BOTANICAL NOTES ON THE ROSE. 



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It. clinophylla, Thory ( naked- flowered Rose). A small shrub, with slender hairy branches 

 furnished with stipular prickles in pairs ; leaves without bracteae ; leaflets oblong, elliptic, 

 shining above and hairy beneath ; flowers solitary white ; fruit roundish. — Fl. June to August — 

 Cult. 1820— China? 



Sect. CinnamomEjE. Plants setigerous (next the (/round) or unarmed, bracteate ; leaflets lan- 

 ceolate without glands; disk thin (never 

 thickened) ; fruit small round ; sepals long 

 narrow, falling immediately after the ripen- 

 ing of the fruit. Deciduous bushes. 

 R. nitida, Willd. (shining-leaved Rose). A 

 small bush of 2 feet high, with crowded slen- 

 der straight red prickles, dark-green leaves 

 consisting of 3-7 narrow lanceolate shining 

 leaflets, and deep red flowers ; fruit, bright 

 scarlet, depressed spherical. Syn. : R. rubri- 

 spina, Hose. ; R. blanda, Pursh. — Fl. June to 

 Aug.— Cult. 1773— Newfoundland. 



R. rapa, Hose, (double Burnet Rose). A 

 diffuse shrub of 3 to 4 feet high, with (usually) 

 unarmed branches, distant leaves of 3-9 oblong 

 undulated shining leaflets, bright red flowers, 

 and deep red hemispherical fruit. Syn. : R. 

 turgida, Pers.—Fl. June to Aug.— Cult. 1726— 

 North America. 



R. lucida, Ehrh. (single Burnet Rose). A 



compact shrub of 4 to 6 feet high, with erect 



branches, nearly solitary prickles under the 



Rosa cinnamomea. stipules, and a few scattered setae ; leaves of 



9 oblong imbricated flat shining leaflets ; flowers red, overtopped by the leaves and young 



branches; fruit bright red, depressed globose.— Fl. June to Aug.— Cult. 1773— North America. 



R. Lindleyi, Spreng. (Lindley's Rose). A diffuse shrub, of 3 to 4 feet high, with twiggy 



almost unarmed branchlets, leaves with 7-9 opaque glaucescent oblong leaflets, and rose-coloured 



flowers, usually growing in pairs. Syn. : R. laxa, Lindl.— Fl. July and Aug.— Cult. 1726— 



North America. 



R. Kosingiana, Bess. (Kosingian Rose). A shrub of 4 to 6 feet high ; " prickles almost 

 stipular, recurved ; leaflets glabrous on both surfaces ; peduncles and calyces hispid ; fruit, 

 oblong glabrous." — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1825 — Podolia. 



R. frutetorum, Bess, (bush Rose). A shrub of 5 to 6 feet ; " prickles almost stipular, strong, 

 reflexed ; petioles unarmed villous ; leaflets elliptic, villous beneath ; peduncles short glabrous ; 

 fruit, globose glabrous." — Fl. May and June — Cult. 1820— Volhynia. 



R. parviflora, Ehrh. (small-flowered Pennsylvanian Rose). A dwarf shrub of about 2 feet 

 high, with slender branches, linear stipules, needle-shaped prickles, leaves of (usually) 5 lance- 

 shaped, finely toothed, shining leaflets, and pale blush flowers, usually growing in pairs ; 

 " calyces clammy." Syn. : R. humilis, Marsh : R. caroliniana, Michx. — The double-flowered 

 variety is a very neat plant.— Fl. June to Aug. — Cult. 1724— North America. 



R. Woodsii, Lindl. (Wood's Rose). A low shrub of 2 or 3 feet high, with dull dark branches, 

 scattered prickles, with a few setae, leaves consisting of 7-9 shining flat oblong obtuse leaflets, 

 without pubescence, pink flowers, and ovate naked fruit. Syn. : R. lutea nigra, Promv. — Fl. 

 July and Aug. — Cult. 1815 — North America. 



R. Carolina, Linn. (Carolina Rose). A shrub from 2 to 8 feet high, with erect branches, twin 

 or solitary straight prickles under the stipules, which are convolute, opaque leaves of 7 lance- 



