ROSACEA. XXIL Rosa. 



565 



are then remarkable for their hoary branches, bristles and nu- supported by bracteas ; an inconspicuous disk but h'ttle thick- 



merous prickles. Their fruit is perfectly smooth, which cha- 

 racter separates them from the next section, in which the fruit 

 is downy. Sepals usually toothed. 



2 R. fe'rox (Lawr. ros. t. 42.) prickles of the same shape, 

 and much crowded, h • H. Native of Caucasus. Lindl. in 



ened ; round, small, red fruit, losing their long narrow sepals, 

 and small, smooth, shining pericarps. The shoots are usually 

 setigerous next the ground, but rarely so towards the apex, 

 except in one or two instances. R. alpina and R. aciculdris of 

 the following division sometimes have bractea, but their sepals 



bot. reg. t. 440. R. Kamtschatica, Red. ros. 1. p. 47. t. 12. R. never fall off till the fruit is decayed. Sepals simple, entire, or 



nata, Dupont. Flowers large, red. Fruit globose, scarlet. 



Var. p, nitens (Lindl. bot. reg. 824.) leaves shining, pale 

 green, glabrous on both surfaces; flowers pale crimson. R. 

 Kamtschatica y, nitens, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 607. 



Fierce Rose. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



8 R, RUGosA (Thunb. fl. jap. 213.) arms crowded, nearly 

 equal ; peduncles beset with curved prickles. ^ . H. Native 

 of Japan. Ramanas of the Japanese. Lindl. ros. p. 5. t. 19. 



Wrinkled Rose. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



nearly so, unless when mentioned otherwise. 



9 R. nItida (Willd. enum. 544.) dwarf; prickles crowded, 

 very slender ; leaflets shining, narrow-lanceolate, flat. 

 Native of Newfoundland. Lindl. ros. 13. t. 2. 



Tj. H. 



R. rubrispina, 



Bosc. diet. d. agr. 246.? R. blanda, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. 

 p. 344. R. Redutea rubescens. Red. ros. 1. p. 103. t. 36. 

 Shrub beset with straight red spines. Flowers deep red. Fruit 

 depressed, spherical, bright scarlet. 



ShtningAe2L\e(!i Rose. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clc. 1807. Sh. 2 h. 

 10 R. RA^PA (Bosc. diet, d'agr. ex. Desf. cat. hort. par. 

 4 R, Kamtscha'tica (Vent. eels. t. 67.) prickles infra-sti- 273.) taller, diffuse; branches unarmed ; leaflets oblong, undu- 

 pular, falcate, large ; leaves opaque. Tj . H. Native of Kamt- lated, shining ; fruit hemispherical. T2 . H. Native of North 

 schatka, in dry rocky places. Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 419. America, in the warmer states. Red. ros. 1. p. 7. t. 2. R. 



turgida, Pers. ench. 2. p. 49. R. fraxinif 61ia, Dum. Cours. bot. 

 cult. Petals always multiplied, smaller than those of/?, lilc'ida^ 

 bright red. 



Rowers solitary, deep red. Fruit spherical, scarlet, less than 

 * It of R. ferox, 



Kamtschatica Rose. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1791. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



Fruit deep red. 



Sepals compound. 



Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



oECT. III. Bractea^t^ (from bracleatus^ propped or co- 

 vered with plates ; flowers furnished with bracteas). Branches 

 and fruit clothed with permanent tomentum. This section is 

 readdy distinguished from the last by the woolliness of the fruit, 

 heaves dense, usually shining, and prickles are placed under the 

 8tipulas in pairs. Sepals simple or nearly so. 



5 R. involucra'ta (Roxb. Lindl. ros, p. 8.) leaflets elHptic- 

 u u ^^' tomentose beneath ; bracteas contiguous, pectinate. 

 ^ H. Native of Nipaul and China. Lindl. bot. reg. 709. 

 K. palustris, Hamilt. mss. R. LindleyJlna, Tratt. ros. 2. p. 190. 



flowers white, nearly soHtary, surrounded by 3 or 4 approxi- 

 mate leaves. -^ ^' J ^\f 



Involucrated Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



6 R. microphy'lla (Roxb. Lindl. ros. p. 9.) leaflets ovate, 

 small; bracteas appressed, pecHnate ; fruit prickly, h . H. Na- 

 V^e of China. 



Turnip Rose. Fl. June, Aug. 

 11 R. lu'cida (Ehrh- beitr. 4. p. 22.) compact; prickles of 

 the branches stipular ; leaflets oblong, imbricated, flat, shining ; 



Tj . H. Native of North America, 



fruit globose, depressed, 

 from New York to Carolina 



near Boston, in bogs, and on the 



edges of marshes, 



Ross. ros. t. 7. and t. 25. f. 1. 



and of Newfoundland. R. rubra lilcida. 



