584 



ROSACEiE. XXIL Rosa; 



leaflets elliptic, acuminated, glaucous beneath, with the serra- 



150 R. S/nica (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p*. 261.- Lindl. 



tures connivent ; stipulas entire ; sepals compound, acuminated ; ros, p. 126. t. 16.) stipulas setaceous, deciduous; cauline prickles 



styles hairy ; pedicels glandular, downy, like the ovate tube, and 

 reflexed sepals ; fruit small, red. ^ . H. Native of the north of 

 Africa, extending across the continent from Egypt to Mogodor, 



equal, falcate ; petioles and ribs of leaves prickly ; peduncles 

 and fruit beset with straight bristles ; sepals entire, permanent. 

 T2 . H. Native of China. Hook. hot. mag. 2847. R. trifoliata, 



and thence to Madeira. Jacq. schocnbr, 3. t. 280. Lawr. ros. Bosc. diet, ex Poir. R. ternata, Poir. suppl. 6. p. 284. R. 



Cheroke^nsis, Donn, hort. cant. ed. 8. p. 170. R. nivea, D. C. 



tt. 53 and 64. Jacq. fragm. 31. t. 34. f. 3. Red. ros. 1. p. 33. 

 t. 5. p. 99. t. 35. R. opsostemma, Ehrh. beitr. 2. p. 72. R. 

 glandulifera, Roxb. Cymes very numerous, many-flowered, 

 corymbose, with hairy ramifications. Flowers pure white, with 

 a slight scent of musk. The Persian attar of roses is obtained 

 from this species. 



Var. /3, midtiplex ; flowers double, white, sweet-scented, with 

 the claws of the petals yellow. 



Var. y, nudiuscula (Lindl. ros. p. 122.) leaflets oblong, acute, of Nipaul. Flowers white? 



hort. monsp. 137. Red. ros. 2. p. 81. with a figure. Flowers 

 white, solitary. Fruit elliptic, orange red. Disk conical. 



Three-leaved China Rose. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1759. Sh. 

 rambling. 



. 151 R. recu'rva (Roxb. fl. ind. ined. Lindl. ros. p. 127.) 

 stipulas subulate ; leaflets 5-9, ovate-lanceolate, acutely serrated, 

 smooth ; petioles prickly ; fruit murlcated. \* ^^^^ Native 



Branches armed with strong re« 



glabrous ; petioles, pedicels, and calyxes glandular. 



Var. ^, nivea (Lindl. hot. reg. 861.) leaflets 3-5^ large, ovate- 

 cordate ; flowers corymbose ; peduncles and calyxes hispid ; 

 petals white, with a tinge of blush, large, obcordate. T? . H. 

 R. nivea, Dupont, but not of D. C. R. moschata ^, rosea, Ser. 

 inD. C. prod. 2. p. 598. 



Music Rose. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1596. Shrub rambling. 



curved prickles. 



' TJecwrrefZ-prickled Rose. Shrub climbing. 



152 R. seti'gera (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 295.) stipulas 

 subulate; petioles rough from little setae and little recurved 

 prickles ; leaflets 3, rarely 5, acutely serrated, smooth ; peduncles 

 setigerous ; sepals pinnatifid and setigerous ; fruit muricated; 

 stem with 1-3 recurved prickles beneath the stipulas. ^2 . H. 



Flowers numerous, sometimes soh- 



147 R. evratIna (Bosc. diet. Poir. suppl. 714.) branches Native of North America. , ^ 



and petioles almost unarmed ; leaflets 3-5, oval, obtuse, nearly tary, rose-coloured. The united styles distinguish it from all 



equally toothed, green above, paler and rather glaucous beneath; the other species of this section. 



stipulas with 2 sharp teeth ; flowers in bunches, terminal, almost 

 umbellate ; peduncles bristly and glandular ; sepals entire, acute ; 

 germens ovate, hispid. ^ . H. Native of Carolina- Flowers 

 large, pale red. 



Evratine Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub. 



148 R. RUBiFOLiA (Brown, in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. 



Setigerous Rose. Shrub. 

