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Section 2. 

 Stems and petioles more or less prickly. 

 A. — Calj'x urn-shaped, contracted at the orifice ; the lower portion enclosing the 

 ovaries, which are hard and hairy, and becoming a red and succulent 

 "hip" as they ripen. (Genus Rosa.) 

 Calyx and hips smooth ; prickles strongly hooked. 

 Styles distinct, included, or nearly so, in the tube 

 of the calyx ; flowers usually pink ; hips egg- 

 shaped 1. Common Dog-rose. 



Styles united into a long, smooth column, and 

 mostly exserted ; flowers white, often yel- 

 low at the base ; hips globular 2. White Dog-eose. 



Calyx and hips rough with bristles; .prickles nearly] 3. Hairy-fruited Dog- 

 straight; leaves downy ; flowers deep pink. . . . | rose. 



B. — Calyx flat and spreading, permanently green and leafy; pistils forming a 

 conspicuous tuft in the centre ; achenia juicy. (Genus Rubus.) 

 II Stems shrubby. 

 Stems erect, or nearly so, glaucous. Leaves pinnate, 

 with five to seven serrated leaflets, white under- 

 neath ; flowers drooping ; petals not longer than 



the calyx ; fruit crimson 4. Wild Easpbeeby. 



Stems more cr less arched or trailing ; leaves temate 

 and irregularly quinate. 

 Stem round, glandular, hairy; panicle nearly simple ; 



fruit glaucous, of very few achenia 8. Dewberry. 



Stem angular ; fruit not glaucous. 



Leaves white, with soft down underneath; lower) 5. Linn^an Black- 



leaflets separate and retroflexed J berry. 



Leaves green on both sides, or nearly so. 



Stem rough with hfdrs and glands ; lower 



leaflets usually stalked 7. Glandular Bramble. 



Stem smooth, or nearly so; lower leaflets) 6. Hazle-leaved 

 sessile, and overlapping I Bramble. 



Il II Stems herbaceous. 

 Petals greenish-white ; achenia few, and red ; leaves ) 9. Little Eock 

 temate ; stem six to ten inches high j Bramble. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Common Dog-eose — [Rosa canina.) 

 tiedges and thickets, everywhere. Fl. June, July. 



Curtis, ii. 326 ; E. B. xiv. 992. 

 There is very commonly seen upon the branches of the wild-rose, and some- 

 times upon the leafstalks, a pretty little tuft resembling green moss, which, as 

 the season advances, turns vivid crimson. The heart of it is solid, and serves as 



