118 ROSA PROSTRATA. 
shorter than the petals, rough with glands; petals ob- 
cordate, concave; stamens 138-140, quickly dropping 
off; disk conical, very thick ; ovaries 30; styles united 
into a long, hairy column. Fruit round, orange-co- 
loured, small. 
A very ornamental plant, rapidly forming a com- 
pact covering to old pales or buildings against which it 
is planted. From R. prostrata its rambling shoots and 
hairy styles distinguish it. Viviani’s R. atrovirens is 
escribed with rough and figured with smooth fruit. 
The Ayrshire Rose described by Mr. Neill in the 
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal under the name of 
capreolata does not appear to differ from this, which is 
not a native of America, but is confined to the South 
of Europe and North of Africa. 
65. ROSA prostrata. 
R. surculis prostratis, aculeis subzequalibus falcatis, 
foliis sempervirentibus, stylis glabris. 
R. prostrata D.C. hort. monsp. 138. suppl. 536. 
Hab. in Gallia australi. (Decand.) 
This Rose has much resemblance to var. ( of sem- 
pervirens, from which it differs in having styles abso- 
lutely naked; its tube of the calyx oval-oblong and not 
globose ; its stem prostrate, with scattered somewhat 
curved prickles; flowers either solitary or nearly so. 
Decand. I. c. 
Notwithstanding the very great resemblance be- 
tween the description of this and sempervirens, I wish to 
leave them separate for others who can compare the 
two to decide. MM. De Candolle assures me that their 
aspect is exceedingly dissimilar, and that they do not 
vary when cultivated. : 
