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round or elliptic-ovute, almost simply serrated, greyish-tomentose 

 on both sides. Prickles all subulate, nearly straight, unequal. 

 Orient. A dwarf species. 



R. Phoenicia (Phoenician). Jl. white, di-posed in a compound, 

 cinvnibose panicle ; calyx tube highly glabrous ; sepals undivided 

 or minutely lobidate ;" pet-als longer than the calyx. June. 

 I., leaflets three or five, ovat«-elliptic. obtuse, deeply and simply 

 serrated, opaque above, hairy or pilose and paler beneath. 

 Branches elongated, climbing ; prickles scattered, hooked. Orient. 



R. pimpinellifolia (Pimpernel-leaved). A synonym of A', sjnno- 



R. plsocarpa (Pea- fruited). /. lin. in diameter, solitary or in 

 few-tlowered corymbs; calyx" glandular, with very long lobes; 

 petals rose-coloured, orbicular, bifiil ; stamens very numerous. 

 July. Jr. bright red, globose, erect, ^in. to iin. in diameter. 

 I. 2in.'to 3in. long; leaflets four to seven, ^in. long, broadly 

 elliptic, obtuse, finely serrated ; petiole and rachis minutely 

 pubescent. California, 1877. A straggling, much-branched, un- 

 armed or spiny bush. (15. M. 6857 ; G. M.. Oct. 9, 1886.) 



R. repens (creeping), jf. white, with a yellow eye. one to six, 

 rarely solitary, scentless ; calyx purple ; sepals deciduous, naked 

 at back, short, broad. Jime and July. />: small, naked, sub- 

 globose. I., leaflets quite glabrous, glaucous beneath. Branches 

 trailing, purple, glaucous ; prickles uniform, stout, strongly 

 hooked, often very large. A. 2ft. to 8ft. Europe (Britain). 

 Syn. B. arvohsU: li. bibra^teata is a variety with larger leaflets 

 and stronger shoots. 



R. r. capreolata (tendrilled). Ayrshire Rose. Jl. on glandular- 

 hispid or rugose peduncles. ^., leaflets ovate, argutely serrated, 

 slender. Prickles slender, very acute. 



R. rubella (reildish). /. pale or deep red, solitary, without 

 bracts ; sepals erect, entire, rough ; petals concave, emarginate ; 

 peduncles hispid. June. Jr. scarlet, pendulous, long-ovate. 

 L, leaflets seven to eleven, almost fiat, oval, pointed, simply 

 serrated or nearly so, dark green above, ]nib.-r tifiifiitli ; jictioles 

 sparingly glandiUar, without hairs ; stipules dilitted towards their 

 ends. Branches erect, reddish, 3ft. to 4ft. high, bri-stly and 

 prickly. Europe. This and its varieties, <ieiitili.\\ reversa, and 

 stricta, are probably hybrids between Ji. alpina and R. spina- 

 sisbhna. 



R, rubigiBOSa (rusty-leaved).* Eglantine; Sweetbriar. yf. pink, 

 one to three ; sepals densely glandular, pinnate, sub-persistent. 

 June. /r. globose. I., leaflets glabrous above, pubescent lieneath. 

 Branches compact ; prickles with a few bristles and glandular 

 hairs intermixed, h. 5ft. Europe (Britain). Plant very sweet- 

 scented. Syn. R. Efjlanteria. R. pennixta and R. sylvicola are 

 mere varieties of this species. 



R. rubrifolia (red-leaved). jL deep red, small ; sepals very 

 narrow, longer than the petals. August, fr. oblong, with very 

 tender flesh. L, leaflets ovate, toothed, tinged with red, very 

 glaucous, wrinkled, opaque. Stems deep red or purple, covered 

 with pale bloom and armed with small, short, pale, hooked 

 prickles, h. 6ft. Europe. Otherwise like R. canhia. 



R. r. JenestraliS (fenestrate). A synonym of R. setigera. 



R. r, Isevis (smooth), ji., sepals entire, fr. corymbose, and, as 

 wfU as the peduncles, smooth. (B. Vi. 430, under name of 

 R. rubrifvlia.) 



R. rugosa (wrinkled).* jl. red, large, solitary, bractless ; sepals 

 reflexed, hairy, entire, very narrow ; petals emarginate ; peduncles 

 beset with straight, short, scattereil prickles. June. Jr. varying 

 from (prange-red to deep red, very large and showy, depressed- 

 globose, pendulous, crowned by per.sistent, erect sepals ; ripening 

 in autumn. I., leaflets five to nine, ovate, much wrinkled, 

 simply serrated, obtuse. Brandies slender, armed with very 

 dense, straight, nearly equal prickles, h. 4ft. Japan, 1845. 

