9 8 Rose (Rosacece) 



Wild Rose. R. nitida, Willd. 



This species differs from R. lucida chiefly in the 

 following items : 



Flowers, solitary (rarely in twos or threes). Petals, red. 

 Sepals, entire. June. 



Leaflets, usually narrow and pointed at each end, nearly 

 stemless excepting the end one. Stems, reddened 

 by their dense covering of straight and slender 

 prickles. 



Fruit, scarlet. 



Found, in swampy ground from Newfoundland to New 

 England and New York. 



A shrub one to two feet high. 



Carolina Rose. Swamp Rose. R. Carolina, L. 

 Flowers, in leafy clusters of three to seven blossoms, 

 large, red to white. Petals, slightly two-lobed. 

 Sepals, spreading, and falling away after flowering. 



Leaflets, five to nine (mostly seven), sharply and often 

 doubly fine-toothed, dull green, not shining above, 

 rather variable in shape. Prickles, mostly two at the 

 base of each leaf-stem. 



Fruit, dark red, depressed and rounded. 



Found, along streams and in swamps, in damp woods and 

 thickets from Nova Scotia to Florida, and westward. 



A bushy shrub four to eight feet high with reddish 

 stalks. A very variable species. 



Fig. 39- Bland Rose. R. bldnda, Ait. 



Flowers, usually large, clustered or solitary. Petals, red- 

 dish, with a small notch at the end. Sepals, entire, 

 sho'rter than the petals, drawing together after flow- 



