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Rosa — continued. 



flexed, pinnate ; styles free or nearly so, hirsute. June to 

 August. Jr. ovoid, uiceolate, or sub-globuse, the mouth of the 

 disk tunspicunus, /., It-uHfts e^lamlular (rarely, except on the 

 midril' riiid veins LetuMtli), lilalncus or thinly hairy, acute, very 

 shari)ly tootlied. Jli;nulies Uiw^, arching. /(. 6ft. to 8ft. Europe 

 (Britain), Orient. " Varieties innumerable: 150 are treateil as 

 species in Desea;lise's ' Catalogue of the Roses of Kurope ami Asia.' 

 One series of forms has erect, sub- persistent sepals, and another 

 leaves slightly glandular beneath" (Baker). See Fig. 386. 



R. Carolina (Carolina). Swamp Rose. /. pink, numerous, corym- 

 bose ; calyx with leaf-like appendages, and, as well as the 

 peduncles,' glandular-bristly. June to September, ft: depressed- 

 globular, somewhat bristly. /., leaflets five to nine, elliptical, 

 often acute, dull above, pale beneath ; stipules narrow. Stems 

 4ft. to 7ft. high, armed with stout, hooked prickles, not bristly. 

 North America, 1726. (L. R. 4.) 



R. centifolia (hundred-leaved).* Cabbage Rose. Jl. rose-purple, 

 odorous, large ; sepals spreading ; petals inflexed ; peduncles 

 and calyx glandular-viscous. June and July. fr. ovate, some- 

 what pulpy, fragrant. L, leaflets five to seven, ovate, flat, simply 

 serrated, glandular on the margins, rather flaccid, slightly pilose 

 beneath. Prickles scattered, nearly straight, scarcely dilated at 

 base. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Orient, 1596. This species and its varieties 

 have given rise to innumerable handsome garden Roses. 



Fig. 387. Rosa centifolia muscosa. 



R. c. muscosa (mossy).* Moss Rose. Jf. rose or white ; petals 

 inflexed ; peduncles ami calyx glandular-mossy. I., leaflets ovate, 

 flat, simidv serrated. I'rickles unequal, small, numerous. See 

 Fig. 587. 



R. c. parviflora (small-flowered). Jf. purple, smaller than in 

 the type, solitary, very double, overtopped by the young shoots ; 

 sepals ovate, pointed. L, leaflets small, stiff, ovate, acute, flat, 

 very flnely and simply tonthed. 



R. c, pomponia {Pciiipuiif). Pompone Rose. A dw^arf form, 

 liavini; small Hl'^\t'rs and heaves. See Fig. 388. 



R. cinnamomea (( innamon-like). /. pale or bright red, solitary 

 or two or tliifi- tdi^ether; sepals very narrow, longer than the 

 concave, olicmdatt.' petals. May. /r. red. globose or spherical- 

 ovate. I., leuHets five to seven, oval-ohlong, simply serrated, 

 cinereous-pubescent beneath ; stipules of the sterile branches 

 linear-oblong, those of the flowering branches dilated above, 

 with spreading auricles. Prickles twin, falcate, the larger ones 

 subulate, the smaller ones bristly and not glandular, h. 6ft. 

 Europe and North Asia. 



R. c, dahurica (Dahurian). This resembles the type, but the 

 stipules are luirrow, and the prickles long and spreading. 



R. C. majalis (May). Prickles of the flowering branches solitary, 

 recurved. A small form. 



R. damascena (Damascus).* Damask Rose. Jl. white or red, 

 large, more or less corymbose, sweet-smelling ; calyx, as well as 

 the peduncles, glandular-hispid, viscous ; sepals reflexed. June 

 and July. jr. ovate, pulpy. /., leaflets five to seven, ovate, 

 rather rigid, oblong in bud. Prickles numerous, unequal, dilated 

 towards the base. A. 2ft. to 4ft. Orient, 1573. A parent of many 

 beautiful garden forms. 



R. d. variegata (variegated). /I. densely paniculate-corymbose. 

 /., leaflets somewhat round-ovate, variegated with yellow, pu- 

 bescent on the margins. 



Rosa — continued . 

 R. Ecse (Mrs. Eca Aitchison's). Jl. golden, solitary, less than lin. 

 in diameter. Summer, fr. globose, glaljrous, shining, crowned 



by the reflexed calyx segments. 

 sliy:hlly glandular. Afghanistan, 

 prickly .shrub. (J. U S. xix. 8.) 



I. small; leaflets five to nine. 

 A much -branched, dwarf, very 



Fig. 388. Rosa centifolia pomponia. 



R. Sglanteria (Eglantine), of Linn.neus. A synonym of E. 

 R. Eglanteria (Eglantine), of Miller. A synonym of li. 



f/iiii'sa. 



R. ferox (tierce). Jl. terminal, aggregate in twos or threes, 

 solitary ; sepals i)innatifid, at leniith lU-flexed. deciduous ; 

 white, yellowish at base; pedinules sIm.iI:. i^lamlular 

 Jxme. Jr. blood-coloured, naked, sub.gloln»se. /., leaflets 

 seven, ovate or roundish-ovate, glandularly biserrate, 

 glaluous fabove, copiously glandular beneath. Bi-anches 

 prickles thick, very unequal, dilated at l»ase, hooked. 

 Asia. Plant dwarf and much-liranched. 



R, ferox (fierce), of Lawrence. A synonym of li. ruposa. 



lutea. 

 rttbi- 



, rarely 

 petids 



hisi»id. 

 five to 

 nearly 

 erect ; 

 North 



Fig. 389. Rosa gallica var. 



R, Fortuneana (Fortune's), jl. white, double, about 3in. in 

 diameter, solitary, on short, bristly peduncles ; .sepfds ovate, un- 

 divided ; petals loosely and irregularly arranged. June. /., leaf- 

 lets three to five, ovate-lanceolate, finely serrated, thin, bright 

 gieen, shining on both sides ; stipules small, subulate, deciduous. 

 Branches slender, sparingly armed with small, falcate prickles. 

 China, 1846. A scrambling, hybrid shrub, of which Ji. indica is 

 one of the parents. 



R. fraxinifolia (Ash-leaved). A synonym of H. bland<t. 



