EOSACE7E. 98 ROSA. 



6. AMELA'NCIilER. 



Calyx o-cleft; petals ol)lon<^-obovate or oblanceolale; sta- 

 mens short; styles 5, united; pome 3 — S-celled; cells par- 

 tially divided. 2-seeded. 



Small trees or shrubs. 



A. CaNADEN'SIS. T.S^G. Pyrus Botryapium. Z. Mespilus arborea. Jlfz. 



Leaves oval or cordate, acuminate or mucronate, sharply serrate, smooth ; 

 fioioers in racemes; petals linear, obhmceolate ; segments of the calyx about 

 as long as the tube; fruit purplish, globose. A tree found in woods, rarely 

 exceeding 3-5 feet in iiight. Leaves alternate, 2 — 3 inches long, downy-to- 

 mentose when young, at length very smooth on both sides, very acute and 

 finely serrate. Flowers large, white, in terminal racemes, appearing in April 

 and May, rendering the tree quite conspicuous in the yet naked forest. Fruit 

 pleasant to the taste, ripening in Ju'ne. Shad Berrij. June Berry. 



/3. rotund if ol ia ; (Pyrus ovalis, JV.) /eases broad-oval ; j^c^aZs linear-oblong. 

 Shrub 10 — 20 feet high. Woods, common. Apr. May. 



y. oligocarpa ; (Aronia sanguinea, N.) leaves narrow, oval or oblong, finely 

 serrate, sinooth even when young; racc/zies few-flowered. Shrub. Apr. May. 



Suborder III. ROSACEA proper. 



Ovaries solitary or several, distinct. Fruit achenia or follicular. 



7. ROSA. 



Calyx urceolate, flesliy, contracted at the orifice, S-cleft ; 

 petals 5; achenia numerous, bristly, fixed to the inner side 

 of the calyx. 



Celtic, rhos, red j Gr. Qoaov ; Lat. Rosa; Eng.- Rose. Justly styled the' 

 queen of flowers, for, from time immemorial, it has been the choice and favo- 

 rite flower of civilized man. Cal. inferior, with a pitcher-shaped tube, perm., 

 deeply divided into 5 lanceolate segments, either all simple or 2of tiiem onlj', 

 the other 3 being appendaged. Pet. obcordate, 5, but greatly increased by 

 culture. Fil. filiform. Ova. numerous, with silky hairs. Fruit round or 

 ovate, formed of the matured and colored calyx, tube closed and containing, 

 the achenia. 



1. R. RUBIGINO'SA. 



Fruit obovate ; peduncles and petioles glandulrer-hispid ; stent smooth ; prickles 

 recurved; letijlels ovul, with ferruginous glands beneath. A slender shrub, 

 3 or 4 feet high, in pastures, about hedges, &c. The stem is bushy, much 

 branched, with numerous, strong, hooked prickles ; the younger shoots nearly 

 simple, declined at top. Leaves pinnate, of 5 — 7 leaflets, douLily serrate, bright 

 green above, clothed with viscid, reddish glands beneath, which, when rubbed, 

 yield a delightful fragrance. Flowers red, sweet-scented. Fruit scarlet, 

 smooth or bristl}^. Jn. Eglantine. Sweet-briar. 



/3. micrantka. Fruit ovate, and with the peduncles somewhat hispid; 

 prickles recurved; leaf cts ovate, acute. Habit like the precedmsr, but larger 

 and more common. Stems often 6 feet high. Leaves rusty and glandular 

 beneath, but less fragrant than the last. Fiowers scarcely half as large, near- 

 ly white,. appearing in June. Small-fowcrcd Swtel-Lriar, 



