Description of Native Shrubs 
112. Heather. (Calluna vulgaris.) 
LEAF: ¥%’ or less, simple, opposite, entire (with 2 sharp pro- 
jections at base), minute, crowded, evergreen. FLOWER: m., 
rose-colored or white (corolla bell-shaped, 4-lobed, much shorter 
than calyx, 8 stamens), in short spike-like racemes chiefly one- 
sided; July, August. Locally in Maine and Massachusetts. 
(PI. VI.) 
113. Swamp Rose. Carolina Rose. (Rosa Carolina.) 
LEAF: pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 5-9, serrate, ellipticai, apex 
often sharp, dull green above, lighter below, stipules narrow. 
FLOWER : p., rose-colored (5 petals, pistils and stamens numer- 
ous), several-clustered ; June-September ; flower-stems and calyx 
bristly ; stalks with hooked prickles; low ground; 4°-7° high. 
(ele VIL.) 
114. Dwarf Wild-rose. (R. lucida.) 
LEAF: pinnate, alternate; leaflets, 5-9, serrate, elliptical to 
lance-shaped, glossy, stipules broad. FLOWER: as in 113, but I- 
3-clustered ; May-July; prickles fewer than in 113, and nearly 
straight ; dry ground; 1°-2° high. (Pl. VII.) 
A variety (z7ztida) has narrow leaflets, both ends sharp, and 
flowers usually single. 
115. Early Wild-rose. (R. blanda.) 
LEAF: pinnate, alternate; leaflets, 5-7, serrate, oval to ob- 
long, apex blunt, dull green both sides, large stipules. FLOWER: 
as in 113, but “ght rose-color; May, June; flower-stems and 
calyx-tube sooth, and with bloom; few prickles. Virginia to 
Pennsylvania, and west; 1°-3° high. (Pl. VII.) 
116. Sweet-brier. (Rosa rubiginosa.) 
LEAF : pinnate, alternate; leaflets, 5-7, serrate, 1%4’-3/' long, 
base rounded, vesinous-dotted beneath, fragrant when crushed, 
stems hairy. FLOWER: p., light rose-color, mostly single, with 
bristly stems, sepals serrate and hairy; June-August; prickles 
numerous; often climbing. (Pl. VII.) 
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