124 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Purple-Flowerixg Raspberry {Rubus odoratus). 

 Rose family. 

 Max. ht. 5 ft. ; clammy hairs on young branches and 

 calyx; flowers on stalks; flowers (2 in. across) with 5 

 broad petals; leaves broad iiiih 3-5 lobes; toothed, 

 middle lobe long. Dry rocky ground. Early summer. 



Wild Rose. Sweetbrier (Rosa rubiginosa). Rose family. 



Max. ht. 6 ft.; stem with prickles, bent backwards; 



flowers on short stalks, five broad petals; leaves of 



5-7 leaflets, rounded, dotibly toothed. Common. 



Early summer. 

 Dog Rose (Rosa canina). Rose family. 



Similar, but leaflets singh' toothed. 



Swamp Rose {Rosa Carolina). Rose family. 



Max. ht. 7 ft.; bushy, thorns hooked; leaflets 5-9, 

 rather long stalks, sharply toothed. Fruit spherical. 



Smooth Rose {Rosa blanda). Rose family. 



Max. ht. 4 ft. ; practically without thorns ; leaflets 5-7 , 

 with short stalks. Fruit spherical or pear-shaped. 



Dwarf Wild Rose {Rosa liicida). Rose family. 



Low; leaflets 3-7, Avith coarse teeth; thorns wide 

 at base, almost straight. Fruit hairy. 



Steeple-bush. Hardhack {Spiraea tomentosa). Rose 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 4 ft.; erect; stem woolly; flowers small in 

 pointed clusters at end of stem; calyx 5-cleft; 

 petals 5 ; leaves egg-shaped-oval, toothed. Low 

 grounds. Summer. 

 See also Mountain Laurel (White 54) and Great 

 Laurel (AVhite 53). 



16. Leaves otherwise than opposite or whorled, upright herb, 



flowers in spike. 



Showy Orchis {Orchis spectabilis). Orchis family. 



Ht. several in.; leafless stem square; flowers 2- 

 lipped, upper lip pink, lower white; leaves (2) 

 from root, long and shiny (bracts on stem resem- 

 bling leaves). Woods. Summer. 



