704 ROSA. [class XII. ORDER 111. 



Halitat. — Heaths and waste places, especially in a sandy or chalky 

 district. — )S. pilosa^ Ireland, Lindley. 

 Shrub ; flowering in May and June. 



It is from this species that the great variety of the Burnet or Scotch 

 Roses of our gardens is obtained. It varies very greatly in the size 

 of the shrub, the fragrance of the flowers, and the shape ot the 

 leaves ; this, however, does not alter the appearance for which it is 

 distinguished, as resembling the leaves of the Burnet. It may have 

 been the delicacy of this pretty simple Rose, with its very spiny 

 branches, which suggested to the mind of Ario&to the following lines : — 

 La virginella e simile alia rosa, 

 Cb' in bel giardin, sulla nativa spina^ 

 Mentre sola e sicura si riposa, 

 Ne gregge ne pastor se le awicina; 

 L' aura soave e V alba rugiadosa, 

 L' acqua, e la terra al sue favor s'inclina : 

 Giovani vaghi, e donne innamorate, 

 Amano averne e seni e tempie ornate. 

 Ma non si tosto dal materno stelo 

 Rimossa viene, e dal sue ceppo verde, 

 Che quanto avea dagli uomini e dal cielo 

 Favor, grazia e belezza, tutto perde. 

 La vergine che il candor, di che piil zelo, 

 Che de' begli occhi e della vita aver de', 

 Pregiar non mostra; il pregio ch' avea innante- 

 Perde nel core d' ogni saggio amante. 



V Orlando Furioso, Cant. 1. u. 42 and 43. 

 4. i?. Hiber'nica, Sm. (Fig. 800.) Irish Rose. Prickles unequal, 

 scattered, slightly curved, intermixed with but few setse; leaflets ovate, 

 acute, simply serrated, hairy beneath ; calyx segments pinnate, re- 

 flexed ; flowers with bractea ; fruit smooth, nearly globular. 



English Botany, t. 2196.— English Flora, vol. ii. p. 394.-~Hookerr 

 British Flora, ed. 3. vol. i. p. 230. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 100. — R. 

 canina, Linn. — De Cand. Prod. 2. p. 613. 



Root with creeping suckers. Shrub from three to six feet high, 

 forming a dense much branched bush, with reddish brown bark. 

 Prickles not very numerous, scattered, the larger ones slightly curved, 

 the smaller slender ones straight, and intermixed with a few setse. 

 Leaves with the common footstalk hairy, with or without a few 

 slender hooked prickles, and rarely any setsB or glands, leaflets crowded, 

 from five to nine, roundish ovate, acute, smooth, and somewhat 

 glaucous above, or scattered over with a few fine hairs, paler beneath, 

 and the ribs hairy, the margin with simple rarely double or unequal 

 serratures. Stipules broad, with spreading points, smooth, with 

 slightly serrated margins. Flowers rather small, of a pale pink colour, 

 solitary, or two or more together, and are then accompanied with ovate 

 lanceolate bractea, with slightly serrated margins. Peduncles cylin- 

 drical, smooth, as well as the calyx tube, which has its segments 



