Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
white (petals 5, obovate, many stamens, styles in a column), 2'~3' 
across, a little fragrant, clustered; July ; fruit spherical, red. 
New York, west and south; cultivated; climbing, with large 
prickles. A favorite variety of this almost the only native climber 
is the Baltimore Belle. (Pl. VIII.) 
100. Sweet-brier. Eglantine. (Rose rubiginosa.) 
LEAF : pinnate, alternate, with stipules; leaflets, 5-7, %4'-%4' 
long, serrate, oval, downy, with many resinous dots beneath, 
fragrant when bruised. FLOWER: light rose, fragrant (petals 5, 
calyx-lobes hairy and deeply cut on edges), mostly single on 
bristly stems; June-August ; fruit oblong or obovate, orange- 
red. Eastern States ; vine and shrub; stalks with both hooked 
and oval-shaped prickles. A variety has smaller flowers, calyx- 
lobes not remaining on fruit, and fruit elliptical. (Pl. VIII.) 
ror. Running Swamp Blackberry. (Rubus hispidus.) 
LEAF: pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 3-5, 1'-2' long, serrate (en- 
tire toward the base), obovate, smooth, thickish. FLOWER: white 
or reddish, small (petals 5, stamens many), few- or many-clus- 
tered, cluster-stem often bristly ; June; fruit small, sour; trail- 
ing, branches somewhat erect (8’'-12’); with reversed prickles. 
102. Low Blackberry. Dewberry. (Rubus canadensis.) 
LEAF: pinnate, alternate; leaflets, 3-7, coarsely serrate, 
1'-1¥4' long, oval to ovate-lance-shaped, nearly smooth, mostly 
pointed, thin. FLOWER: white (petals 5, large, stamens many), 
in leafy-bracted racemes ; May; fruit juicy, %’-1' in diameter ; 
July, August ; shrubby and trailing ; somewhat prickly. 
103. Club-mosses. (Lycopodium.) 
Four species of ‘‘ evergreen” vines: stems creeping, branches 
(except in the Carolina) erect, short (3'-8’), stem and branch 
thickly covered with minute, stiff, awl-shaped, pointed leaves, 
spreading or appressed to stem. Fruit in catkin-like ‘‘ spikes,” 
1'-2' long, from summit of branches (except in the Carolina). 
These are the characteristics in common ; the special features of 
the species are as follows: 
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