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fruit elongated pendulous. Syn. : R. pendula, Roth. ; R. alpina, Pall. ; R. polyphylla, Willd. ; 

 R. Candolleana, Don. — Fl. July — Native of England. 



R. stricta, Muhl. (upright Rose). A much-branched shrub, of 3 to 4 feet high, with unarmed 

 branchlets, glaucous leaves of 7-11 roundish leaflets, bright red flowers, and elongated pen- 

 dulous fruit. Syn.: R. virginiana, Herm. ; R. pendulina, Linn. — Fl. June — Cult. 1726 — North 

 America. 



R. suavis, Willd. (sweet Rose). A shrub of 3 to 4 feet high, with hispid stems, glabrous 

 leaves, deep purple flowers, and oblong glabrous fruit. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1817 — Native 

 country unknown. 



R. acicularis, Lindl. (needle-spined Rose). A tall, compact shrub of 6 to 8 feet high, with 

 erect branches armed with unequal slender straight prickles ; leaves dense, opaque glaucous, of 

 7 oval leaflets ; fruit yellowish orange, naked, obversely flask-shaped, drooping. There is a 

 variety called R. pauciflora, Lindl. — Fl. May to Aug. — Cult. ? — Siberia. 



R. sulphurea, Ait. (double yellow, or sulphur-coloured Rose). A shrub of 4 or 5 feet high, 

 the branches beset with unequal scattered (falcate or nearly straight) prickles and setee ; leaves 

 glaucous of 7 obovate leaflets ; flowers large transparent yellow, always double. Syn. : R. 

 hemispherica, Herm. ; R. glaucophylla, Ehrh. ; R. lutea, Brot. ; R. lutea flore pleno, Hay. — 

 Fl. July— Cult. 1629— Levant. 



R. lutescens, Pursh (yellowish Rose). A stout erect shrub of 4 to 6 feet high, the branches 

 armed with crowded unequal slender recurved prickles ; the leaves dense, perfectly free from 

 pubescence, of 7-9 oval flat leaflets ; the flowers solitary pale yellow, followed by large ovate 

 black fruit ; the branchlets are without prickles, but rough with glands and hairs. Syn. : R. 

 hispida, Curt. ; ? R. flava, Wicks— Fl. May and June — Cult. 1780 — Siberia. 



R. viminea, Lindl. (twiggy Rose). A shrub of 3 to 4 feet high, with long slender wiry 

 branches, armed with dense setaceous unequal prickles, and a few setse ; the leaves long, mem- 

 branous, of 5-7 oblong leaflets ; the flowers are very large. Syn. .• R. horrida, Lindl. — Fl. May 

 and June — Cult. 1826 — Russia. 



R. spinosissima, Linn. (Scotch Rose). A dwarf compact bush, with creeping roots, short stiff 

 branches, beset with very dense unequal (some falcate) prickles and setse ; leaves close, free 

 from pubescence, of about 7 flat nearly orbicular leaflets ; flowers small solitary ; fruit ovate 

 or roundish, dark coloured, crowned by the connivent sepals. The varieties are numerous : of 

 those recorded as cultivated in this country, the most remarkable are : pumila, with horizontal 

 prickles (peduncles, glandular or bristly — R. spinosissima, Linn. ; R. cinnamomea, Herm ; R. 

 chamserhodon, Vill. : peduncles, naked — R. spinosissima Eng. Bot. ; R. pimpinellifolia, Linn. ; 

 R. scotica, Mill.; R. collina, Schrank.) ; reversa, dwarf with slender prickles, the lower ones 

 deflexed, fruit ovate (R. spinosissima, Jacq. ; R. nana, Andr. ; R. reversa, Lindl.) ; polycarjw, 

 ])ilosa, and turbinata, natives of Ireland ; Pallasii, taller, with unequal crowded prickles (R. 

 pimpinellifolia, Pall.; R. altaica, Willd.; R. sibirica, Tratt.); argentea, leaflets clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath ; microcarpa with smaller fruit (R. melanocarpa, Bess.); ochroleuca 

 with cream-coloured flowers and unarmed petals (R. ochroleuca, Swartz) — Fl. May and June — 

 Europe. 



R. hibernica, Smith (Irish Rose). A shrub of 4 to 6 feet high, with erect branches, armed 

 with slightly-hooked prickles, leaves of 5-7 ovate acute leaflets, the ribs^ hairy beneath ; small 

 light-coloured solitary flowers, and deep orange-coloured nearly globular fruit.— Fl. June to Nov. 

 — Ireland. 



R. oxyacantha, Bieb. (sharp-spined Rose). A shrub of 2 to 4 feet high, the stems densely 

 armed with setaceous reversed prickles ; leaflets 5-7 glabrous and sharply serrated ; flowers 

 red ; fruit nearly globose glabrous. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1820 — Siberia. 



R. sanguisorbifolia, Donn (burnet-leaved Rose). A shrub of 3 to 5 feet high, with nearly 

 equal prickles, 9-11 oblong glabrous leaflets, white flowers, and globose depi-essed dark fruit. — 

 Fl. May and June — Cult. P . . . . — Native country unknown. 



