ROSACEvE. XXIL Rosa. 



579 



fflandular; leaflets equally serrated, villous and glandular be- 

 neath; germens obl6ng, and are, as well as the peduncles, quite 

 glabrous. ^. H, Native of Sweden, 

 Field Briar. Shrub 6 feet. 



niving. Sepals deciduous (f. 76. g,). Disk thickened, closing 

 the throat. Larger surculi arched. 



113 R. Cauca'sia (Pall. ross. t. 11.) prickles strong, re- 

 curved ; leaflets soft, ovate ; calyx and peduncles hispid ; sepals 

 simple ; fruit smooth ? T2 . H. Native of Iberia. Liadl. ros. 



106 R. pseu'do-rubiginosa (Lejeune, fl. spa. 1. p. 229.) stem 

 and petioles armed with recurved prickles; leaflets ovate-ob- p. 97. t. 11. R. leucantha, Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 351.? Flowers 

 long, beset with glandular pili, covered with rusty glands beneath 

 and on the margins ; fruit roundish, hispid. T2 . H. Native of 

 France near Malmedy. Sepals pinnate. Petals red. 



False-rusty Rose or False Sweet Briar. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



large, growing in bunches, white or pale red. 



Caucasian Dog-rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1798. Sh. 10 to 12 ft. 



114 R. ciLiA'TO-rETALA (Bcss, cuum. 6G.) leaflets lanceolate; 

 petals ciliated. ^ . H. Native of Lithuania. This plant differs 



107 R. Wolfgangia'na (Bess.-enum. p. 61. and p. 67.) leaf- from R. villdsa in the lower stipulas being blunt, and in the ribs 



lets hardly glandular ; styles very long, pubescent above ; pe- being prickly ; from 72. Caucasia in the leaflets being rounder, 



duncles hispid from glandular bristles ; fruit elongated, con- in the sepals bein^ more dilated, in the flowers being redder, and 



traded at the neck, nearly naked, pear-shaped, with hardly the petals being ciliated. 



any glandular bristles at the base. 

 in a wood near Wiehlor. 



b • H. Native of Podolia, 



Wolfgang 



Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



108 R. DiMORPHA (Bess, ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 200.) 

 prickles of branches scattered and recurved ; petioles prickly 

 and pubescent ; leaflets pubescent on both surfaces ; peduncles 

 short, crowded, thickly beset with glandular bristles, as well as 

 the germens, which are ovate and contracted at both ends ; calyx 

 thickly beset with glands. Tj . H. Native of Podolia. 



Trvo-formed Briar. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Citiated-petalled Rose. Shrub. 



115 R. cani'na (Lin. spec. 701.) prickles strong, hooked; 

 leaflets simply serrated, pointed, quite smooth; sepals pinnate ; 

 fruit ovate, smooth, or rather bristly, like the aggregate flower 

 stalks. P2 • H. Native throughout Europe and the north of Africa ; 

 plentiful in Britain, in hedges, woods, and thickets. Smith, 

 engl. bot. 992. Fl. dan. 555. Curt.lond. 299. Lawr. ros. tt. 

 21. 29. R. dumahs, Bechst. fotstb. 241. et 939. ex Rau. R. 

 Andegavensis, Bat. fl. main, et loir. 189. Red. 



ros. 2. 



P 



9. 



(Spreng 



t. 3. R. glauca, Lois, in Desv. journ. ? R. arvensis, Schranck, 

 fl. mon. 11. glaucescens, Mer. par. R. nitens, Mer. 1. c.^ R. 



the branches opposite, a little recurved; petioles villous, un- Teneriffensis, Donn, hort. cant. ed. 8. p. 169. R. senticosa, 

 armed; leaflets oblong, narrow, equally serrulated, villous be- Achar.acad. handl. 34. p. 91. t. 3. Flowers rather large, pale 

 neath, and full of resinous dots ; bracteas adpressed ; peduncles red, seldom white. Fruit ovate, bright scarlet, of a peculiar and 

 short, solitary, glabrous, as well as the ovate fruit. ^2 • H. Na- very grateful flavour, especially if made into a conserve with 

 tive of Siberia. R. microphylla, Willd. herb. R. aren^ria, «""^'' TKp r^nlnnftliP fmit. bf^sides saccharine matter, contams 

 Bieb. et Stev. in Willd. herb, ex Spreng. 1. c. 



Willdenow's Briar. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



110 R. Klu'kii (Bess. cat. hort. crem. 1816. suppl. 4. p. 19. 

 Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 343.) cauline prickles strong, compressed, 

 dilated at the base, recurved ; petioles villous and prickly ; 

 leaflets small, elliptic, acute, sharply biserrated, with the serratures 

 glandular, villous above, but 



sugar. The pulp of the fruit, besides saccharine matter, contains 



citric acid, which gives it an acid taste. The pulp before it is 



used should be carefully cleared from the seeds. 



