CHAP. XLII. ROSACEA. ROSA. 773 
& x R. a. 2 ayreshirea Ser. R. capreolata Neill in Edin. Phil. Journ., 
No. 3. p. 102. Cultivated in British gardens under the name of the 
Ayrshire Rose.—Prickles slender, very acute. Leaflets ovate, sharply 
serrate, thin, nearly ofthe same colour on both surfaces. Peduncles 
hispid with glanded hairs, or wrinkled. A vigorous-growing climber, 
producing shoots sometimes 20 ft. in length in one season, and 
flowering profusely from the middle of May to the middle of Sep- 
tember. One of the hardiest of climbing roses, and particularly 
useful for covering naked walls, or unsightly roofs. It is supposed 
by some to be of American origin, and to have been introduced into 
Ayrshire by the Earl of Loudon. 
& x R.a. 3 hybrida Lindl. Ros., 113., has semidouble flowers, of a most 
delicate flesh-colour, and is called, in the nurseries, the double hip 
rose ; the term hip rose being applied by gardeners to the commonest 
wild roses. 
&.% 70. R.(A.) SEMPERVI‘RENS Lin. The evergreen (Field) Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 704.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 597. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 583. 
Synonymes. R, scandens Mill, Dict., No. 8.; R. balearica Desf. Cat. Pers, Ench., 2. p.49.; R. 
atrovirens Viv. Fl. Ital., 4.t.6.; HR. sempervirens globdsa Red. Ros., 2., with a fig. ; #. semper- 
virens var. « scandens Dec. FV. Fr., 5. p. 533. 
Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 45.; Bot. Reg., t. 459.; and our fig. 511. 511 
Spec. Char., §c. Evergreen. Shoots climbing. y " 
Prickles pretty equal, falcate. Leaves of 5—7 2 Waa ay 
leaflets, that are green on both sides, coriaceous. &Q FaR%) ae ) 
Flowers almost solitary, or in corymbs. Sepals (X WAY ; yyy ye 
nearly entire, longish. Styles cohering into an 
elongate pilose column. Fruit ovate or ovate- 
globose, orange-coloured. Peduncles mostly 
hispid with glanded hairs. Closely allied to R. 4 
arvénsis, but differing in its being evergreen, in 
its leaves being coriaceous; and in its stipules 
being subfalecate, and more acute at the tip. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 597.) Native of France, 
Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balearic 
Islands. A climbing shrub, flowering from June 
to August. Introduced in 1629, and used for 
the same purposes as the Ayrshire rose; from which it differs in retaining 
its leaves the greater part of the winter, and in its less vigorous shoots. 
Varieties. Several varieties are enumerated in De Candolle’s Prodromus, and 
Don’s Miller; but those only which we have seen, and consider worth 
mentioning, are, — 
& x R. (a.) s. 2 Russelliana, raised from seed by Mr. Sinclair of the New 
Cross Nursery ; a very strong-growing variety, quite deciduous, with 
blush flowers. 
4 x R.(a.)s.3 Clarei Bot, Reg., t.1438. The Rose Clare —An elegant variety, 
with deep red flowers. Both these varieties are as much entitled to be 
considered species, as many so designated in this enumeration. 
fie R. (a.) s. 4 Leschenaultiana Red. et Thor. Ros., iii. p. 87. ic.—Germens 
ovate, and, with the peduncles, hispid with glanded hairs. Stem and 
petioles prickly, and having a violaceous bloom. Leaflets ovate- 
lanceolate. Stem 60 ft. to 70ft. long. A native of Neelgherry 
Mountains, in Asia. This Seringe seems to consider as likely to be 
a distinct species. 

& 71. R. MULTIFLO‘RA Thunb. The many-flowered Rose. 
Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., 214.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 598. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 583. 
Synonymes. R. flava Donn Hort. Cant., ed. 4. p. 121.; R. fidrida Potr. Suppl. ; R. diffisa Roxb. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1059.; Bot. Reg., t. 425.; and our jig. 512. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches, peduncles, and calyxes tomentose. Shoots 
very long. Prickles slender, scattered. Leaflets 5—7, ovate-lanceolate 
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