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Rose (Rosacea). [No. 8 



Leaves, variable in size, compound, with radiating leaflets. 

 Leaflets, three, but apparently five by the dividing of 

 the side leaflets ; somewhat wedge-shape or reverse 

 egg-shape, toothed, nearly smooth above. Very 

 rarely there may be seven apparent leaflets. Stipules, 

 hairy, often divided. 



Fruit, a head of smooth achenes on a dry, very hairy re- 

 ceptacle. 



Found, common in dry soil, in Canada and the United 

 States. 



A slender prostrate vine, perennial, herbaceous, more or 

 less hairy ; from a few inches in length to a foot or more ; 

 often spreading by runners. 



A seven-leaved cinquefoil shares with the four-leaved 

 clover its reputation for magical virtues. Let the finder 

 sleep with it beneath her pillow, and, if its reputation is de- 

 served, "she will dream of the lover whom she is to have, 

 as sure as the dead man lies in his grave." 



(4) Genus Rosa, Tourn. ' 



Fig. 40.— Climbing Rose. Prairie Rose. Michigan Rose. 



R. setigera, Mx. 



Flowers, two to three inches across, in clusters, only 

 slightly fragrant. Petals, five, deep rose color, 

 changing to white. Calyx and stalks dotted with 

 small glands. Sepals, pointed, Styles, united in a 

 protruding column as long as the stamens. July. 



Leaflets, three to five, egg-shape, edges toothed. Apex, 

 pointed. 



Fruit, called a " hip," globular with the bony achenes on 

 the inside. 



