12 PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 



prickles placed under the stipules in pairs. Sepals simple, 

 or nearly so. 



R. bracteata, Wendl. — The Large-bracted Rose. — 

 Macartney Rose. Evergreen. Branches upright. Prick- 

 les stout, recurved, in many instances in pairs. Leaflets 

 5 — 9, obovate, subserrate, coriaceous, glossy, glabrous. 

 Stipules scarcely attached to the petiole, bristle-shaped, 

 but fringed. Peduncles and calyxes tomentose. Flowers 

 showy, pure white, solitary, nearly sessile. Fruit spheri- 

 cal, orange red. Native of China; growing to the height 

 of five feet or six feet, and flowering from June to Octo- 

 ber. 



A very ornamental shrub, evergreen, with large white 

 flowers, and numerous bright yellow stamens and styles. 

 It flowers abundantly, but is rather tender in England. It 

 succeeds best when trained against a Avail. 



R. microphylla^ Roxh. — The Small-leafleted Rose. 

 — Hoi-tong-hong, Chinese. Stem almost without prickles. 

 Leaflets glossy, sharply serrated, veiny beneath, with 

 densely netted, anastomosing veins. Stipules very nar- 

 row, unequal. Calyx densely invested with prickles. 

 Sepals short, broadly ovate, bristly, ending in a point. 

 Prickles having at the base two longitudinal furrows. 

 Flowers very large, double, and of a delicate blush color. 

 Native of China; growing to the height of two feet or 

 three feet, and flowering from August to October. 



PIMPINELLIFOLI^, Lindl. 



Plants bearing crowded, nearly equal, prickles, or un- 

 armed. Bractless, rarely bracteate. Leaflets ovate or 

 oblong. Sepals connivent, permanent. Disk almost 

 wanting. 



This section is essentially difierent from the last in 

 habit, but in artificial characters they approach very near- 

 ly. It, however, may be distinguished by the great num- 

 ber of leaflets, which vary from seven to thirteen, and 

 even to fifteen, instead of from five to seven. The flow- 



