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ORDER XI.IV. R08ACE* B08R-FAMII V. 



sllrfitly hairr, or somewhat prickly ; flowers 6-6, In leafy clusters at tbe endi 

 of tbe brancfaea, llf ht red ; calyx and peduncles glandular-hispid. A common 

 rose, growing 48 bet high. In swamps, JunfJuly. 



J. R. mcida. irt'M TfoK. 



Stems armed with scattered, Mtaoeom prickles, tboM of the stipules straight ; 

 leaflets 5 , elliptical, sharply serrate, smooth and shining abort ; petiole* 

 aomewhat glandalar, or hUpId ; flowers 1 S, pale red ; peduncles and appcnd- 

 ag*d oalyx-MgmenU glandnlar-hlspld ; fralt depressed, globose, small, red, hls- 

 ptd. A common shrab, 14 feet high, In dry Balds, of rather slender growth, 

 with greenish branches. Distinguished from the last by the shining upper snr- 

 fiwe of Its leave*, and the straight, stlpalar prickles. Juiu July. 



3. R. Bctigera. Prairie Hose. 



Branches elongated, ascending, glabrous, with a few, stout, somewhat hook- 

 ed, stlpalar prickles; leaflets 8 6, large, orate, acute, or acuminate, smooth 

 and somewhat shining above, sharply serrate ; flowers In very large, corymbose 

 dusters, nearly scentless, of a changeable reddish color ; petioles, peduncles 

 and calyx, glandular; styles united ; fruit globose. A splendid climbing species, 

 capable of being trained 1080 feet Native of tho South and West, but com- 

 mon In cultivation. June July. 



4. R. rubiginosa. Sweet Brier. 



Stem smooth, armed with stout, recurved prickles ; leaflets 57, roundish- 

 oral, sharply serrate, and with the petioles and stipules clothed with ferrugi- 

 nous glands beneath ; flowers light red, or white, fragrant, mostly solitary, on 

 hispid peduncles ; fruit orate, or oborate, reddish-orange when full grown. A 

 stout shrub, armed with very strong prickles. Common In fields and roadsides, 

 being naturalized ; often cultivated. The foliage Is very fragrant Junt. 



5. R. cinnaniomea. Cinnamon Rose. 



Stem tall, with ascending branches ; prickles of the young stems crowded, 

 straight and unequal, the larger subulate and the smaller setaceous; those of the 

 branches fewer, stouter, stlpular and recurved ; leaflets 57, oval-oblong, clner- 

 ons-pnbescent beneath ; stipules linear-oblong, those of the flowering branches 

 dilated above, with ovate acuminate auricles; calyx-segments entire, as long 

 as the petals; fruit smooth, globose; stem 510 feet high, with a bark some- 

 what of a cinnamon color ; flowers mostly double, light red. Gardens. Junt. 



6. R. Gdllica. French Hose. 



Stem and petioles armed with numerous slender, scattered prickles ; leaflet! 

 mostly 5, elliptical, or broadly oval, thick ; flowers erect; petals, when single, 6, 

 Urge, spreading; calyx-segments ovate; fralt ovoid, and with the peduncles, 

 hispid. Tbe common Kose of the gardens, the flowers varying with every tint 

 from crimson to light red, and often variegated. June. 



7. R. cglanteria. Yellow Rose. 



Stem clothed with an ash-colored bark, and with the red branches armed 

 with straight, slender, scattered prickles ; leaflets 67, broad-oral, or obovate, 

 sharply serrate, smooth and shining above ; flowers abundant, golden-yellow. 

 of very short duration, fragrant, but leas so than tho leares ; calyx nearly naked 

 and entire. A splendid tpedee, g feet high, becoming common In cultivation. 

 Tbe Bowers are often double, and In some varieties variegated with red. June. 



8. R. Daiuascona. Damask Rose. 



Stem erect, branching, bushy, armed with unequal, mostly stlpnlar prickles, 

 those of tbe stem broad and recurred ; leaflets broad-elliptical, large, while- 

 downy beneath ; flowers pale rose-red, rery fragrant, quite profuse, generally 

 double ; sepals reflexed ; fruit ovoid, elongated. A common garden spades, 89 

 feet high. Native of tbe Levant, and especially of Damascus, where It Is In the, 

 highest perfection, and from whence It has Its name. The low Monthly Rose 

 that bknms at all seasons Is a rarlety of this. 



9. R. canina. Dog Rose. 



Wtenw armed with a few stout, compressed, hooked prickles ; leaflets 54, 

 orate, with aentt. Incurred, and often double aerralnrea; stipules somewhat 

 broad, sermlate; peduncles scaly, hispid; calyx-segmentsafter flowering reflexed 

 and deciduous ; fralt red, ovoid. A common species In gardens, from which 

 aereral classes of varieties hare been originated by culture. 



