BOTANICAL NOTES ON THE ROSE. 171 



R. sempervirens, Linn, (evergreen Rose). A climbing shrub with long slender shoots, armed 

 with slender somewhat hooked prickles ; leaves shining, evergreen, of 5-7 oval or ovate- 

 lanceolate leaflets ; flowers numerous, white, fragrant ; fruit small, round, orange coloured. 

 Syn. : R. scandens, Mill. ; R. balearica, Desf. ; R. atrovirens, Viv. There are some cultivated 

 varieties, among which are R. Russclliana, and the rose Clare. — Fl. June to August — Cult. 

 1629— South Europe. 



R. multiflora, Thunb. (many-flowered Rose). A sub-climbing shrub, with long naked 

 flexuose branches furnished beneath the stipules with a pair of hooked prickles ; leaves of 5-7 

 approximate, soft, dull, lanceolate leaflets, hairy on both sides ; flowers small, numerous, single 

 or double, pale or red ; fruit turbinate, bright red. Syn. : R. flava, Bonn ; R. florida, Poir. ; 

 R. diffusa, Roxb. There are some varieties, as — Thuribergiana, with small white double 

 clustered flowers ; carnea, with small pink double clustered flowers ; Orevillei, with large 

 double clustered flowers, purple, changing colour as they fade (R. Roxburghii, Hort. ; R. platy- 

 phylla, Red. ; R. Thoryi, Tratt.) ; Boursaultii, an early free-flowering Rose, with small double 

 pink flowers. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1804 — Japan and China. 



R. Brunonii, Lindl. (Brown's Rose). A rambling shrub, the branches 10 to 12 feet long, 

 older ones sparingly hairy and armed with scattered short strong hooked prickles, younger ones 

 downy and glandular ; leaves dull green, of 5-7 flat lanceolate leaflets, hairy all over ; flowers in 

 terminal bunches, white or pale red. Syn. : R. Brownii, Spreng. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 

 1820— Nepal. 



R. moschata, Mill, (musk Rose). A rambling shrub of 10 to 12 feet high, the branches 

 sparingly glandular, armed with nearly equal strong hooked scattered prickles ; leaves naked 

 above, glaucous beneath, of 5-7 unpolished ovate-lanceolate leaflets ; flowers in very numerous 

 many-flowered cymes, pure white with a scent of musk ; fruit small red. Syn. : R. opso- 

 stemma, Ehrh. ; R. glandulifera, Roxb. Var. nivea has ovate-cordate leaflets, and large white 

 or pale rose-coloured flowers ; multiplex has double white flowers ; nepalensis has longer sepals 

 than in the species. — Fl. July to Oct. — Cult. 1596 — North of Africa and Madeira. This is said 

 to be the species which yields the Persian Attar of Roses. 



R. anemon^eflora, Lindl. (anemone-flowered Rose). A moderate-sized shrub, with smooth 

 branching stems, which are somewhat setigerous and glandular ; the leaves are usually ternate, 

 rarely pinnate, with ovate lance-shaped leaflets, glaucous beneath ; the flowers grow in some- 

 what globular clusters ; they are small, pale blush, the outer petals broad, forming a kind of 

 cup, the interior filled up with a great number of narrow ragged confused petals, which result 

 from the deformation of the stamens. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1845 — China; found in the 

 gardens -of Shanghae. 



R. rubifolia, Brown (bramble-leaved Rose). A shrub of 3 to 4 feet high, with straight 

 ascending rootshoots, glabrous branches armed sparingly with scattered falcate prickles, and 

 distant leaves of about 5 ovate leaflets shining above and downy beneath ; the flowers are small 

 pale red, and grow about three together ; fruit small, round, naked. Var. fenestralis has soli- 

 tary flowers, and smaller leaflets smooth on both sides (R. fenestrata, Bonn). — Fl. Aug. and 

 Sept.— Cult. 1830— North America. 



Sect. Banksian^e. Plants with trailing stems ; leaves usually ternate shining ; stipules nearly 

 free, subulate or very narrow, usually deciduous. Rambling deciduous or sub-evergreen 

 shrubs, somewhat tender. 



R. laevigata, Mich, (smooth Rose). A climbing shrub, with scattered falcate prickles, leaves 

 entirely free from pubescence, coriaceous, and shining when old, formed of ovate-lanceolate 

 leaflets ; flowers solitary, large, white ; fruit oblong, red, muricated with stiff prickles, and 

 crowned by the indurated sepals. — Fl. July to September — Cult. 1826 — North America. 



R. sinica, Ait. (three-leaved China Rose). A rambling shrub, the branches armed with 



