£COSANDRIA.— POLYGYNIA. 



POLYGYNIA. 



327. ROSA. Rose. Rosacea. 



J. R. parviflora : fruit depressed-globose, and 



the peduncles hispid ; petioles pubescent, some 

 what prickly ; stem smooth ; stipular prickles 

 straight ; leaflets elliptical-lanceolate, simply ser 

 rate, smooth when mature ; flowers mostly by 

 pairs. 

 HAB. Woods and copses. June — July. Shrub 3 fi. 

 high ; fl. large red. 

 2. R. nitida : fruit subglobose ; calyx, peduncles, and 

 branches hispid ; petioles somewhat hairy, un 

 armed ; leaflets (7) oblong-lanceolate, onbothsidp* 

 smooth and shining. 

 HAB. Pennsylvania. -{-. 

 : . R. lucida : fruit depressed-globose, and with the pe 

 duncles somewhat hispid ; petioles smooth, a little 

 prickly ; stem smooth ; stipular prickles straight : 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, coarsely 

 serrate, smooth and shining; flowers generally bj 

 pairs ; segments of the calyx entire. 

 II AB. Mountain bogs. July. Shrub oft. high ; fl 

 large, red. 

 . R. gcmclla: fruit depressed-globose, and with th< 

 peduncles glabrous ; flowers mostly by pairs, leaf- 

 lets oblong, acute, opaque; petioles and under sur 

 face of the veins pubescent ; stipular prickles unci- 

 nate, by pairs. 

 HAB. Dry hills. June. A tow shrub ;jl. lawge, reu 

 ». R. Carolina: fruit globose, and, with the peduncles 

 somewhat hispid ; petioles hairy, somewhat prickly 

 m smooth ; prickles uncinate ; leaflets (5 — 7: 

 long-lanceolate, acute, sharply senate, glaucou- 

 beneath ; flowers in corymbs. 



iwamps and wet thickets. June— July 

 ub 3—8 ft. high; prickles strong; corymbs 5— 

 \-f. ; pet. obovate, large. 

 ]». rubiginosa : fruit ovate; peduncle- and petioles 

 qlandular-hi?pid ; stem smooth : branches anfl 

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