190 ROSACEAE 



ROSA — continued 



R. foetida (R. luted). See under (b). 



R. indica. Chinese or Monthly Rose. June-November, Stems green, with 

 short flattened hooked prickles. Lflts. ov., 3, glossy green above, glaucous 

 below, hairless. Fls. 2, pink, semi-double, in clusters; styles free. Fruit f , 

 pear-shaped, scarlet. China. (Fig. 15 a.) 



Variety fragrans. Tea-scented (source of Tea Roses, Gloire de Dijon, 

 Marechal Niel, etc.). 

 R. Noisettiana. Noisette Rose. June. Branches arching; prickles reddish. 

 Lflts. oblong, lane, 2, glossy, hairless. Fls. 2, white, pink, or red, styles 

 free; in large terminal panicles. Hybrid. 

 (Source of William Allen Richardson.) 

 R. moschata. Musk Rose. June-July. Lflts. ov., lane, 3, simply and evenly 

 toothed. Fls. i\, pale yellow to white, in large branched clusters, styles 

 united into a column almost as long as stamens. Fruit J, pear-shaped, 

 red. South Europe to India. (Fig. 16 a.) 

 R. multiflora {R. polyanthd). June-July. Very vigorous. Stems hairless, 

 with small recurved prickles. Stipules deeply and pinnately dissected. 

 Lflts. ov., i^, downy. Fls. i, white, pink, or red, in branching panicles, 

 styles united into a column almost as long as stamens. Fruit |, egg- 

 shaped, red, calyx deciduous. China and Japan. (Fig. 15 G.) 

 (Source of American Pillar, Crimson Rambler, etc.) 

 R. setigera. Prairie Rose. June-August. Ls. mostly 3-fol.; lflts. ov., 3. Fls. 2, 

 pink fading to white, in few-flowered clusters. Fruit \, round. North 

 America. 

 R. Wichuriana. July-August. Barren stems unbranched. Lflts. ov., i, 

 coarsely toothed, glossy green on both sides. Fls. 2, white, in panicles, 

 styles united into a column almost as long as stamens. Fruit |, round, 

 calyx deciduous. Japan. 

 Variety rubra. Fls. red. 

 (Source of Alberic Barbier, Dorothy Perkins, Lady Gay, etc.) 



{b) Styles project slightly or not at all beyond mouth 

 of receptacle 



(i) FRUIT WITH HAIRS OR BRISTLES 



R. bracteata. Macartney Rose. July-August. Stems thick, downy and 

 bristly, with pairs of hooked prickles. Lflts. obov., 2, rounded at end, 

 glossy dark green above. Stipules joined to 1. -stalk near base only. 

 Fls. 3, white, surrounded by several downy and deeply dissected bracts. 

 Fruit 1 1, round, orange-red, woolly. China. (Fig. 15 E.) 

 R. centifolia. Cabbage Rose. June-July. Stems very prickly. Lflts. ov., 2^, 

 usually five in number, heart-shaped base, firm, downy below, common 

 stalk not prickly. Fls. pink or red, fragrant, very double, nodding, in 

 clusters, stalks with numerous gland-tipped hairs or bristles. Fruit 

 round or egg-shaped. Origin unknown. 

 Variety muscosa. Moss Rose. (Fig. 16 d.) 

 Yantty parvifolia. Burgundian Rose. Lflts. 1 1. Fls. i. 

 Variety pomponia. Pompon Rose. Dwarf. Lflts. i . Fls. 1 1, red. 



