198 THE FLORA. 



by culture) ; aohenia 00, bony, hispid, included in and attached to the in- 

 side of the fleshy calyx-tube.— Shrubby and prickly plants. Leaves un- 

 equally pinnate. Stipules attached to the petiole, or often free. 



In the table, the first ten species are found growiug wild in this country, and 

 sometimes also cultivated. The other species never grow wild here. 



§ Styles growing together into an inserted column. Climbers h 



§ Styles not cohering into a column a 



a Stipules nearly free from the petiole and laUing off g 



a Stipules adhering to the petiole b 



b Plant armed with curved or hooked prickles, erect d 



b Plant armed with straight prickles c 



o Wild, native Koses, 1-3 f., erect 5-7 



c Cnltivated exotics climbing (No. 20) or erect 21-23 



d Leaflets glandular and fragrant beneath f 



d Leaflets not at all glandular. Shrubs erect o 



e Wild, native Eose, flowers single 8 



e Cultivated e.xotics, mostly double-iflowered 13, 14 



f Flowers single. Wild 9, 10 



f Flowers double. Exotic, cultivated 15-17 



g Leaflets 5-9. Flower-stalk enveloped in bracts 4 



g ■Leaflets 3-5. Flower-stalk bractless, very smooth 2, 19 



h Leaflets 3-5, mostly 8. Native and cultivated 1 



h Leaflets 5-9 k Stipules and sepals mostly entire 11, 12 



k Stipules fringed, sepals entire 3 



k Stipules entire, sepals pinnatitid. . . .18 

 1 E. setig'era. Michigan R. Flowers in corymbs, rose- colored, changeable. W. t 

 2 E. Iseviga'ta. Cherokee R. Lfts. very smooth, ellip. Fls. solit., white. S. t 

 3 E. multiflo'ra. Japan R. Lfts. soft, wrinkled. Fls. corymbed, double. S. t 

 4 E, bractea'ta. Macartney R. Fls. solitary, with large bracts beneath it. S.-W. + 



5 B. lu'oida. Shining R. Lfts. 5-9, elliptic, shining. Prickles few. Calyx hispid. 



6 E. nit'ida. Wild R. Leaflets 5-9, narrow-lance, shining. Prickles numerous. 



7 E. blanda. Bland R. Lfts 6-7, oblong, dull. Prickles veiy few. Calyx smooth. 



8 K. Caroli'na. Swamp R. Stems 4-7f. high. Flowers in corymbs. Dull green. 



9 R. rubigino'sa. Sweet Bmr. Sepals persistent. Some of the prickles awl-shaped. 



10 K. mlcran'tha. Eglantine. Sepals deciduous. All the prickles hooked alike. Fls. 



small. 



11 E. sempervi'rens. Evergreen R, Prickles alike. Lfts. evergreen, leathery, t 



12 E. arven'sis. Ayrshire R. Priokle.s unlike. Lfts. soft, deciduous, t 



13 R. cmnamo'mea. Cinnamon R. Stipules broad, pointed, involnte, wavy, t 



14 E. oani'na. Dog R. Stipules broad, serrulate. Sepals fall off after flowering, t 



15 E. centifo'lia. Cabbage R. Moss R. Sepals spread in flower, often very 

 glandular, t 