- 228.) differs 



/3 



P 



, , rusty and ^.^-. 



peduncles and fruit beset with glandular bristles, 

 ^veof Tauria. " -.--&---- 



^ the synonyms, 

 flowers pink. 



glandular beneath ; 



Na- 



R. rubigin6sa7Bieb. fl. taur.no. 979. exclusive 



from the species in having remarkably strong shoots, bearing 

 sometimes great plenty of flowers. 



Var. y, niida (Woods. I.e. p. 205.) is more doubtful than the 

 last, having the calyx tube globose and the prickles nearly 

 straight. Gathered by Mr. Woods at Ambleside. 



Var. 5, aciphylla (Lindl. ros. p. 99.) dwarf; leaves smooth on 



,. , , « , . v» . H. 



R. floribflnda, Stev. and R. balsamea, Bess, both surfaces ; flowers smaller than those of the species. 



Allied to R, ruhiginbsa^ according to Bieberstein 



l>ut according to Besser to R. alba. 



Kkkis Sweet-briar. 



Ill R. 



Native of Germany, about Wircebourg. R. aciphylla, Rau, G9. 



Red. ros. 2. p. 31. 1. 13. 



Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1819. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



floribu'nda (Bess. hort. crem. ex Spreng. syst. 

 append, but not of Steven.) prickles of branches strong, re- 

 curved ; petioles prickly and villous ; leaflets doubly serrated, 

 *nnkled, glandular beneath and on the margins, as well as pu- 



'«» as the elliptic- oblong fruit. 



ndle-flowered Briar. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



T2 



Native of Podolia. 



with a figure. 



Var, £, Egijptlaca (Lindl. ros. p. 99.) leaflets broad ovate, 

 coarsely serrated, glabrous on both surfaces; receptacle elon- 

 gated. Tj . H. Native of Egypt. R. I ndica, Forsk. aegyp. 



descr. 113. 



Var. ^f Burboniana (Desv. journ. hot. 1813.) leaflets ovate, 



flowers purple, semidouble ; 



R. Gallica Burbonica, 



112 R. MoNTEzu^MJE (Humb. et Bonpl. in Red. ros. 1. p. 55. 

 '• 16-) petioles armed with little hooked prickles ; branches 

 •"Wnned; leaflets ovate, sharply serrated, glabrous; flowers 

 solitary, terminal ; tube of calyx elliptic, and is as well as the 



s glabrous. Tj . H. Native of Mexico, on the chain 



114.) petioles 



' Porphyry mountains, which bound the valley of Mexico on 

 r!« north, at the elevation of 1416 toises, on the top of Cerro 



^'ntosa, near the mine of San Pedro. Flowers pale red. Sepals 

 fonjpcund, dilated at the end. 



^iontezuma's Briar. 



rather cordate, simply toothed ; 

 petals rather concave ; sepals undivided. 



Red. ros. 1. p. 74. 



Var. ?7, nitens (Desv. journ. bot. 1813. p 

 smoothish ; leaflets ovate, acute, same colour on both surfaces, 

 smooth and shining ; fruit ovate, and are as well as the peduncles 

 smooth. Tj . H. Native of France and Switzerland. Ser. 

 mel. 1. p. 43. R. nitens, Desv. in Mer. fl. par. p. 192. 



Var. d,obtusifblia(Desv. journ. bot. 1813. p. 15.) petioles 

 puberulous, usually glandular ; leaflets ovate-roundish, acumin- 

 ated, the same colour on both surfaces, and rather pilose be- 



fruit ovate, and are as well as the peduncles glabrous. 



317. R. leu- 



neath 



Fl June. Jul. Clt. 1825. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. R. obtusifolia, Desv. journ. bot. 2. p. 1809. p 



. Sect. IX. Cani' n;e (from canis, a dog ; because R. canina 

 « commonly called Dog-rose. The name is applied to this sec- 

 "on because all the snecies contained in it agree in character 



cdntha, Lois. bot. 1802. ^ast. suppl. S2. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 



535. but not of Bieb. 



Far. I, glaucescens (Desv. journ. bot. 1813. 





called Vog-rose. The name is appneu lu uua =cv ,«..-, e, ---_-— ^ tt„fl„.„ „.,„*„ ,m 



all the species contained in it agree in character slender ; petioles glabrous ; leaflets ovatj, sm 

 Ina) S^TrTlT Prickles' equal, hooked, faces, .laucous beneath ; fVu.t ovate-globose 



• :• 



p. 114.) prickles 

 th on both sur- 



camna). Lindl. ros, 97. Prickles equal, hooked, 

 ovate, glandless or glandular, with the serratures con- 



faces, glaucous beneath ; fruit ovate-globose, and are as well as 

 the peduncles glabrous, h . II. Native of France. R. glau- 



pc 

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2 



