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CHAP. XLII. ROSA CEH. ROSA. 751 
large. Peduncles and calyxes tomentose. Fruit 
lobose, large, orange red. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 602.) 
Piedra showy, pure white, solitary, nearly ses- 
sile. Fruit spherical, orange red. Native of China. 
Introduced by Lord Macartney, in 1795; grow- 
ing to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., and flowering 
from June to October. A very ornamental shrub, 
evergreen, with large white flowers, and nu- 
merous bright yellow stamens and styles. It 
flowers abundantly, but is rather tender. It suc- 
ceeds best when trained against a wall. 
Varieties. 
s@ R.b. 2 scabricatilis Lindl. (Rosar. Monog., p.10.; Sims : 
Bot. Mag., t. 1377. )— Branches bristly. Prickles smaller than in the species, and rather 
straight. A native of China, in the province of Tchetchiang. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 602.) 
In the collection of Messrs. Loddiges, besides R. bracteata, there are R. 6. vera, and R. 
b. flore pléno. 
« 4, R. (B.) MicRopHyY’LLA Roxb. The small-leafleted Rose. 
Identification. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ined., according, to Lindl. Rosar. Monog., 
p. 9. 145, 146. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don’s Mill., 2, p. 565, 
Synonyme. Hoi-tong-hong, Chinese. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 919.; and our fig. 474. FX. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem almost without prickles. Leaf- ““?"" S38 
lets glossy, sharply serrated, veiny beneath, with 
densely netted, anastomosing veins. Stipules very 
narrow, unequal. Flowers double, of a delicate rose- 
colour. Calyx densely invested with prickles. Sepals 
short, broadly ovate, echinate, ending in a point. 
Prickles having at the base two longitudinal furrows. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 602.) Flowers very large, double, \ 
and of a delicate blush colour, Native of China. In- \ 
troduced in 1828, or before; growing to the height of 2 ft. or 3ft., and 
flowering from August to October. An interesting little shrub, but some- 
what tender, like 2, bracteata, 


# 5. R. (B.) invotucra‘ta Roxb, The involucred-corymbed Rose. 
Identification. Roxb, Fl. Ind. ined., according to Lindl. <= Gg 
Hien. Monog., p. 8.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don’s Mill., 2. 4 

p. 505. 
Synonymes. R., Lindleydna Tratt. Ros., 2. p.190.; FR. paltis- 
tris Buchan. (Ham.) MSS., according to Lindl. Rosar. oss “ 
Monog., p. 8. & 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 739.; and our jig. 475. 
Spec. Char., &c. Shoots long, tender. Branches pale brown, 
tomentose, scarcely prickly. Leaflets 3—9, elliptical-lanceo- 
late, tomentose beneath. Stipules hardly attached to the 
petiole, bristle-like-fringed. Flowers terminal, mostly soli- 
tary, white. Peduncles and calyxes tomentose. (Dec. Prod., 
ii, p. 602.) Seringe seems to consider this as a variety of 
R. bracteata. It is a native of Nepal and China, with 
white flowers in corymbs, surrounded by three or four 
approximate leaves. It was introduced in 1818; grows to 
the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft.; and flowers in June and July. 
Plants of this kind, which is very distinct both in its 
foliage and its flowers, are rare incollections. Being some- 
what tender, it is greatly improved in growth by the pro- 
tection of a wall, on which it makes a fine appearance. 
On the rose wall at Messrs. Loddiges, three years ago, there 
was a plant of #. involucrata, which had attained the height 
of the wall (11 ft.), and which flowered magnificently. 
§ iil. Cznnamomee Lindl. Ros., p. 13. 
Sect. Char. Plants setigerous or unarmed, bracteate. Leaflets lanceolate 
glandless. Disk thin, never thickened. This section is distinguished by 
its long lanceolate leaflets, without glands, upright shoots, and compact 
habit. Red flowers, never solitary, except by abortion, and always sup- 
ported by bracteas. Round, small, red fruit (soon losing its long narrow 
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