248 XLVIII. ROSACEjE. Rosa. 



13. R. CANiNA. Dog Rose. — Prickles remote, strong, compressed, falcate ; Ifts. 

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

 rulate ; ped. and col. smooth or hispid ; scp. after flowering, deflexed and de- 

 ciduous ; fr. ovoid, red. — Native ot Europe. Shrub 4 — 8f high. 



0. Biir'boniana. Ser. — Ljis. ovate, subcordate, simply dentate ; fls. purple, 

 double and semi-double ; pet. concave ; scp. 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 Seringe' in DC. 



14. R. CEXTiFOLiA. Hundred-leaved ox Provens Rose. — P/7c/.Z<?5 nearly straight, 

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

 pilose beneath ; Jlowcr-bud short-ovoid ; scp. spreading (not deflexed) in flower; 

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

 Shrub 2— 4f high, very prickly. Flowers usually of a pink color, but varying 

 in hue, form and size, (Stc, through a hundred known varieties. 



15. R. MoscHATA. Mitsk Rose. — Shoots ascending and climbing; piickks caiVi- 

 line, slender, recurved ; Ifts. 5 — 7, lanceolate, acuminate, smoothi.sh, discolored ; 

 slip, very narrow, acute; fis. often very numerous; ped. and cal. .subhispid; sep. 



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



Stems trailing or climbing 10— I2f. Flowers peculiarly fragrant, rather large, 

 white, produced in panicles, 



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

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

 and veins subtomentose, glandular ; scp. pinnatifid ; pet. spreading ; fr. 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. MULTiFLORA. Manij-Jlowered or Japan Rose. — Branches, 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; 

 fio^i-er-bud ovoid-globose; scp. 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-— 20f 



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

 plish; ^nc^fes strong, remote; Ifts. 3 — 5, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 smooth, serrulate, discolored; slip, very narrow ;/5. solitary or paniculate; 

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

 fr. turbinate 1 — Splendid varieties, blooming from Apr. to Nov. Flowers of 

 every hue from pure white to crimson. 



/?. Laiorenciana. (R. Lawrenciana. Lindl. R. Ind. i. acuminata. Ser.) Miss 

 Lavyrence's Rose. — St. and branches aculeate, bristly and subglabrous ; Ifts. ovate, 

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

 flowers, 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 ; slip, fimbriate-setaceous ; fls. solitary, terminal ; ped. and cal. tomento.se ; /r. 

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



20. R. sEMPERviRENs. Evcrgreen Rose. — St. climbing; prickles subequal; 

 Ifts. persistent, 5 — 7, coriaceous; fls. subsolitaiy or corymbose; sep. subentire, 

 elongated ; sty. 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. ARVENsis. Ayrshire Rose. — Shoots very long and flexile; prickles une- 

 qual, falcate ; Ifts. 5 — 7, smooth or with scattered hairs, and glaucous beneath, 

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

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

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

 son and purple. 



* * Exotic species, f f f Unarmed. 



22. R. BANKSI.E. Banks' Rose. — Smooth ; Ifts. lanceolate, crowded, 3 — 5, 



