Rosa. ROSACER. 301 
927. (8) P. Leschenaultiana (Ser. :) covered all over with silky long hairs: 
stems decumbent at the base: radical and lower leaves pinnated, longish- 
petioled ; leaflets 5, cuneate-obovate, obtuse, incise-toothed, the lower pair 
smaller than the others: upper stem leaves palmately 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets 
about equal and similar to the larger leaflets of the radicle leaves: stipules 
large, ovate-lanceolate ; lower ones often entire; upper toothed or deeply 
cut: flowers in terminal forked panicles, or corymbose: calycine segments 
and bracteoles about equal, oblong-lanceolate, more or less obtuse: petals 
(yellow) slightly obcordate, about equal to the calyx: receptacle villous : 
carpels slightly wrinkled.—z ; stems short; panicles small, corymbiform.— 
Wight ! cat. n. 1009.—P. Leschenaultiana, Ser. in DC. prod. 2. p. 584.—8 5 
stems elongated ; panicles long, much forked.—P. Grahamiana, Wight ! cat. 
n. 1010. Neelgherries. 
We are now disposed to regard our var. £ as only a luxuriant variety of 
the other: but the general appearance is very different : it has the stems 2 or 
3 feet long ; whereas our « does not exceed 6 or 7 inches. 
Subord. 2. RosEx. Juss.—Calyx 5-divided, segments often pin-. 
natisect ; tube contracted at the mouth, at length fleshy: :estivation 
spirally imbricated. Petals 5. Stamens indefinite : anthers 2-celled. 
Torus thick, lining the tube of the calyx, bearing at its margin the sta- 
mens and petals, and on its surface the carpels. Ovaries superior, in- 
definite, concealed within the tube of the calyx: ovules in pairs, one 
above the other, suspended: styles persistent, lateral, attached near the 
apex of the ovary, protruded beyond the tube of the calyx, with their 
upper portions free or rarely concrete. Achenia numerous, hairy. 
Seed solitary. Albumen none. Embryo straight : radicle superior : 
cotyledons flat.—Shrubs. Leaves pinnate, rarely reduced to a simple 
leaflet, alternate, stipulate. 
IV. ROSA. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 440. 
Character same as of the sub-order. 
928. (1) R. (Systyla) Leschenaultiana (Red. & Thor.:) surculi very long, 
glabrous, glaucous, prickly ; prickles about equal, hooked : petioles prickly, — 
and peduncles and calyx-tube covered with gland-bearing bristles : leaflets - 
5-7, persistent, firmish, green and glabrous on both sides without glands, 
ovate-lanceolate, acutely simply or sometimes doubly serrated ; midrib be- 
neath glandular: stipules adnate: flowers nearly solitary : calyx-segments 
densely pubescent on both sides, nearly quite simple, at length reflexed: pe- 
tals broadly obeordate: styles combined upwards into a quce erae t 
rg iima column : fruit ovate.— Wight! cat. n. at Vm a ae y Ser. 
in DC. prod. 2. p. 598.—R. Wallichii, Sab. in Wall. L. n. 004. n, 
Several other pare are before us, as R. Indica (Wall. L. n. — T T 
I and R. centifolia, but they are eultivated, and not natives o the Pe- 
ninsula, 
Subord. 3. Pomacrm. Juss.—Calyx 5-toothed, the odd — I- 
perior: tube more or less globose, extremely fleshy and juicy. Petals 
5, unguiculate. Stamens indefinite. Torus thin, lining the tube of 
the calyx, bearing the petals and stamens on its margin. Ovaria 1-5, 
