ROSACEAE 627 
Blades of the leaflets membra 
Blades of the ee erenate, "rounded at the apex : flow- 
ers corymbose ms epu or oe so. 14. R. obtusiuscula. 
Blades of the leaflets TS cute or acuminate. 
Blades of the leaflets shining bore. flowers usually 
corymbose: prickles stout and flattened at the 
13. R. virginiana. 
Blades of the leaflets not shining: flowers usually 
solitary, or es ry a few together: prickles 
Blades of the leaflets manifestly pubescent be- 
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eath. . Lyoni. 
eee be the leaflets EU or pubescent only 
he veins benea 
Leaflets with Sadie ‘teeth. 16. R. carolina. 
MUT with glandular teeth: rachis usually 
ular. 17. R. serrulata. 
Blades of the leaflets subcoriaceous. 18. R. lancifolia. 
1. R. ltiflora Thunb. Stem m. tall, climbing, reddish, the prickles 
mostly a. o e ‘fattened’ leaflets 5-9, deciduous; blades 
obovate or ee , 2-3.5 em. lo ong, o e or 
acute, sharply serrate, dull above, is sh- Of 
green pus softly Ani petiolulate: b 
flowers in pyramidal corymbs, often many 
peer 
ovate-lanceolate, 12— mm. long, short- 
acuminate or with lanceolate appendages, 
densely-pubescent, the outer often lobed, in 
it reflexed and deci 
m. ma 
igo to ellipsoid, pubescent.—(JAPAN- 
ESE-ROSE. )—Thickets and roadsides, various 
provinces, Ala. to Md. Nat. of E Asia.— 
(C. A.) 
. R. moschata Mill Stem several m. long, 
sarmentose or climbing, the prickles scattered, somewhat curved, rather stro ong: 
leaf- dore EE glandular: leaflets 5—7; blades oval, elliptic, or lanceolate- 
elliptic, 1.5-7 em. long, more or less acuminate, say e -serrate, bos y pubescent 
and ae ben ath, more or js persistent: flow orym : pedicels more 
or less E hispid: sepals narrowly CEN C imus caudate- 
attenuate, 15-20 mm. long, glandular and pubescent without, tomentose 
ithin, soon reflexed and in fruit PA the outer PE lobed: petals 
1 p 
mm. lon 
nd glandular.—(MUSK-ROSE.)—Roadsides, waste-places, id about gardens, 
Coastal Plain, Ala. Nat. of S Asia.—(W. I.) 
3. R. setigera Miehx. Stems 2-5 m. long, eain E bo Rene 
beg eurved, flattened: leaflets 3, or on the shoots so es 5, the 
median long- petiolulate, the lateral ones KETA ins res s quud Or 
rarely ovate, 4-9 cm. long, dark-green, glabrous and shin ing above, pale and 
glabrous me jeath: flowers ue epe ‘glandular-hispid: sepals glandu- 
lar-hispid on the back: petals 2-3 c ong, pink: mature hypanthium globose 
to broadly ellipsoid, more or n pen. hispid.— rA -ROSE.) — Thickets, 
low-grounds, and woods, various provinces, N Fla. to Kans., Ky., and N. C.; 
also E E further N E 
4. R. rubifolia R. Br. Stems 2—4 m. long, climbing, glabrous, the prickles 
curved, flattened, scattered: eaf rachis glandular and sometimes ee 
eafle 
ely 5; S at g 
abruptly acuminate, serrate with gland-tipped teeth, glabrous and he: aul 
above, pale and densely short-villous, almost velutinous beneath: flower 
