10 . ROSA BRACTEATA. 
Norfolk, the flowers of which are reported to be small 
and double. This therefore is very likely to be our 
plant, and if so, there can be no doubt, from the 
well-known liberality of its noble proprietor, that it 
will soon find its way into general notice. 
7. ROSA bracteata. 
R. foliolis oblongis obtusis elaberrimis, bracteis ap- 
pressis pectinatis. 
R. bracteata Wendl. obs. p. 50. hort. herrenhus. 7, t. 
22. Vent. cels. t.28. Redout. ros. 1. 35. t. 6. 
R. lucida Lawr. ros. t. 84. 
R. Macartnea Dumont-Cours. bot. cult. fide Redoute. 
8 scabricaulis, ramis setigeris, aculeis minoribus rec- 
tiusculis. 
R. bracteata Ménch meth. suppl. 290. Jacq. fragm. 
30. 4.34. f. 2. Curt. mag. 1377. Smith in Rees 
in l. 
Hab. in Bootan, Roxb; 8 in Chinz provincid Tche- 
tchiang, Staunton. (v.v. c. et s. sp. herb. Banks.) 
A compact dark green shrub. Branches erect, 
stout, downy; prickles hooked, very strong, placed by 
pairs under the stipule, somewhat downy. Stipule 
nearly distinct, pilose, pectinate: segments capillary, 
the uppermost sometimes dilated and extending into a 
small pinnate leaf; petioles almost naked, with a few 
small, strong, hooked prickles ; leaflets 5-9, crenate, 
obovate, flat, shining, blunt, naked on both sides, dark 
green above, paler beneath; their veins inconspicuous. 
Flowers showy, pure white, solitary, nearly sessile in 