R. lucida, Jacq. fragm. 71. t. 



-Dill. eltb. 325. t. 245. 



107. f. 3. Red. ros. 1. p. 45. t. II.- 



Flowers red, overtopped by the leaves and young 



f. 316. 

 branches. 



Fruit bright red. 



Ch. 1724. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



Lucid Rose. Fl. June, Aug. 



12 R. LiNDLE Yi (Spreng. syst. 2. p. G47.) diffuse ; branches 



leaflets oblong, undulated, opaque, 



R. laxa. 



almost unarmed 



twiggy, 



glaucescent. ^ . 

 Lindl. ros, 18. t. 3. 



H. Native of North America. 



260. 



» — Hci'tong-hong of 



»^ouble, of a delicate blush colour. 



^mlUeaved Rose. 



Flowers small. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Fl. Aug. Oct. 

 (Wendl 



Na- 



R. Carolina e, Ait. hort. kevv. ed. 2. vol. 3. 

 ]). /ii)K} *^ * aroiTnri nnYininpllif nlin. Andrews, ros. with 



figure. 



Flowers rose-coloured, growing usually in pairs. 



Fl, July, Aug. Ch. ? Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



548.) cauline 



R. Carolina, pimpinellifolia, Andrews, ros. witn a 

 A spreading shrub, with reddish brown branches. 



Lindley's Carolina Rose. 



R. 



quite glabrous ; bracteas appressed, pectinated. 

 !l^e of China. ^ ■ ^^ - " 



l?.H. 



Rosa 



Hk M t'"'""' Red. ros. p. 35. t. 6. Vent. eels. t. 28. 



cida, Lawr. ros. t. 84. Rosa Macartnea, Dum. Cour. bot. cult. 



OH-ers showy, pure white, solitary, nearly sessile. Fruit sphe- 

 ^'c^, orange red. . 



x\'u' ^* scabriihcula (Lindl. ros. 10.) branches setigerous ; 

 Fickles smaller, straightish. Tj . H. Native of China. R. 

 oracteata, Moench, meth. suppl. 290. Jacq. fragm. 30. t. 34. 



•^ Sims, in bot. mag. 1377. 



^racteated or Macartney's Rose. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1795. 

 **hrub 2 to 3 feet. ^ 



j^^8 R. Lye'llu (Lindl. ros. p. 12. t. 1.) leaflets oblong-Ianceo- 



jf ^l S'^^^'ous ; bracteas distant, entire ; flowers cymose. ^ . H. 



i'^^^f Nipaul. Plant densely villous. Flowers probably white. 



^yelFs Rose. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



j^ ^CT. IV. CiNNAMOME^ (plants agreeing in character with 

 ^' ^J'^^^'owea). Lindl. ros. 13. Plants setigerous or un- 

 Jr^« bracteate. Leaflets lanceolate, glandless. Disk thin, 

 ^ thickened. This section is distinguished by its long, lan- 

 hsbV? ^^^^^«» without glands, upright shoots, and compact 

 'S red flowers never solitary except by abortion, and always 



13 R. LAXA (Retz. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 

 prickles recurved ; flowers corymbose ; bracteas glandularly 

 serrated ; petioles unarmed, villous ; leaflets oblong, equally 

 serrated, pubescent beneath. T^ . H. Native of Siberia. Flowers 

 red. Fruit oblong, glabrous. 



Loose Rose. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



14 R. Kosikgia'na (Bess, ex Spreng. syst. append. 2. p. 

 548.) prickles almost stipular, recurved; leaflets with cuspidate 

 serratures, glabrous on both surfaces, pale beneath; peduncles 

 and calyxes hispid ; fruit oblong, glabrous. *2 • I^* Native of 



Podolia, at Tyra. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Kosingian Rose. 



15 R, FRUTKTORUM (Bcss, cx Sprcug. syst. 2. p. 548.) prickles 



almost stipular, strong, reflexed ; petioles unarmed, and are as 



well as the under surface of the leaves villous ; leaflets elliptic ; 



eduncles very short, glabrous ; fruit globose, glabrous, ^i . H. 



Clt. 1818. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



ative of Volhynia. 



Bush Rose. Fl. June, July. 



16 R. PARViFLORA (Ehrh. beitr. 4. p. 21.) dwarf; stijjulas 

 linear ; prickles acicular ; leaflets lanceolate, smoothish, sharply 

 serrated ; calyxes clammy. Tj . H. Native of North America, 

 on the declivities of hills in the state of New York and Carolina. 

 Du Roi, harbk. 2. p. 354. Smith, insect, georg. 1. p. 49. t. 25.? 

 R. humilis, Marsh, arb. IS6. R. Caroliniana, Michx. fl. bor. 



