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ROSACES. XXII. ROSA. 



amer. 1. p. 295. R. Carolina y and c, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. 

 vol. 3. p. 260. Pennsylvanian Rose, Lawr. ros. t. 3. and t. 66. 

 A very low weak plant. Flowers pale blush, usually growing 

 by pairs. 



Var. ft,Jlbre-pleno ; flowers double, pale blush, unexpanded. 

 A neat little rose. Red. ros. 2. p. 73. with a figure. 



Small-flowered Pennsylvanian Rose. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1724. Shrub 2 feet. 



17 R. WOODSII (Lindl. ros. p. 21.) stipulas and sepals conni- 

 vent ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Tj . H. Native of 

 North America, near the Missouri and north of the Saskatchawan 

 and as far as the Bear Lake. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 976. R. lutea 

 nigra, Pronv. nom. p. 24. A low shrub, with dull dark branches. 

 Flowers pink. Fruit ovate, naked. There is a plant which was 

 gathered about Cumberland House Fort, which Mr. Borrer takes 

 to be a variety of the present species, having the leaves downy 

 beneath. 



Woods's Rose. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. ? Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



18 R. CAROLINA (Lin. spec. 703.) stipulas convolute ; leaflets 

 lanceolate ; sepals spreading. 1? . H. Native of New England, 

 Virginia, and Canada as far as the Saskatchawan. Red. ros. 1. 

 p. 81. t. 28. Lindl. ros. p. 23. t. 4. R. Virginiana, Du Roi, 

 harbk. 2. p. 353. Rossig, ros. t. 13. R. palustris, Marsh, arbr. 

 135. R. corymbosa, Ehrh. beitr. 4. p. 21. R. Pennsylvania, 

 Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 296. R. Caroliniana, Bigel, fl. bost. 

 121. R. Hudsoniana, Red. ros. 1. p. 95. t. 35. Branches 

 green or reddish brown. Cymes one or many-flowered. Flowers 

 crimson. Petals concave or flat, crumpled. Fruit round, scarlet, 

 hispid. Sometimes the ends of the shoots have no prickles. 



Var. ft, Florida (Lindl. ros. t. 23.) leaves without pubescence, 

 thinner. R. Florida, Bonn, cant. ed. 8. p. 169. R. ennea- 

 phylla, Rafin. 



Carolina Rose. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1726. Shrub 2 to 8 ft. 



19 R. BLA'NDA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 202.) taller; prickles 

 deciduous ; leaflets oblong, flat ; petioles pilose, f? . H. Na- 

 tive of North America, on the west coast, Hudson's Bay, Ca- 

 nada as far north as Bear Lake. R. fraxinif olia a, blanda, Ser. 

 in D. C. prod. 2. p. 606. Flowers solitary, large, pale red. 



Bland Rose. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



20 R. FRAXINIFOLIA (Bbrk. holz. 301. Ker. bot. reg. 458.) 

 taller, unarmed ; branches straight, glaucescent ; leaflets opaque, 

 undulated, glabrous. \? . H. Native of Newfoundland, and 

 on the north-west coast of America. R. Virginiana, Mill. diet, 

 no. 10. R. blanda a, Sol. mss. Jacq. fragm. 70. t. 105. R. 

 corymbosa, Bosc. diet, d'agr. ex Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 272. ? 

 R. alpina ft, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 265. R. alpina 

 lae'vis, Red. ros. 1. p. 57. t. 19. Lawr. ros. t. 75. Branches 

 dark purple, with a pale blue bloom. Flowers small, red, in 

 few-flowered cymes. Fruit naked, small, round, or ovate, of a 

 dull pale red colour. 



Var. ft, variegata (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 607.) flowers 

 rose-coloured, variegated with purple. R. alpina flore variegato, 

 Red. rof. p. 55. with a figure. 



Far. y, L'Heritieriana (Ser. 1. c.) flowers corymbose, semi- 

 double ; prickles scattered, recurved. R. L'Heritieriana, Red. 

 ros. 3. p. 21. with a figure. 



