248 XLVIII. ROSACEiE. Rosa. 



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

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

 rulate; ped. 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, simplj' dentate; Jls. purple, 

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

 of which more than 100 varieties are cultivated. The)^ are hardy, with am- 

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



14. R. CENTiFOLiA. Hujidred-leaved ov Proveus Rose. — Pz-rcAZes nearly straight, 

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

 pilose beneath ; Jlower-bud short-ovoid ; sep. 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, &c., through a hundred known varieties. 



15. R. MOSCHATA. Musk Rose. — Shoots ascending and climbing ; prickles ca.u- 

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

 stip. very narrow, acute; Jls. 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. White Garden Rose.—^Mghtlj glaucous ; prickles slender, re- 

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

 and veins subtomentose, glandular ; sep. 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. Mauij-flowered or Japan Rose. — Branches, ped. and cal. 

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

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

 Jlower-bud ovoid-globose ; sep. short ; 5/?/. 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 ; lfts. 3 — 5, ovalte, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 smooth, serrulate, discolored; stip. very narrow; /s. solitary or paniculate; 

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

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

 every hue from pure white to crimson. ^ 



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

 Lawrence's Rose. — St. and Z»m?i.cAg5 aculeate, bristly and subglabrous ; Zf/fs. ovate, 

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

 flowers, pink to deep purple. 



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

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

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

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



20. R. sEMPERViRENs. Evcrgrccn Rose. — St. climbing; prickks 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 1 1 Unarined. 



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