 (J^ R. 19.) Syn. /{. J'erox (B. R. 420). A". Iwara is supposed to 

 be a hybrid between this and A. multifiora. 



R. r. kamtschatica (Kamtschatkan). ji., petals obcordate, 

 sometimes apiculate ; bracts elli]itical, nearly naked. I. gi"ey ; 

 leaflets obovate, blunt, with callous teeth. Branches downy, 

 pale brown, procumbent. Prickles under the stipules large and 

 spreading, two or three together ; intermediate ones much smaller. 



R. r, nitens (shining). I. pale shining gieen, highly glabrous 

 on both sides. (B. R. 824, under name of R. kamiachat tea nitens.) 

 R. sempervirens (evergreen).* jl. white, fragrant, very 

 numerous; sepals nearly simple ; peduncles usually glandular- 

 hispid. June to August, fr. orange, small, usually ^I;indular- 

 hispid. I. persistent ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, simply serrated, 

 smootli on both surfaces, paler beneath. South Europe and 

 Imlia, 1529. Chmber. (B. R. 459.) The following are varieties : 

 R. s, Leschenaultiana (Leschenault's). /., peduncles beset 

 with glandular bristles. I., leaflets ovate-lanceolate; petioles 

 and stems prickly, pruinose and violaceous. Stems climbing 

 60ft. to 70ft. 

 R, s. prostrata (prostrate), ti. white or pale red, solitary or 

 numerous ; peduncles sometimes furnished with two or many 

 bracts. Stems prostrate. 

 R. s. scandens (climbing). Peduncles and fruit slightly hispid. 

 R. septum (hedge). /. pink ; sepals sub-persistent ; styles 

 pubescent ; peduncles naked. June. /r. ovoid, naked. ^, leaflets 



Rosa — continued. 



small, narrowed to both ends, j^labrous, but densely glandular 

 beneath. Prickles with a few bristles and glandular hairs inter- 

 mixed, h. 3ft. Europe (Brifciin). Plant looser in habit than 

 A. nibi'jiiiom, which it somewhat resembles. 

 R. sericea (silky). _tf. white, rarely pink or pale straw-coloured, 

 solitary, ebracteate, 2in. to 2;^in. in diameter, almost axillary; 

 calyx tube and prduneles bristly and glandular; sepals pubescent, 

 persistent ; jietals obcordate, usually four. May. L lin. to Sin. 

 long, crowded ; leafiets seven to nine, usually oblong, obtuse, 

 acutely toothed, silky beneath. Branches perfectly glabrous 

 and unarmed or prickly only, or also loosely or densely bristly 

 and glanilular. India, 1822. Plant erect or sub-scandent. (B. M. 

 5200; L. R. 12.) 

 R. setigera (bristle-bearing). Climbing or Prairie Rose. /. 

 deep ruse-coloured, changing to white, corymbose; calyx and 

 peduncles glandular. July. fr. globular. I., leaflets three to 

 five, ovate, acute, sharply serrated, smooth or downy beneath. 

 Stems climbing, armed with stout, nearly straight prickles, not 

 bristly ; strong shoots growing 10ft. to 20ft. in a season. North 

 America. Climber. SvN. A. ruhrifolia Jcnestrali^s (L. R. 15). 

 R. simplicifolia (simple-leaved). Jl. sweet-scented, solitary, 

 without bracts ; calyx tul»e downy, covered with needle-shaped 

 prickles; sepals entire ; petals deep yellow, with a dark crimson 

 spot at their base. June. fr. pale gieen, depressed-globose. 

 t. sessile, erect, simple, narrow-obovate, densely pubescent ; 

 stipules absent. Branches slender, pubescent, bristly ; prickles 

 slender, falcate, h. 2ft. to 3ft. Silieria and Persia, 1790. (G. C. 

 n. s., xxiv. 468.) Svns. R. berhcrifulia, Ilulthdmia berberifolia, 

 Lnwra berberifolia (B. R. 1261). A." Ilardii (0. C. n. s., xxiv. 469) 

 is a hyluid between this species and A. involucrata. 

