465 
ROSA sempervirens. 
Evergreen Hose. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNTA. 
Nat. ord. RosacEr. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. II. Rose. 
ROSA. Supra fol. 458. 
Div. X. Systyle. Styli in columnam elongatam coherentes. Stipule ad- 
mate, Lindley monogr. 111. . 
R. sempervirens, surculis scandentibus, aculeis subwqualibus falcatis, foliis 
sempervirentibus, Lindley monogr. 117. n. 64. 
Rosa sempervirens. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1. 704, Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 9. 
Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1072. Miss Lawrance's roses. t. 45. Persom syn. 2. 
49. Decand. E franç, 4. 446. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 263. Decand. 
monsp. 138. ‘ith in Rees's cyclop. in loco. 
Rosa scandens. Mill, dict. ed. 8. n. 8, Brotero fl. lus. 1. 341. 
Rosa balearica. Desfont. cat. h. par. Persoon syn. 2. 49. 
Rosa atrovirens, Viviani fl. ital. 4. t. 6. 
Rosa capreolata. Neill in Edinb. philos. journ. 3. 104. 
(8) microphylla, foliolis suborbiculatis, Lindley l c. 
Rosa microphylla. Desfont. atl. 1. 401. 
Frutex scandens surculis productissimis,' gracilibus, lucido-virentibus, 
multotiós divisis, altero latere subrubescentibus, aculeisque tenuibus rubris 
subuncatis armatis. Folia plerumque defleza, nitidissima, sempervirentia 
omnind sine pube; stipula anguste, rubra, fine reflexa, glandulis raris ad 
marginem; petioli aculeolis curvatis armati; foliola 5-7, ovalia v. ovato- 
lanceolata, plana, simplicitèr serrata, utrinque lucido-virentia, subtüs verd 
plurimàm pallidiora. Flores valde numerosi, aregranten, albi; bractee 
nude, lanceolate, reflexa, rubedine tincte; pedunculi nudi vel glandulosi; 
tubus calycinus ovatus, nudus vel glandulosus; sepala (foliola calycina) de- 
cidua, ovata, acuminata, subsimplicia, petalis breviora, glandulis scabrata ; 
petala obcordata, concava; stamina 138-140, caduca; discus conicus, admo- 
dim crassus; ovaria 30; styli in columnam longam pilosum coagmentati. 
Fructus globosus, aurantiacus, parvus. Lindley loc. cit. (Ex anglico versum). 
“A climbing plant with very long, slender, bright 
green, much divided shoots, reddish on one side, and armed 
with slender, somewhat looked red prickles. Leaves usu- 
ally deflexed, very shining, evergreen and without any sort 
of pubescence; stipules narrow, red, reflexed at the end, 
with a few glands on their edge; petioles armed with little 
curved prickles; leaflets 5-7, oval or ovato-lanceolate, flat, 
simply serrated, bright green on both sides, but much paler 
beneath. Flowers very numerous, white and fragrant; 
bractem naked, lanceolate, reflexed, stained with red; 
peduncles naked or glandular; tube of the calyx ovate, 
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