248 XLVI. ROSACEA. Rosa. 
13. R. canina. Dog Rose.—Prickles remote, strong, compressed, faleate ; Zfts. 
5—9, with acute, incurved, and often double serratures; stvp. rather broad, ser- 
rulate; ped. and cal. smooth or hispid; sep. after flowering, deflexed and de- 
ciduous; ae ovoid, red.— Native of Europe. Shrub 4—8f high. : 
8. Burboniana. Ser.—Lfts. ovate, subcordate, simply dentate; fls. pore, 
double and semi-double; pet. concave; sep. entire——A splendid class of roses 
of which more than 100 varieties are cultivated. They are hardy, with am- 
ple and glossy foliage.—18 other varieties are described by Seringe in DC. 
14. R. centiFonia. Hundred-leaved or Provens Rose.-—Prickles nearly straight, 
searcely dilated at base; /fls. 5—7, ovate, glandular-ciliate on the margin, sub- 
pilose beneath ;. flower-bud short-ovoid ; sep. spreading (not deflexed) in flower; 
fr. ovoid ; cal. and ped. glandular-hispid, viscid and fragrant.—F rom 8. Europe. 
Shrub 2—4f high, very prickly. Flowers usually of a pink color, but varying 
in hue, form and size, &c., through a hundred known varieties. 
15. R. moscuira. Musk Rose-—Shoots ascending and climbing; prickles cau- 
line, slender, recurved ; /f/s. 5—7, lanceolate, acuminate, smoothish, discolored ; 
stip. very narrow, acute; /ls. often very numerous; ped. and cal. subhispid ; sep. 
subpinnatifid, elongated and appendiculate; fr. ovoid, red.—Native of 
Stems trailing or climbing 10—12f. Flowers peculiarly fragrant, rather large, 
white, produced in panicles. 
16. R. supa. White Garden Rose—Slightly glaucous; prickles slender, re- 
curved, sometimes wanting; /fts. roundish-ovate, shortly acuminate; petioles 
and veins subtomentose, glandular; sep. pinnatifid; pet. spreading; fr. ovoid, 
nearly smooth—From Germany. Shrub 5—8f high. Flowers large, corym- 
bose, sweet-scented, generally pure white, but often, in its numerous varieties, 
tinged with the most delicate blush. 
17. R. mutTiIFLORA. Many-flowered or Japan Rose.—Branches, ped. and cal. 
tomentose; shoots very long; prickles slender, scattered; lfts. 5—7, ovate-lance- 
olate, soft and slightly rugose; stip. pectinate ; fls. corymbose, often numerous ; 
Jlower-bud ovoid-globose; sep. short; sty. exserted, scarcely cohering in an elon- 
gated, pilose column; pet. white, varying through. roseate to purple-—Japan. 
Shrub with luxuriant shoots, easily trained to the height of 15—20f. 
18. R. Inpica. Chinese Monthly or Bengal Rose-—Erect or climbing, pur- 
plish; prickles strong, remote ; ifts. 3—5, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 
smooth, serrulate, discolored; stip. very narrow; fis. solitary or paniculate; 
ped. often thickened, and, with the cal. smooth, or rugose-hispid; sta. inflexed ; 
fr. turbinate ?—Splendid varieties, blooming from Apr. to Nov. Flowers of 
every hue from pure white to crimson. 
$B. Lawrenciana. (R. Lawrenciana. Lindl. R. Ind.:. acuminata. Ser.) Miss 
Lawrence’s Rose-—St. and branches aculeate, bristly and subglabrous; /fts. ovate, 
purplish beneath; yet. obovate-acuminate.—A class of varieties with very small 
flowers, pink to deep purple. 
19. R. pracreata. Macartney Rose-—Branches erect, tomentose ; prickles re- 
curved, often double ; /fts. 5—9, obovate, subserrate, coriaceous, smooth and shin- 
ing ; stip. fimbriate-setaceous; fis. solitary, terminal; ped. and cal. tomentose; fr. 
globose, large, orange.—Varieties with cream-colored, white, to scarlet flowers. 
20. R. sEMPERViRENS. Evergreen Rose.—St. climbing; prickles subequal; 
Ifts. persistent, 5—7, coriaceous ; fls. subsolitary or corymbose; sep. subentire, 
elongated ; sty. coherent into an elongated column ; ff ovoid or subglobose, yel- 
low, and with the ped. glandular hispid—Allied to the following, but its leaves 
are coriaceous and evergreen, persistent until January. 
21. R. arvensis. Ayrshire Rose-—Shoots very long and flexile; prickles une- 
ual, falcate ; /fts. 5—7, smooth or with scattered hairs, and glaucous beneath, . 
a fis. solitary or corymbose; sep. subentire, short; sty. cohering in a 
long, glabrous column; /r. ovoid-globose, smoothish.—England. The shoots 
grow 15—20f in a season and are very hardy. Flowers white to blush, crim- 
son and purple. 
** Exotic species. ttt Unarmed. 
92, R. Banxsim. Banks’ Rose—Smooth; /fts. lanceolate, crowded, 3—5, 