 R. Sinlca (('hinese).* Cherokee Rose. Jl. white, large, solitary ; 

 calyx very bristly ; sepals rigid, spreading. June. fr. orange- 

 red, muricate. I. evergreen, mostly trifoliolate ; leaflets smooth 

 and shining, hispid on the midrib. Stem long, trailing, smooth, 

 the branches armed with very stout, curved prickles. China 

 (naturahsed in Southern United States, West Indian Islands, 

 &c.), 1759. (B. M. 2847 ; B. R. 1922 ; L. R. 16.) Svn. A. Uevi;jata, 

 R. s. hystrix (liristly). fr. purple, very brittle. I. distant. 

 Branchi-s n.vtTfd with little, short, stiff bristles, a few large, 

 falcatt' ]iri(kUs being mixed among them. (L. R. 17, under name 

 of A. liijsfrix.) 

 R. spinosissima (very spiny).* Burnet or Scotch Rose. Jl. white 

 or pink, lin. to liJin. in diameter, one to three or more together ; 

 calyx tube usually glabrous ; sepals simple, more or less per- 

 sistent. May and June. fr. short. L .small, slightly or not 

 glandular ; leaflets seven to nine, singly or doubly serrated, 

 usually broad. Prickles crowded, very unequal, nearly straight, 

 passing into stiff bristles and glandular hairs. Ji. 1ft. to 4ft. 

 Europe (Britain), Siberia. (Sy. En. B. 461.) Syn. A. pivipinelli- 

 folia. 

 R. s, altaica (Altaic), fl., calyx and peduncles smooth. I. broader 

 than in the type. Plant taller. (B. R. 888, under name of 

 7i. iirdiidi/lora.) 

 R. s. argentea (silvery). Jt. white, semi-double ; calyx and 

 peduncles purple, hispidulous. /., leaflets ovate, white-tomen- 

 tose beneath. Stems and branches hispid, prickly, intermixed 

 with minute bristles. (B. M. 1570, under name of A. hiapida 

 anjcntca.) 

 R. s. myriacantha (many-spined). JL^ calyx and peduncles 

 hispid. I. , leaflets minute, doubly-serrated. Prickles very 

 numerous, the lower ones often reversed. (L. R. 10, under name 

 of A. myriacantha.) 

 R. s. reversa (reversed), fl. yellowish-white. Stems clothed 



beluw with very slender, deflexed prickles. (B. M. 431.) 

 R. Stylosa (large-styled). Jl., sepals reflexed, much pinnate ; 

 styles as long as. or shorter than, the stamens ; peduncles 

 elongated, more or less bristly and glandular. L, leaflets pu- 

 bescent beneath. A tall, lurely low bush. To this species, which 

 is intermediate between A. canina and A. repens, the following 

 varieties are referred : fastijiata, i/alUcoides, Monsonia; opaca, 

 systijla. 

 R. sulpliurea (sulphur-coloured). A synonym of Ji, hcmv 



sphf:rii-a. 

 R, toxnentosa (tomentose). /. bright ruse-jiink, sometimes pure 

 whitt', g.'iicrally one to three; calyx tube prickly or naked; 

 sepals c(ii>ionjily pinnate, not quite jjer.si.stent. June and July. 

 /;-. ovate-urceolate or sometimes turbinate. /. 4in. to 5in. long ; 

 leaflets copiously duplicate-serrate (rarely simply-serrate), thinly 

 grey-downy above, more so below. Branches elongated, arching ; 

 prickles scattered, equal, straight or nearly so, slender, h. 6it. 

 Europe (Britain). (Sy. En. B. 467.) Of this species there are 

 numerous varieties. 

 R. turbinata (top-shaped). /'. reddish-violet, ample, sub-cor>in- 

 bose ; calyx turbinate, nearly smooth ; sepals umlivided.^ sub- 

 spathidate ; peduncles rugulose-hispid. June. ;., leaflets five to 

 seven, ovate-cordate, bullate-wrinkled. ample, simply serrated, 

 approximate, slightly villous beufuth ; stipules large, amplexi- 

 caul. Stems almost unarmed ; branches smooth, h. 5ft. 1629. 

 Of garden origin : perhaps a hybrid between A. cantTia and 

 R. gallica. 

 R. Webbiana (Webb'.s). jl. pink, lin. to Sin. in diameter, 

 usually solitary; calyx often densely bristly, sometimes quite 



