628 ROSACEAE 
corymbose: pedicels glandular-hispid: i pee Man pus e long, hri 
acuminate, glandular as well as pubescent on : petals 1.5-2.5 ong, 
pink: mature hypanthium globose or iu a *llipsoi, glandular hispid 
purple.—Woods, thickets, and fence-rows, various prov N of Coastal 
Plain, Ga. to Tex., Wis., and Ont.—Specimens of a PR a of the group 
INDICAE, with di stinet exsert ted syles, have ida collected at Mobile, Ala. The 
plant has small obtuse leaflets and small flow 
R. laevigata Michx. Stems 2-5 long or more, oe climbing, the 
dm stout, recurved, more or pes flattened, rarely with some intermixed 
bristles: leaflets 3 or rarely 5; blades lanceolate or epe, rape E but sharply 
serrate, evergreen, subcoriaceous, glabrous, dark-green and ig BÉ e, 
paler and retieulate beneath, petioluled: flower rs solita i edun d hy- 
pe 
panthium strongly ^ e sepals often more - less HN cen. ‘eae 
cuneate-obcordate, 3—4 cm. long, white or rarely pink: mature hypanthium 
pyriform, bristly, 3.5-4 em. lon KR. cherokeensis Donn.]— (CHEROKEE-ROSE.) 
—W oods, roadsides, and thickets, Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex. 
and N. C. Nat. of China.— —(W. I.) 
6. R. br priae Wendl. Stems greatly elongate, usually decumbent or sar- 
mentose, the prickles usually pa aired, stout, recurved: leaflets eo pd 
pu e mi eath, 
reen and shining above, paler beneath, obov val, finely serrulate, end 
i w to me 
on both sides: petals white or pink. about 3 cm. long, dee ceply E 
eee nypan nthium Bids ; 2 em. long, densely tomentose.— (Mac- 
HEDG E.)—Pine woods, iud and thickets, Coastal 
Plain, Tla. to Tex. and Va. Nat. of China — (F. I -) 
R. tomentosa Smith. Stems 2 m. tall or less, often with elongate drooping 
e s, the priekles straight or nearly straight, often paired, some 
flattened toward the base: e rachis villous and dlandular-hispid sometimes 
prickly: leaflets 5-9; blades oval or ovate, 2—4 em. long, acute or short- 
acuminate at the apex, a. at the base, more or less doubly serrate, finely 
appressed-pubescent above, villous and glandular-pruinose beneath: flowers 
solitary = few together: pedicels often glandular-hispid: sepals lanceolate, 
the 
about 2 em. long, glandular on the margins and on t ack, odds usually 
more or Jess lobed, tardily UE before the ripening of the fruit: petals 
ES "ie m. long, pale-pink: mature hypanthium globose or DRE ellipsoid, 
m. long, often glandular hispid at the base.—Rieh soil and thickets, 
ear Plain, N. C. and Tex. Nat. of Eu. 
R. rubiginosa L. Stems 2 m. tall or more, climbing or reclining, t 
adco oe flattened, curved, sometimes accompanied by bristles: eat 
rachis glandul ae and prickly; leaflets 5—7; blades suborbicular 
broadly oval, 1-3 e . long, rounded at both ends or acutish at the apex, 1-3 
em. long, doubly eso with gland-tipped teeth, densely glandular-pruinose 
beneath: flowers 1—4 together, P oA foliaceous bracts: pedicels glandu- 
lar-hispid: sepals lanceolate, ong, caudate-attenuate, ultimately 
spreading, tardily decidu ous: reg right-ink, 1.5-2 em. long: mature 
ypanthium pyriform or ellipsoid, 12-15 mm. long, orange or scarlet, often 
Ga. to 
Ont, and N. S. Nat. of Eu.—The bruised leaves give off the fragrance of 
ripe apples. | 
R. micrantha Smit h. Stems 4 m. long or less, climbing or reclining, the 
prickles uniform, hooked, flattened: leaf-rachis pubescent and glandular- 