 • 153 R. hy'strix (Lindl. ros. p. 129. t. 17.) prickles on 

 branches unequal, crowded, larger ones falcate, small ones 

 straight; stipulas very narrow, united half way, the free part 

 deciduous ; leaflets 3, smooth, ovate, shining, simply serrated, 

 with a few prickles on the middle nerve ; sepals nearly enure, 



- - - '' Native of Chma, m the 



p. 260.) branches glabrous, armed with scattered, falcate prickles; permanent; fruit bristly. Tj . --. - 



leaflets ovate-lanceolate, serrated, green and shining above, but province of Kiangsi, and of Japan. Branches flagellitorni 



paler and downy beneath, with the serratures divaricate ; pe- Flowers large, solitary. Fruit large, oblong, purple. 



tioles glabrous, with a few prickles ; stipulas entire, fringed with 

 lands ; styles downy. T2 . H. Native of North America. 



Porcupine Rose. Shrub rambling. 



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54 R. microca'rpa (Lindl. ros. 130. t. 18.) caulme prickles 

 hooked, scattered ; stipulas subulate ; petioles downy or nakea , 

 leaflets 3-5, ovate-lanceolate, naked, crenate-serrated ; flower 



corymbose, with smooth peduncles ; fruit pea-formed, unarm 



Pedvmcles and calyxes glabrous, the former glandular. Flowers 

 small, pale red, about 3 together. Fruit about the size of a pea, 

 round and naked. 



. Var» /3, macrophylla (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 599.) flowers "^ . H. Native of China, in the province of Canton 

 twin or in fascicles, large, rose-coloured, approximate. R. ru- very numerous, small, white, 

 bifolia, Red. ros. 3. p. 71. with a figure. 



Var. yyfenestralis(ljmd\. ros, p. 125. t. 15.) flowers solitary; 

 leaflets smaller, smooth on both surfaces. Ij . H. R. fenes- 

 trkta, Donn, hort. cant. ed. 8. p. 170. 



Bramble-leaved Rose, Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



ers 



Clt. 1822. 



Synall-fruited Rose. Fl. May, Sept. Clt.l82i^. Sh.rambl. 



155 R.triphy'lla (Roxb. fl. ind. ex Lindl. ros. p- i^^*^ 

 shrub climbing and armed; leaves ternate; leaflets J^nceoia • 

 T2 . ^. F. Native of China. Perhaps the same as Ji. rnic 

 cdrpa, or a variety of It. Smica, 



Three-leaved Rose. Shrub cl. jo vnl S 



156 R. Ba'nksi^ (Brown, in Ait. hort. kew. ^^•^•J^L j 

 Sect. XI. Baxksia'n^e (so called in consequence of all the p. 258.) branches unarmed; stipulas subulate, raj:ner ^ ;» 

 "• - • • . . , , •., r> leaflets 3-5, glabrous, except at the base of the middle ne^^.j 



oblong-lanceolate, simply serrated ; sepals ovate, ^^^^^^\qu 

 unarmed. h....U. Native of China. Sims, hot. mag. i 



species contained in this section agreeing in character with R. 

 Bdnksice). Lind. ros. p. 125. Stipulas nearly free, subulate. 



or very narrow, usually deciduous. Leaves usually ternate, 

 shining. Stems climbing. The species of this section are re- 



markable for their long, graceful, often climbing shoots, droop- 

 ing white flowers, and ternate shining leaves. They are parti- 

 cularly distinguished by their deciduous, subulate, or very narrow but very pleasant scent. 



Red. ros. 2. p. 43. with a figure. Lindl. in hot. reg. ^^^' ^„ 

 Banksi^na, Abel. chin. 160. R. inermis, ^Jp-^.i ^weak 

 drooping, numerous, small, white and very double, witi 



stipulas. Their fruit is very variable. jR. hystrix has seti- 

 gerous branches and R. setigera has united styles. 



149 R. l^vigaVa (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 295.) stipulas 

 linear-lanceolate,half adnate ; leaflets shining, glabrous; prickles 

 scattered, falcate ; petioles unarmed ; fruit muricated ; sepals 

 entire, permanent. Tj . H. Native of Georgia, in shady woods. 

 Peduncles and tube of calyx beset with dense, weak, unequal 

 bristles, also the back of the sepals. Flowers solitary, large, 

 white. 



Smooth Rose. Shrub cl. 



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. 1105.) flowers double v 



elloff 



An elegant shrub when in flower. 



Lady 5a nits's Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 180/. 



Sh. cl. 



. June, Juiy. v^... ^•'- - . ^gg^ 



(Ser. in D. C. prod. 2' 5;f ^^J^^ers 



pricKiy; leaneis peiiouuaie, ovate, acummatea, enui | j^^j^e; 

 corymbose, white ; peduncles and calyxes smooth ;sepa^^^^ 



prickly 



petiol 



Native of China 



Fragaria vesca* 



awherry-flowered 



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