BOTANY OF LA SALLE COUNT-Y. 



S. salicifolia. Common Meadow Sweet. Stem 



erect, hard, nearly smooth, leafy. Leaves 



wedge-shaped, serrate. -Flowers small, W. or 



Pi. W., crowded, hi a panicle. 1%- to 3 ft. 



>S; lobata. ''Queen "-of the Meadows. Stems die. 



down to ground each year. Erect, smooth. 



L/eaves odd pinnate, the terminal one much the 



larg-est, 9 parted, lobes cut and strongly toothed. 



Flowers in a large panicle on a long- naked pe- 



" t- Iduricle;' 2^ ftf. , Ju. X A very handsome- plant. 



Wet ground. 



i-Si. ^Aruncus.. Erect;, tally 2 K to 4 ft; Smooth; 



,".t.fv 1 1 leaves farg-e, ternately compound; leaflets ovate, 



,M.i-nt;-axuminate,' Coarsely serrate',- flowers in- long-, 



i " y .slender spikes, 1 ismall\ -W. , -Ju. \ Bluffs. I < . > 



GILIvENIA. Indian Physic. Bowman ? s< Root, .JB^rect, 



I <> , I ^branched* 'leaves' 3^ ; f dliatev leaflets lotted doubly 



n'.tj.> .seiiratbi acu'ter'thi'ili! veins prominent, yrtol 



il.<ij..r!iitfifoliata. P. U'pper 'leaveis much smallier than 



!>)"! lithe'lowe^; stipules narrdw; petals lotigi narrow, 



xji""v.i;iiPi'.!;t ifloU^er ldistant'2'ft.' In bpen wqods <at top of 



RUBUS. Black and Raspberries. Prickly stemmed 

 .7 r:r'.ilshpul>s ; ^)rbdu^ing- blossbms >'atid fruit> on-stemsiof 

 .' I f.Iorrbhe 'last ' years growth. -* --*ff) ^p[ / 

 ;')RilKtriflorus. Dwarf Raspberr^. '^Prafili-ngf <6 to 12 

 ,oh.vxJti., : leaves of 3 to'5 ovate, doubly serrate leaf- 

 h'.o'// letfef; 'peduncles 1 to>3 flowered/ iJuJ/ 



R. strig-osus. Wild Red ' Raspberry ^ Stems beset 



with -reddish, stiff, straig-ht prickles, : Yi (Br. 



f/->m')j Cleaves of 3 to 5 ovate,* acuminate, serrate, leaf- 



.f<fr/K-7letS' whitish, downy beoeath; fruits red. 2 to 4 



f. ":') f''>'ft.- ' M^>-' ti^'tzrfy trr.~-,r' ,';. 



"-R; 'OGcidentalis. Black Raspb'erry. Thimbleberry. 

 R. villosus. Common Hig-h Blackberry. 2 to 6 ft. 



