n6 Saxifrage (Saxifragacecz) 



whitish, and often numerous. Old bark, often pealing 



off and leaving the stems unarmed. 

 Fruit, smooth, purple, sweet. 

 Found, from Newfoundland to New Jersey, and westward. 



(3) Round- Leaved Gooseberry. R. rotundifblium, Michx. 



This species differs from the common wild gooseberry 



chiefly in these items : 



Stamens, somewhat longer than the spatulate-oblong 

 calyx-lobes. 



Leaves, roundish, and not usually heart-shaped at base. 



Found, from western Massachusetts and New York south- 

 ward. 



(4) Missouri Gooseberry. R. grdcile, Michx. 



This species differs from the common wild gooseberry 

 chiefly in these items : 

 Stamens, becoming much longer than the narrowly oblong 



calyx-lobes. 

 Leaves, roundish. 

 Spines, often long, stout, and red. 

 Found, from Michigan to Tennessee, and westward. 



Fig. 51. (5) Swamp Gooseberry. R. lactistre, Poir. 



Flowers, in a drooping cluster of five to eight blossoms, 

 greenish, small, flattened. Stamens and style not 

 longer than the petals. Style, two-cleft. May. 



Leaves, heart-shaped, three- to five-lobed. Young stems, 

 covered thickly'with reddish prickles and with slim 

 thorns. Old stems, slightly armed with a few spines. 



Fruit, dark-purple, small, bristly, unpleasant to the taste. 



Found, in cold woods and swamps from New England 

 northward and westward. 



