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ROSA Banksiae; fi.Jforepleno. 

 Lady Banks's Rose; double -flowered variety. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYRIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. II. Rosas. 

 HOSA. SuprZ vol. l.fol. 46. 



Div. Fructibus subglobosis. 



It. Banlcsice, ramis inermibus ; stipulis liberis caducis. Lindley MSS. 

 Rosa Banksiae. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 2.58. Curtis s magaz. 2i>,54. 



a) flore simplici. 



osa banksiana. Abel chin. 160. 

 (/3) flore pleno. Suprd. 



Rami inermes, impubes, debiles, fdiformes, altera latere rubicundi. FoL 

 erecta, internodiis duplo longiora; stipulae lineares, petiolo distinctce, citis- 

 sime deciding 9 margine parce glandulosce, pilis simplicibus inarticulatis ciliatce ; 

 petioli nudi v. rarb pilosi, inermes, foliola 1-5; pla?ia, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 obtusa, scepiils undulata, simpliciter serrata, utrinque omnino impubia, nisi ad 

 basin costce ubi dense sunt pilosa : lateralia sessilia, basi paulb obliqua ; termi- 

 nate pedicellatum. Flores nutantes, umbellis SS-floris terminates, albescentes 9 

 odor em debilem gratissimum spirantes; bracteae minima, citissime emarcidct 

 ct deciduce; pedunculi omnino nudi, gracillimi, calycem versus paulb incras- 

 sati ; calycis tubus nudus, depresso-globosus, liinc viridis, inde rubro colora- 

 tus, sepala (foliola) ovata, apiculata, omnia simplicia, extus nuda, intus 

 dense tomentosa, petalis duplo breviora; pet, emarginata 9 integra, exteriora 

 paulb recurva; stamina et apex receptaculi petalorum auctione monsirosa 

 evadunt ; germina plurima, monostyla, hinc (intils J plana, subnuda % inde 

 convexa, pilis longis simplicibus densissime vestita: ovulum latere interiore 

 appensum, puncto annexionis unico conspicvo; styli liberi } arete pilosi 9 sursum 

 incrassati 9 ultra tubum parum exserti: stigma planum incrassatum. Lind- 

 ley MSS. 



. Native of China. Introduced in 1807 by Mr. William 

 Kerr. The single-flowered variety was found by Dr. Abel, 

 growing on the walls of Nanking. 



The drawing was taken from a specimen with which we 

 were favoured by Sir Joseph Banks, in honour of whose Lady 

 the species has been named. The shrub is cultivated in the 

 garden at Spring-Grove in the open air, being planted at the 

 foot of the wall of a hothouse, where it has attained the 

 height of 20 feet, or more, and flowers abundantly every 

 year about June or July. At present rare; and seldom 

 seen in bloom at any of the nursery-gardens ; where it is 

 usually kept in a pit or frame. 



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