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. (PI. VIII.) 



100. Sweet-brier. Eglantine. (Rose rubiginosa.) 

 Leaf : pinnate, alternate, with stipules ; leaflets, 5-7, }^'-J^' 

 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. (PI. VIII.) 



loi. Running Swamp Blackberry. (Rubus hispidus.) 

 Leaf : pinnate, alternate ; leaflets, 3-5, 1-2' long, serrate (en- 

 tire toward the base), obovate, smooth, thickish. Flow^er : 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, 

 I'-i^' 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, ^'-i' 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," 

 i'-2' long, from summit of branches (except in the Carolina). 

 These are the characteristics in common ; the special features o( 

 the species are as follows : 



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