ioo Rose (Rosacece) 



ering, and not falling off. Bracts, under the blossom 

 large and downy. June. 



Leaflets, five to seven, toothed, wedge-shaped at the base, 

 with short stems, not shining above. Leaf-stem, un- 

 armed. Stems, with a reddish bark. Prickles, none, 

 or few, scattered and straight. 



Fruit, rounded. 



Found, among rocks and on open hills around the Great 

 Lakes, and from Newfoundland to Central New York. 



A shrub two to three feet high. 



Sweet Brier. Eglantine. {R. rubiginbsa, L.} 



Flowers, light red, mostly solitary, on short, bristly stems, 

 fragrant. Sepals, hairy, with slashed or toothed 

 edge, not falling off in ripening. 



Leaflets, five to seven, one half to two thirds inches long, 

 usually thickly covered beneath with resinous glands, 

 very fragrant when crushed. Leaf-stem, hairy. 

 Prickles, mostly strong and recurved. 



Fruit, orange-red, oblong to reverse egg-shape. 



Found, in waste fields and along roadsides from South 



Carolina and Tennessee northward. Introduced 



from Europe. 



A stout shrub four to eight feet high. 



(6) Genus PYRUS, L. (Chokeberry, etc.) 

 Fig. 40. Chokeberry. P. arbutifblia, L. f. 



Flowers, white or reddish, in clusters, usually of about 

 twelve blossoms. Petals, five, roundish. Calyx, urn- 

 shaped. Styles, united toward the base. Calyx and 

 flower-stem downy when young. May, June. 



