CHAP. XLII. ROSA CEA. ROSA. 771 
Odeur de Thé, Fr.; has semidouble flowers, of 
a most delicious fragrance, strongly resembling 
the scent of the finest green tea. There are 
numerous subvarieties. é 
* R.i. 4 longifolia Lindl. Ros., p. 106.; 2. longi- 
folia Willd. Enum., ii. 1079., Red. Ros., ii. t. 27. 5 
R. semperflorens var. 7. N. Du Ham., vi. 
p. 22.; 2. salicifolia Hort.; and our jig. 507. ; 
has the stems nearly unarmed, and long lanceo- 
late leaflets. 
# R. i. 5 pumila Lindl. Ros., p. 106., is a dwarf 
variety, with purplish flowers, having ovate 
petals. 
* R. i. 6 caryophillea Red. Ros., iii. p. 69., has the 
flowers ina kind of panicle, and the leaflets 
large and thin. 
# R. i. 7 pannosa Red. has the stems and branches 
prickly ; the leaflets ovate, and red beneath, 
with the stipules so finely denticulated as to 
give them somewhat of a fringed or pannose appearance. Flowers 
drooping a little, purple on the outside, and with the inner petals 
rose-coloured. 
a R.i. 8 cruénta Red., and Don’s Mill., il. p. 582,.; differing from the 
above principally in having the stems and branches almost un- 
armed, and the stipules almost entire. 
* R.i.9 Fraseriana Hort. Brit., p. 211., and Don’s Mill., ii. p. 582.; a 
hybrid, with double pink flowers. 
& R. 2. 10 raga Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1389., has double blush, changing 
to white, sweet-scented flowers. It is a hybrid between R. i. odora- 
tissima and R. arvénsis, brought from Italy, where it was raised by 
Mr. Clare. It grows freely, making shoots 10 ft. or 12 ft. long in a 
season. 
% Ri. 11 ochroleica Bot. Reg., the yellow China Rose, has large cream- 
coloured flowers, deepening almost into yellow in the centre. It was 
introduced by Mr. Parks, in 1824, and has rapidly become a great 
favourite, in pots and ornamental flower-gardens. 

*® 66. R. SEMPERFLO‘RENS Curt. The ever-flowering China Rose. 
st lp ea Gare Bot. Mag., t. 284. ; Smith Exot. Bot., 2. p. 91.; Jacq. Schénbr., 3, p. 281. ; Don’s 
Syncageee R. diversifdlia Vent. Cels., t.°35.; R. bengalénsis Pers. Ench., 2. p. 50.; &. indica Red. 
Ros., 1. p. 49. t. 13., p. 125. t. 46., and 2. p. 37. t. 16. 
Engravings. Lawyr. Ros., t. 23.; N. Du Ham., vii. t. 18.; and our 
Jig. 508., of a double French variety. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches dark green, armed with 
scattered, compressed, hooked prickles, and a 
very few glands. Leaflets 3—5, ovate-lanceolate, 
crenate-serrated, shining above, but glaucous and 
slightly setigerous beneath. Sepals compound, 
narrow. Fruit spherical. (Don’s Mill., ii. p. 582.) 
Native of China. Flowers solitary, single, or semi- 
double, deep crimson. There are some very  }y, 
splendid varieties of this species, with semidouble ,-2-% 
crimson flowers, in our gardens; and the French tf a 
appear to have some others still more beautiful, / 
which have not yet been imported. A shrub, 
introduced in 1789, growing from 8 ft. to 10 ft. 
in height, and flowering throughout the year. 
For this beautiful rose we are indebted to Gilbert Slater, Esq., Low-Layton, 
Essex, a gentleman to whose memory a genus has not yet been devoted, 
though he was the means of introducing several of our finest plants. 
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