248 XLVIII. ROSACEaE. Roai. 



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

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

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

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



/?. Burboniana. Ser. — Lfts. 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 Seriuge in DC. 



14. R. CENTiFOLiA. Hundred-Uaxed OX Proveiis Rose. — P/ffAfes nearly straight, 

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

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

 fr. ovoid ; cal. and pcd. 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, &c., through a hundred known varieties. 



15. R. MoscHATA. Musk Rose. — /SAoo/s ascending and climbing; ^?'c/tZescau- 

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

 stip. very narrow, acute; Jls. often very numerous; pe</. 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. White Garden Rose. — Slightly glaucous ; prickles slender, re- 

 curved, sometimes wanting; lfts. 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. >iuLTiFLORA. Many-fiowcred or Japan Rose. — Branches, pcd. and cal. 

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

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

 fio^cer-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 ; prickles strong, remote ; Ifts.'S — 5, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 smooth, serrulate, discolored; stip. 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 

 ever}'' hue from pure white to crimson. 



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

 Lawrence's Rose. — St. and branches v^c^x\es.ie, bristly and subglabrous; lfts. ovate, 

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

 flowers, pink to deep purple. 



19. R. BRACTEATA. Macartticy Rose. — Branches erect, tomentose ; prickles re- 

 curved, often double ; lfts. b—d, 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 flowers. 



20. R. sEMPERVlRENs. Evcrgrccn Rose. — St. climbing; prickles subequal; 

 lfts. persistent, 5 — 7, coriaceous ; fls. .subsolitary 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 ; lfts. 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 ; fr. 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 ; lfts. lanceolate, crowded, 3 — 5, 



