58 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



but entirely lacks spines, this feature being a 

 distinguishing mark of the species. The stems 

 are a dark red. It favors moist, rocky places 

 from Newfoundland south to New Jersey and 

 west to Illinois and Ontario. 



SWAMP ROSE 



Rosa Carolina Rose Family 



Fruit — The scarlet hip is globose or de- 

 pressed-globose. It and the stem are set with 

 glandular hairs. The spreading or reflexed 

 calyx lobes are deciduous. September -, remains 

 during the winter. 



Leaves. — The compound leaves have five to 

 nine leaflets, usually seven. They are usually 

 narrowly oblong and pointed at either end. 

 They are simply and finely serrate, dull green, 

 and pale or pubescent beneath. Even in mid- 

 summer they often become a dull reddish color, 

 which is the regular autumnal shade. The 

 stipules are dilated. 



Flowers. — The bright pink flowers usually 

 grow in corymbs, seldom solitary. June- 

 August. 



This rose of swamps and stream borders 



