248 XLVIII. ROSACEiE. Rosa; 



13. R. CANlNA. Dog Roie. — Pm/jfes remote, strong, compressed, falcate ; Z/fo. 

 5 — 9, with acute, incurved, and often double serratures ; stip. rather broad, ser- 

 rulate; ped. and cal. smooth or hispid; sep. after flowering, deflexed and de- 

 ciduous j /r. ovoid, red.. — Native of Europe. Shrub 4 — 8f high. 



fi. Burboniana. Ser. — LJts. ovate, .subcordate, simply dentate ; fls. purple, 

 double and semi-double ; pet. concave ; sep. entire. — A splendid class of roses,, 

 of which more than 100 varieties are cultivated. They are hardy, with am- 

 ple and glossy foliage. — 18 other varieties are described by Scringe in DC. 



14. R. CENTiFOLiA, Hundrcd-lcaxed OX ProvcTbs Rose. — P/z'cA'^bs nearly straight, 

 scarcely dilated at base ; [fls. 5 — 7, ovate,^ glandular-ciliate on the margin, sub- 

 pilose beneath ; flower-bud short-ovoid ; sep. spreading (not defiexed) in. flowery 

 fr. ovoid ; cal.- and ped. glandular-hispid, viscid and fragrant. — F'rom S. Europe, 

 Shrub 2— -4f high, very prickly. Flov/ers usually of a pink color, but varying 

 in hue, form and size, <fec., through a hundred known varieties. 



15. R. MoscHATA. Musk Rose. — SA00/5 ascending and climbing ; ^'icifcs cau- 

 line, slender, recurved ; Ifts. 5 — 7, lanceolate, acuminate, .smoothish, discolored ^ 

 itip. very narrow, acute ; fls. often very numerous ; ped. and cal. subhispid ; sep. 



subpinnatifid, elongated and appendiculate ; fr. ovoid, red.— Native of — . 



Stems trailing or climbing 10^ — 12f. Flowers peculiarly fragrant, rather large,, 

 white, produced in panicles. 



16. R. ALBA. Wliite Garden Rose. — Slightly glaucous ; prickles slender, re- 

 curved, sometimes wanting ; Ifts. roundish-ovate, shortly acuminate ; petioles 

 and vei7is subtomentose, glandular •,. sep. pinnatifid ; pet. spreading ; //■. ovoid, 

 nearly smooth. — ^From Germany. Shrub 5 — 8f high. Flowers large, corym- 

 bose, sweet-scented, generally pure white, but often, in its numerous varieties, 

 tinged with the most delicate blush. 



., 17. R. MULTJFL,oRA. Many-flmi'ered or Japam, Rose. — Braniches, ped. and cal. 

 tomentose ; shoots very long ; prickles slender,, scattered ; Ifts. 5 — 7, ovate-lance- 

 olate, soft and slightly rugose ;. slip, pectinate ; fls. corymbose, often numerous ; 

 flower-bud ovoid-globose ; sep. short ; sty. exserted, scarcely cohering in an elon- 

 gated, pilose column ; pet. white, varying through roseate to purple. — Japan. 

 Shrub with luxuriant shoots, easily trained to the height of 15-— 2(>f 



18. R. Indica. Chinese Mo7ithly or Bengal Rose. — ^Erect or climbing, pur- 

 plish; ^/cA-fcs strong, remote ; Ifts. 3 — 5, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 smooth, serrulate, discolored; stip. very narrow;^-, solitary or paniculate j 

 ped, often thickened, and, with the cal. smooth, or rugose-hispid; sta. inflexed; 

 fr. turbinate 7— Splendid varieties, blooming lirom Apr. to Nov. Flowers of 

 every hue from pure white to crimson. 



/?. Lawrenciana. (R. Lav/renciana. Lindl. R. Ind. j. acuminata. Ser.y Mis& 

 Laim-ence's Rose. — St. and branches aculeate, bristly and suhglabrous ; Ifts. orate^ 

 purplish beneath ; pet. obovate-acuminate. — A class of varieties with very small 

 ffowers, pink to deep purple. 



19. R. bracteata. Macartney Rose. — Branches erect, tomentose ; prickles re- 

 curved, often double ; Ifts. 5 — ^9, obovate, subserrate, coriaceous, smooth and shin- 

 ing ; stip. fimbriate-setaceous ; fls. solitary, terminal ; ped. and cal. tomentose ;/r. 

 globose, large, orange. — Varieties with cream-colored, white, to scarlet fifowers. 



20. R. sBMPERviRENs. Evergreen Rose. — St. climbing; prickles subequal; 

 Z/^s. persistent, 5 — 7, coriaceous ; ^s. subsolitaiy or corymbose; sf^. subentire, 

 elongated ; 5^3^. coherent into an elongated column ; fr. ovoid or subglobose, yel- 

 low, and with the ped. glandular hispid. — Allied to the following, but its leaves 

 are coriaceous* and evergreen, persistent until January. 



21. R. ARVENSKs. Ayrshire Rose. — S/wote very long and flexile; prickles xine~ 

 qual, falcate ; Ifts.^ — 1, smooth or witli scattered hairs, and glaucous beneath, 

 deciduous ; fls. solitary or corymbose ; sep. subentire, short ; sty. cohering in a 

 long, glabrous column ; fr. ovoid-globose, smoothish. — England. The shoots 

 grow 15 — 20f in a season a^d are very hardy. Flowers white to blush, crim- 

 son and purple; 



* * Exotic species, f ff Unarmed. 



22. R. Banksi^. Baiiks' Rose. — Smooth ; Ifts. lanceolate, crowded, 3 — \ 



