Description of Native Vines 
shaped, edge often bristly ; glossy green. FLOWER: as in 92, 
cluster-stem 1’ or less ; fruit, black berries; stalk and branches 
green. New Jersey, west and south ; sparingly prickly. 
95. False China-brier. (Smilax pseudo-China.) 
LEAF: 3-57, simple, alternate, entire, ovate, base cordate or 
rounded, apex bristle-pointed, often bristly on edge. FLOWER: 
as in 92, but the stem of cluster 2’~3' long; July; fruit, black 
berries. New Jersey, west and south; with few weak prickles 
or none. 
96. Rough Smilax. (S. hispida.) 
LEAF: 3'-5', simple, alternate, entire, ovate (the larger with 
base cordate), apex bristle-pointed, edge sometimes rough, green: 
both sides. FLOWER: as in 92, but larger, and the cluster-stem. 
1’-2' long; June; fruit black. Connecticut, south and west; 
base of stalk thickly covered with long, blackish, needle-shaped, 
weak prickles. 
97. Walter’s Smilax. (S. Walteri.) 
LEAF : 3-4’, simple, alternate, entire, ovate or slightly lance- 
shaped, base sometimes slightly cordate, apex bristle-pointed, . 
thickish, smooth, green both sides, distinctly 3-veined. FLOWER: 
brownish, otherwise as in 92; cluster-stem %’ long or less; 
April-July ; fruit, red berries. New Jersey, and south; few 
prickles near base ; stalk somewhat angled. 
98. Matrimony-vine. (Lycium vulgare.) 
LEAF: 2’-4', simple, alternate (or clustered), entire, oval to 
lance-shaped, or broader toward apex, base tapering. FLOWER: 
purplish (corolla 5-lobed, spreading, calyx usually 3-lobed, 
stamens 5), rather small, single or paired; June-August. Culti- 
vated, and spontaneous in Pennsylvania ; trailing or drooping, 
the angled stems often spiny. Southern Europe. 
99. Climbing Rose. Prairie Rose. (Rosa setigera.) 
LEAF: pinnate, alternate, with stipules ; leaflets, 3-5, 1'-2' 
long, ovate, serrate, apex pointed, FLOWER: rose-color to 
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