( 4030 ) 

 Rosa Brunonii. Mr. Brown's Rose. 



Class and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rosacea. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus apice contractus, limbo 5-partito, lobis per 

 aestivationem apice subspiraliter imbricatis saepe pinnatim 

 rectis. Pet. 5. Stam. oo. Carpella plurima calycis tubo 

 demum baccato inserta et in eo inclusa, sicca indehiscentia 

 subcrustacea, e latere interiore stylum gerentia, sty lis e ca- 

 lycis tubo coarctato exsertis, nunc omnind liberis, nunc in 

 stylum columnarem accretis. Semen in achenio solitarium 

 exalbuminosum inversum. Embryo rectus, cotyledonibus 

 planiusculis. — Frutices aut arbusculae ; foliis scepius impari- 

 pmnatiStfoliolis serratis, stipulis petiolo adnatis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Rosa Brunonii; aculeis caulinis validis arcuatis, foliolis 

 5 — 7 lanceolatis utrinque pilosis subtus glandulosis 

 discoloribus, stipulis adnatis angustis acutis integerri- 

 mis, floribus corymbosis, pedunculis calycibusque pilo- 

 sis hispidulisque, sepalis subintegris, stylis in colum- 

 nam longissimampubescentem cohaerentibus, fructibus 

 ovatis. 



Rosa Brunonii. Lindl. Monogr. Ros. p. 120. t. 14. De 

 Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 598. 



Rosa Brownii. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 556. 



Rosa Brunonis. Wall. Cat. n. 689. 



A native of Nepal and Kamoon, whence it has been sent 

 by Dr. Wallich to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where, 

 planted against a wall facing the West, it proves per- 

 fectly hardy, and, in the summer months, it makes a 



handsome 



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