124 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



PURPLE-FLOWERING 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 with 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, doubly toothed. Common. 

 Early summer. 



DOG ROSE (Rosa canina). Rose family. 

 Similar, but leaflets singly 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 57, 

 with short stalks. Fruit spherical or pear-shaped. 



DWARF WILD ROSE (Rosa lucidd). Rose family. 



Low; leaflets 3-7, with 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 (White 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, lowe^r white; leaves (2) 

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

 bling leaves) . Woods. Summer. 



