336 Order 47.— ROSACEA. 



14 R. canina L. Dog Rose. Prickles remote, strong, compressed, fal- 

 cate ; lfts. 5 to 9, with acute, incurved, and often double serratures ; stip. rather 

 broad, serrulate ; ped. and cal. smooth or hispid; sep. after flowering deflexed and 

 deciduous ; fr. ovoid, red. — Nativo of Europe. Shrub 4 to 8f high. 



p. Burboniana Ser. Lfts. ovate, subcordate, simply dentate ; fis. purple, 

 double and semidouble ; pet. concave ; sop. entire. — A splendid class of 

 roses, of which moro than 100 varieties are cultivated. They are hardy, 

 with ample and glossy foliage. 18 other varieties are described by Seringe 

 in DC. 



15 R. centifolia L. LTundred-leaved or Provens Rose. Prickles nearly 

 straight, scarcely dilated at base; hts. 5 to 7, ovate, glandular-ciliate on the mar- 

 gin, subpilous beneath ; flower-bud short-ovoid ; sep. spreading (not deflexed) in 

 flower ; fr. ovoid ; col and ped. glandular-hispid, viscid and fragrant. — From S. 

 Europe. Shrub 2 to 4f high, very prickly. Fls. usually of a pink color, but 

 varying in hue, form, size, etc., through a hundred known varieties, among 

 which are the incomparable moss rose, the cabbage, etc. 



16 R. damascena Ait. Damask Rose. St. branching and bushy, armed 

 •with unequal spines, mostly stipular, cauline ones broad, falcate or hooked ; lfts, 

 large, broadly elliptical, downy-canescont ; sep. reflexed; fr. ovoid, elongated. — 

 Nativo of the Levant. Shrub 3 to 4f high. Fls. rather numerous, of a delicate, 

 pale, roseate hue, usually with very numerous petals, and a delicious fragrance. 

 Among its numerous varieties is the common Monthly, low, blooming at all 

 seasons. 



17 R. alba L. White Garden Rose. Erect, tall, slightly glaucous : 

 prickles slender, recurved, sometimes wanting; lfts. roundish-ovate, shortly 

 acuminate; petioles and vein3 subtomentous, glandular; sep. pinnalifld; pet. 

 spreadiug ; fr. ovoid, nearly smooth. — From Germany. Shrub 5 to 8f high. Fls. 

 large, coiymbous, sweet-scented, generally pure white, but often in its numerous 

 varieties, tinged with the most delicate blush. 



18 R. moschata L. Musk Rose. Shoots ascending and climbing ; prickles 

 cauline, slender, recurved ; lfts. 5 to 7, lanceolate, acuminate, smoothish, discolored ; 

 stip. very narrow, acute; fls. often very numerous; ped. and cal. subhispid; sep. 



subpinnatifid, elongated and appendiculate ; fr. ovoid, red. Native of . Sts. 



trailing or climbing 10 to 12f. Fls. peculiarly fragrant, rather large, white, pro- 

 duced in panicles. 



19 R. Indica L. Chinese Monthly or Bengal Rose. Erect or climbing, 

 purplish, prickles strong, remote ; lfts. 3 to 5, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 smooth, serrulate, discolored; slip, very narrow; fls. solitary or paniculate; ped. 

 often thickened, and, with the cal. smooth, or glandular-hispid; sep. mostly entire ; 

 stam. indexed ; fr. turbinate ? — Splendid varieties, blooming from Apr. to Nov. 

 Fls. of every hue from pure white to crimson, as the Noisette, Sanguinea (foliage 

 as well as fls. blood-red), Youland of Aragon, Giant of battles, Cloth-of-gold (sulphur 

 yellow), and the favorito Tea Roses. 



ft. lawrenciana. Miss Lawrence's Rose. St. and branches aculeate, 

 bristly and subglabrous ; lfts. ovate, purplish beneath: ped. obovate-scumiu- 

 ate. — A class of varieties with very small flowers, pink to deep purple. (R. 

 Lawrenciana Lindl. R. Indica acuminata Ser.) 



20 R- alpina Ser. Alpine or Boursault Rose. Younger shoots echinate 

 with numerous weak prickles, older ones smooth, rarely armed with strong 

 prickles; lfts. 5 to 11, ovate or obovate, sharply and often doubly serrate; stip. 

 narrow, apex diverging ; ped. deflexed after flowering, and with the cal. hispid 

 or smooth ; sep. entire, spreading ; fr. ovoid, pendulous, crowned with the con- 

 nivent calyx. — Hardy, vigorous, climbing, with pink, red or crimson flowers. 



21 R. eglanteria Ser. Yellow Rose. Austrian Eglantine. St. with 

 a cinerous bark, branches red, both armed with straight, slender, scattered 

 prickles ; lvs. 5 to 7, small, broad-oval or obovate, smooth, shining above, sharply 

 serrate ; cal. nearly naked and entire ; pet. large, broad-obcordate. — From Ger- 

 many. Shrub about 3f high, bushy. Fls. numerous of a golden yellow, very 

 fugacious, of less agreeable fragrance than the leaves. There are many varieties, 

 both single and double, variegated with red. Jn. (R. lutea Mill.) 