10. R. centifulia. Hundred-leaved Host. 



Mam armed with very numerous prickles, which are nearly straight and 

 tartly dilated at base; leaflets 6 I, ovaU. giandular-clllate, and somewhat 



pUose beneath; flower-bud short, orold; calyx-segments spreading when ta 

 flower; fruit ovoid ; calyx and peduncles glandular-hispid, viscid. Tbe flowers 

 are usually pink, but vary exceedingly In the different varieties. 



11. R. moackata. Mi 



Sterna armed with slender booked pcioklea, with climbing, unarmed bran- 

 ches, leaflets 67, lanceolate acuminate, smooth ; stipules rery narrow, acute ; 

 flowers paniculate, white, large, peculiarly fragrant, generally numerous; 

 peduncles and calyx somewhat hispid ; calyx-segments plnnatifidly incised, 

 appendlcnlato. A species with long trailing or climbing stems. 



12. R. alb*. White Bose. 



Stems armed with slender booked prickles, sometimes unarm. .1 ; leaflets 

 broad-ovate, briefly acuminate, and with the petioles, somewhat tomentos* and 

 glandular on the reins beneath ; flowers large, corymbose, rery fragrant, white, 

 and when newly opened, tinged with pink ; sepals plnnatlfld ; petals spread- 

 Ing; fruit ovoid, nearly smooth. A favorite species, common In gardens, 48 

 ft. high. 



13. R. inultiflMni. Multiflora Rose. 



Stems armed with slender, sr.-nt. i .! prlckli*, with very long, luxuriant shoots ; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate; stipules pectinate; flowers abundant, corymbose; 

 flower-bud ovoid globose, sepals short ; style exscrt A climbing shrub, capable 

 of being trained to a considerable height The flowers vary In cultivation be 

 tween white and different shade* of rose. 



14. R. tndica. Indian Rose. 



Stems erect or climbing, armed with a few stout prickles ; leaflets 85, 

 ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, smooth and shining, serrulate; stipules very nar- 

 row; flowers solitary, or In panicles; peduncles often somewhat Incrassat*, 

 smooth, or rough-hispid ; calyx smooth or hispid. 



A splendid species, not yet common In cultivation, bnt the parent of numer- 

 ous clssses of varieties, with flowers of almost every conceivable hue, most of 

 which bloom continuously through the season. 



14. KfiRBIA. 



Calyx of 5, acuminate, nearly distinct segments. Petals !>. or- 

 bicular. Ovaries 5 8, smooth, glol >*<>. <h nl.'- solitary. M\l.< 

 filiform. Aclienia globose. 



1. K. Japonica. Japan Olobe-Jlou-n: 



Stems numerous, slender, smooth; leaves simple, orate, long-acnminat.-, 

 doubly serrate, exstlpnUte ; flowers clustered, or solitary, on tbe ends of the 

 branches, orange-yellow, globular, double and abortive in cultivation. A com- 

 mon shrab In gardens 6 8 ft high. Flowering nearly all summer. 



15. CBAT.ASGU9. 

 Calyx-tube urceolate, with a 6-cleft limb. Petal* 6, sprcad- 



-tiimcns numerous. Styles 1 5. Pome fleshy, <' 

 with tho calyx-teeth, and containing 1 5 long, 1 -seeded cui]>< N. 



1. C. coccinea. WIMe Thorn. 



Leaves roundish -ovate, 6 9-lobeJ, sharply Incised, thin and membraneous, 

 acutely serrate, truncate at base, sometimes acute, or even cordate, on 

 petioles, nearly or quite smooth ; flowers white, corymbed ; calyx and pedicels 

 generally smooth, sometimes pubescent ; styles 8 5 ; fruit large, globn- 

 red, eatable In September. A rery common and variable shrub, or small tree, 

 1040 feet high. Brandies armed with stuut, sharp, slightly recurred thorns. 

 In thickets and low grounds. May. 



2. C. punctita. Thorn. 



Leaves oborate, cuneiform, with slender petioles, entire at base, donbly ser- 

 rate, often Incised near the apex, pubescent when young, with appreased halra, 

 especially beneath, the corymbs and calyx vlllons-pnbcscent ; flowers white, In 

 somewhat leafy corymbs; fralt large, globose, of a dull red, or yellowish color, 

 eatable, and rather pleasant ; ripe in Sept A small tree, 1826 feet h Igh, w Ith 

 crooked, spreading, aah-colored branches, and stout, sharp thorns. Borders of 

 woods, especially In the northern pans of tbe U. & May. 



3. C. tomcntosa. Black Tliorn. 



Leaves oval, or elliptic ovate, tapering at base Into a margined petiole, some- 

 what plicate above, mostly acute, donbly serrate, and generally IncioOy dentate 

 towards the apex, nearly amooth above, toroentose beneath ; flowers large, fra- 

 grant, white. In large, leafy corymbs, with calyx and pedicels vlllous-toniftitose 



