:^8 WHITE TO GREEN 



CREEPING RASPBERRY 



Rubus pedahis. Rose Family 



Stems : trailing, filiform, rooting at the nodes, pubescent. Leaves : tri- 

 foliolate; leaflets cuneate-obovate, incised, serrate. Flowers: solitary on 

 long slender pedicels; sepals nearly glabrous, entire, exceeding the petals. 

 Fruit: large red juicy drupelets. 



A charming little vine that trails over the rocks and creeps 

 along the ground, gemming the moss with its starry five- 

 petalled white flowers, in the centre of each of which grow 

 many fine yellow-tipped stamens. The leaves are divided into 

 three (or very rarely five) leaflets, which are coarsely toothed 

 at the edges. The fruit consists of a cluster of from three to 

 six red juicy globules, pressed together and held in a cup of 

 tiny green leaves. The long lithe strands of this pretty, deli- 

 cate vine are most decorative, as many white flowers and 

 scarlet fruits may be gathered at the same time upon a single 

 trailing branch. 



WHITE DRYAS 



Dryas octopetala. Rose Family 



Stems : prostrate, woody at the base, branched. Leaves : oblong-ovate, 

 coarsely crenate-toothed, obtuse at each end, green and glabrous above, 

 densely white-canescent beneath, the veins prominent. Flowers: white. 

 Fruit: plumose, conspicuous. 



These beautiful white-cupped flowers grow close to the 

 ground, generally in dry sandy or rocky places. They do 

 not always have eight petals, as their name would indicate, 

 but may be found with from six to twelve on a single flower. 

 The name Dryas is from the Latin, signifying '' a wood- 

 nymph," and certainly the velvety petals of this dainty plant, 

 growing amid a mass of silver-backed leaves, are sufficiently 

 exquisite to warrant the appellation. 



