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ROSA lawranceana. 



Miss JLawrance^s Rose. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYRIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea. Jussieu gen. 334. Oiv. II. Rosw. 

 ROSA. Supra vol. Q.fol 458. 



Div. IX. Canmae. Aculei tjequales adunei. Foliobt ovata eglandulosa 

 serraturis comiventibus. FoUola calydna decidua. Discus mcrassatut 

 faucem chudens. Surculi majarum arcuati. Undley monogr. 97. 



n.lawranceana. nana; foliolis ovatis acutis argutfe serratis, petalia acumi- 

 natis. ovariis 7-8. Lindletf loc. cit. 



Rosa lawranceana. Sweet hart. sub. Umd. 119. 



Rosa semperflorens ; y. minima. Curtis's magaz. 1762. 



Rosapusilla. Mauritius catal. \bt 



" A very low, compact, little shrub, rarely exceeding a 

 foot in height. The ^ckles are large, stout, and nearly 

 straight. Leaflets ovate, acute, flat, very finely toothed. 

 Pe^a^ small, pale-blush, pointed: germensl-S, Otherwise 

 with the characters of Rosa semperfhrem, from which / 

 nevertheless have no hesitation in separatmg it. Ihe flit- 

 ference in number of germens in this division appears con- 

 stant, and therefore important. Mr. Sweet mtroduced it 

 from the Mauritius (Isle of France), some years ago, and 

 it may be the Rosa pusilla of the Catalogue of the Botanic 

 Garden there. China is probably its native country, as it 

 approaches so very nearly to Rx)sa semperf^ens. Lind. 

 mon. I. c. 



The species was named by Mr. Sweet in the " Hortus 

 Suburbanus Londinensis" in compliment to Miss Lawrance, 

 the fair artist, by whom " The Collection of Roses from 

 Nature, with 90 plates" was executed. 



The plant's being specifically distinct from Rosa semper- 

 florens is much doubted among the cultivators of this genus. 

 We ourselves have no opinion upon the subject. 



The drawing was made at the nureery of Messrs. ColviU, 

 in the Kings Road, Chelsea. 



