Rosa. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA, $15 
prickles. Leaflets from five to nine, ovate-lanceolate, 
acutely serrate, smooth. Stipules subulate ; petioles arm- 
ed. Fee 
This stout, straggling, recurved, powerfully armed 
shrub is a native of Nepal; from thence it was sent by Dr. 
Buchanan to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where it has 
now been ten years and has not yet blossomed, Dr. Bu- 
chanan however ascertained the genus in Nepal, where it 
blossoms freely. 
8. R. diffusa. R. 
Stems and branches weak, diffuse, armed with rene 
recurved prickles in stipulary pairs, Leaflets five, ovate- | 
oblong, villous ; stipules pectinate. : 
_ This distinct species is readily known by its weak, dif- 
fuse and procumbent, very long, almost simple branches, 
which often rest on the ground ;it is supposed to be a na- 
tive of China, as it was brought from Canton to the Bota- 
nic garden at Calcutta. 4 
9. R. microphylia. R. 
Suffraticose, armed with straight pairs of stipulary 
prickles only. Leaflets seven or nine, minute, oval, fine- 
ly and acutely serrulate; stipules panier, entire. 
Chin, Hoi-tong-hong. $s 
Introduced from Canton into the Botanic eS at 
Calcutta. oo 
. 
“0. R. triphylla. R. 
-Scandent, armed. Leaves ternate ; leaflets lanceolate. 
From China this very extensive rambler was brought 
to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, previous to 1794, 
where it thrives luxuriantly, and is known to the Chiniese 
oe in phe garden by the name, Teha-te ay: fa, eae» 
