536 ORDER 47. ROSACE^E. 



14 R. canina L. DOG ROSE. Prickles remote, strong, compressed, fal- 

 cate; Ifts. 5 to 9, with acute, incurved, and often double serratures; stip. rather 

 broad, serrulate; ped. and cal. smooth or hispid; sep. after flowering deflexed and 

 deciduous; fr. ovoid, red. Native of Europe. Shrub 4 to 8f high. 



ft. BURBONIANA Ser. Lfts. ovate, subcordate, simply dentate; fls. purple, 

 double and semidouble ; pat. concave ; sep. entire. A splendid class of 

 roses, of which more than 100 varieties aro cultivated. They are hardy, 

 with ample and glossy foliage. 18 other varieties are described by Seringe 

 in DC. 



15 R. centifolia L. HUNDRED-LEAVED OR PROVENS ROSE. Prickles nearly 

 straight, scarcely dilated at base ; lits. 5 to 7, ovate, glandular-ciliate on the mar- 

 gin, subpilous beneath ; flower-bud short-ovoid ; sep. spreading (not deflexed) in 

 Uower ; fr. ovoid ; cal. and ped. glandular-hispid, viscid and fragrant. From S. 

 Europe. Shrub 2 to 4f high, very prickly. Pis. usually of a pink color, but 

 varying in hue, form, size, etc., through a hundred known varieties, among 

 which are the incomparable moss rose, tho cabbage, etc. 



16 R. damascena Ait. DAMASK Rose. St. branching and bushy, armed 

 toitt unequal spines, mostly stipular, cauline ones broad, falcats or hooked ; Ifts. 

 large, broadly elliptical, downy-canescent ; sep. reflexel ; fr. ovoid, elongated. 

 Native of the Levant. Shrub 3 to 4f high. Fls. rather numerous, of a delicate, 

 pale, roseate hue, usually with very numerous petals, and a delicious fragrance. 

 Among its numerous varieties is the common Monthly, low, blooming at nil 

 seasons. 



17 R. alba L. WHITE GARDEN ROSE. Erect, tall, slightly glaucous : 

 prickles slender, recurved, sometimes wanting; Ifts. roundish-ovate, shortly 

 acuminate; petioles and veins subtomentous, glandular; sep. pinnatifld; pet. 

 spreading ; fr. ovoid, nearly smooth. From Germany. Shrub 5 to 8f high. Fls. 

 large, corymbous, sweet-scented, generally pure white, but often in its numerous 

 varieties, tinged with the most delicate blush. 



18 R. moscliata L. MUSK ROSE. Shoots ascending and climbing ; prickles 

 <-auline, slender, recurved ; If Is. 5 to 7, lanceolate, acuminate, smoothish, discolored ; 



. stip. very narrow, acute ; fls. often very numerous ; ped. and cal. subhispid ; sep. 



suopinnatijid, elongated and appendiculate ; fr. ovoid, red. Native of . Sis. 



trailing or climbing 10 to 12f. Fls. peculiarly fragrant, rather large, white, pro- 

 duced in panicles. 



19 R. Indica L. CHINESE MONTHLY or BENGAL ROSE. Erect or climbing, 

 purplish, prickles strong, remote ; If is. 3 to 5, ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 smooth, serrulate, discolored; stip. very narrow; fls. solitary or paniculate ; ped. 

 often thickened, and, with the cal. smooth, or glandular-hispid; sep. mostly entire ; 

 stam. inflexed ; fr. turbinate ? Splendid varieties, blooming from Apr. to Nov. 

 Fls. of every hue from pure white to crimson, a.3 tho Noisette, Sanguinea (foliage 

 as well as fls. blood-red), Youland of Aragon, Giant of battles, Cloth-of-gold (sulphur 

 yellow), and the favorite Tea Roses. 



3. LAWRENCIANA. Miss LAWRENCE'S ROSE. St. and branches aculeate, 

 bristly and subglabrous ; Ifts. ovate, purplish beneath: ped. obovate-acumir.- 

 ate. A class of varieties with very small flowers, pink to deep purple. (R. 

 Lawrenciana Lindl. R. Indica acuminata Ser.) 



20 R. alpiua Ser. ALPINE OR BOURSAULT ROSE. Younger shoots echinate 

 with numerous weak prickles, older ones smooth, rarely artned with strong 

 prickles; Ifts. 5 to 11, ovate or obovate, sharply and often" doubly serrate; stip. 

 narrow, apex diverging ; ped. deflexed after flowering, and with the cal. hispid 

 or smooth; sep. entire, spreading; fr. ovoid, pendulous, crowned with the con- 

 nivent calyx. Hardy, vigorous, climbing, with pink, red or crimson flowers. 



21 R. eglanteria Ser. YELLOW ROSE. AUSTRIAN EGLANTINE. St. with 

 a cinerous bark, branches red, both armed witli straight, slender, scattered 

 prickles ; Ivs. 5 to 7, small, brond-oval or obovate, smooth, shining above, sharply 

 serrate ; cal. nearly naked and cntiro ; pet. large, broad-obcordate. From Ger- 

 many. Shrub about 3f high, bushy. Fls. numerous of a golden yellow, very 

 fugacious, of less agreeable frajrrance than the leaves. There are many varieties, 

 both single and double, variegated with rod. Jn. (R. lutea Mill.) 



