ICOSAKDRIA POLYOirinA. 087 



bus, tematis ; foliolis Ian- | lec^flets lanceolate, ser- 

 cet^liitis, serratis, coria- | rate, coriaceous, lucid ; 

 ceiNjlucidis; floribussoli- j flowers solitary, terminal, 

 tariis, terminalihus. E. 



Mich. 1. p, 295. Pursh, 1. p. 345. 



A shrub, with long flexible branches, which may be trained to 10| 

 15 or 20 feet high, but when left unsupported fall to t!ie earth ana 

 take root J branches glabrous, and armed with very strong recurved 

 piirkles. Leaves very glossj and smooth, prickly along the under 

 %hW <if the midrib, very rarely quinate. rhwers on small lateral 

 branches. Segments of the cn?2/.r unequal, all acuiuinate, 2 leafiike 

 at the summit, serrate* Petah white, obovate, obiuse. with a point 

 irreirularly crenulate, 



This plant in its habit and appearance has very little resemblance 

 to ifs congeners. It has been cultivated in the gardens in Georgia 

 for upwards of 40 years, under the name of the "Cherokee Rose,'^ 

 but its origin is still obscure. 



In our rural economy this plant will one day become very import- 

 ant. For tne purpose' of forming hedges, there is perhaps no plant 

 vhich unites so many advantages. For quickness ofgrowtlu facility of 

 eulture, strength, durability and beauty, it has perhaps no rival. 



Gj owa in moist soils, prcferrins close, rich loam 



Flowers April, principally, but occasionally through the summer* 



RUBITS. Gew. PL. 864* 



Cahfx psitem, 5-fidus. [ Ctf/f/a: expanding, 5 cleft. 

 JPetala 5. Bacca compo. I Petals 5. Btrrp jeom- 

 aita, acinis monospermis J pound, with the acini or 



I puJpy grains one seeded. 



1. ViLLOSUS, 



K puhescens, hispidus | Pubescent, hispid and 

 aculeatusque ; caulc an- | prickly ; stem angled 



gulato ; foliis (S-^5) dl I leaves (8-— 5) dictate, 



gitatis, ovali-lanceolatis, j oval lanceolate, acunii- 

 acununatis, duplicato.ser^ j nate, doubly serrate ; i a- 

 ratis; racemo laxo, pedi. I cenies loose, with the 

 CeJlis solitariis. | pedicels solitary, 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1085. Mich. 1.p.297. Pursh, 1 p. 346. 

 R. fruticosus, Walt. 



Root creeping, stoloniferoug. Stem generally erect, 4— 8 feet high^ 

 ^exuous; branching} the joung branches pubescent; the old ocarlj 



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