SHRUBS 493 



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A. oblongifhlia, a smaller shrub, with very downy young 

 leaves, shorter petals, and rounder fruit than the preceding, 

 is made by Dr. Gray a separate variety. 



It is mostly found in wet, swampy soil from Virginia north- 

 ward. 



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A. oligocAffa bears few long-pedicelled flowers in a raceme. 

 Fruit dark purple covered with a Bloom. Leaves i to 2 

 inches long, thin, oblong, acute at each end, finely toothed. 



Found northward, in New England and New York, in cold 

 swamps and bogs, often in the mountains. 



57. Swamp or Wild Gooseberry 



fl/6es lacusire. — Family, Saxifrage. Color, greenish. 

 Leaves, alternate, deeply 3 to s-lobed, heart-shaped at base. 

 Time, June. 



Calyx, 5-lobed. Petals, 5, small, flat, spreading. Stamens, 

 5, alternate with the petals. Fruit, a small- bristly berry, not 

 agreeable to the taste. Flowers, 4 to 9, small, in a nodding 

 raceme. A low shrub, whose stems when young bear weak 

 thorns and very many prickles. 



Found in cold woods and swampy places in New England, New 

 York, westward to Michigan. 



58. Prickly Gooseberry 



R cynbsbati has clustered, 3 to 5-lobed, roundish, heart- 

 shaped leaves and usually prickly, round berries. Flowers 

 appear in May, i to 3, on peduncles. 



In rocky woods from Maine to North Carolina. 



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R. oxyacanthoMes bears a smooth, small, purple, edible berry. 

 Leaves, deeply cleft, often heart-shaped, serrate. A few soli- 



