook¬ 
ed prickles, not bristly; leaflets 5-9, elliptical, often acute, dull above 
and pale beneath ; stipules narrow ; flotcers in corymbs ; calyx and pe¬ 
duncles glandular-bristly, the former with leaf-like appendages; fruit 
(hip) depressed-globular, somewhat bristly.—Low grounds, common. 
July - Sept. — Bushes 6° high, many-flowered ; the deep rose-colored 
petals inversely heart-shaped, as in the others. 
3. R. lucida, Ehrh. (Low Wild Rose.) Armed with une¬ 
qual bristly prickles , which are mostly deciduous, the stouter persistent 
prickles nearly straight, slender; leaflets 5-9, elliptical, shining above, 
sharply serrate; stipules broad ; peduncles 1 - 3 -flowered, and w ith the 
appendaged calyx-lobes glandular-bristly; fruit depressed-globular, 
smooth when ripe. — Common in dry soil or borders of swamps. 
May-July. — Stems 2? high ; the flowers large in proportion. 
4. R. Ilstida, Willd. (Shining Dwarf Rose.) Stems and 
stalks thickly clothed with very slender and straight bristly prickles; 
leaflets 5 — 9, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, very smooth and shining, 
serrate; stipules broadish, reaching to the lowest pair of leaflets; 
flowers solitary, the peduncle and calyx bristly ; fruit globose. — Low 
grounds, from Massachusetts northward, near the coast. June._ 
Stems 1° high ; petals deep rose-color. 
5. R. bluilda, Ait. (Early Wild Rose.) Nearly unarmed, 
or with scattered straight deciduous prickles; leaflets 5-7, oval or ob- 
long, obtuse, pale on both sides and minutely downy or hoary beneath, 
serrate; stipules large; flowers 1-3, the peduncles and calyx-tube 
smooth and glaucous ; fruit globose, crowned with the persistent erect 
and connivent entire calyx-lobes. — Rocks and banks, Vermont to 
Wisconsin, chiefly northward. May, June. — Stems l°-3° high, 
prickly only towards the base ; the branches reddish, like the Cinna¬ 
mon Rose. Petals longer than the calyx, light rose-color. 
* * Naturalized species. Leaflets downy and beset with russet glands 
underneath , fragrant. 
6. R. riibigindsa, L. (True Sweet-Brier.) Prickles nu¬ 
merous, the larger hooked, and the smaller aicl-shaped; leaflets doubly 
serrate, rounded at the base; fruit pear-shaped or obovate, crowned 
with the persistent calyx-lobes. — Road-sides and thickets, extensively 
naturalized. June - Aug. 