Ash-leaved Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



21 R. CINNAMOMEA (Besl. hort. eyst. vern. ord. 6. p. 5. Lin. 

 spec. 703.) tall, cinereous ; branches straight ; prickles stipular, 

 straightish ; stipulas dilated, undulated ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, 

 wrinkled, tomentose beneath. Jj . H. Native of Denmark, 

 Belgium, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, France, Bohemia, 

 and Caucasus. Lindl. ros. p. 28. t. 5. Red. ros. 1. p. 105. 

 t. 37. and p. 133. t. 51. R. fcecundissima, Munch, hausv. 5. 

 p. 279. Fl. dan. t. 1214. R.majalis, Herm. diss. 8. Flowers 

 solitary or 2-3 together, pale or bright red. Fruit round, naked, 



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crimson. The double-flowering variety is much more common 

 than the single. 



Var, ft, flmialis (Lindl. ros. p. 28.) leaflets ovate, acute. 

 Jj . H. Native of Denmark and Switzerland. 



Cinnamon Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



22 R. DICKSONIA'NA (Lindl. hort. trans. 7. p. 224. syn. brit. 

 fl. p. 99.) branches flexuous, setigerous, armed with a few 

 slender, scattered prickles ; leaflets folded together, unequal, 

 with coarse double serratures ; stipulas, petioles, and sepals 

 glandular, the latter unequal; fruit naked. Jj . H. Native of 

 Ireland. Flowers white. 



Dickson's Rose. Fl. June, July. Ireland. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



23 R. TAU'RICA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 394.) taller, cinereous ; 

 prickles scattered, weak ; branches straight, unarmed towards 

 the apex ; leaflets oblong, wrinkled, villous beneath ; sepals 

 compound ; styles stretched out, glabrous. Tj . H. Native of 

 Tauria, in bushy places. Habit of R.cinnambmea. Flowers red. 



Taurian Rose. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. Shrub 5 to 6 ft. 



24 R. DAHU'RICA (Pall. fl. ross. 61. Lindl. ros. p. 32.) tall, 

 much branched ; branches slender, coloured ; prickles stipular, 

 spreading, a little recurved ; stipulas linear ; leaflets oblong, 

 wrinkled, tomentose beneath, deeply serrated. Jj . H. Native 

 of Dahuria and Mongol Tartary, in birch woods. Flowers red. 

 Fruit ovate, red. 



Dahurian'Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



25 R. SOONGA'RICA (Bung, in Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 226.) tall ; 

 branches brown ; prickles stipular, strong, reflexed ; stipulas 

 ovate, lanceolate, glandularly serrated ; leaflets glabrous, oval- 

 oblong, simply serrated ; fruit globose, glabrous. fj . H. Na- 

 tive of the Soongarian desert, on the mountains of Arkaul and 

 Dolenkara, at the river Irtysch. Peduncles corymbose, beset 

 with glandular bristles. Petioles prickly. Flowers white ; petals 

 length of calyx. Prickles of the sterile branches straight. 



Soongarian Rose. Fl. May. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



26 R. GMELI NI (Bunge in Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 228.) branches 

 dark brown, sterile branches very prickly, floriferous ones almost 

 unarmed ; prickles setaceous, unequal ; sepals ovate, acumi- 

 nated, undivided, beset with glandular bristles ; petioles clothed 

 with glandular down ; leaflets 5-7, obovate-oblong, simply ser- 

 rated, pubescent, and glandless beneath ; peduncles hispid ; fruit 

 ovate, glabrous. Jj . H. Native of Siberia, common. R. 

 canina, Sievers in Pall. nord. beytr. 7. Rosa non spinosa, fructu 

 turbinato, Gmel. fl. sib. 3. p. 177. no. 15. Petals deep red, 

 shorter than the sepals. 



Gmelin's Rose. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



27 R. AKISTA'TA (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. t. 105.) upper leaves usually 

 with 2 pairs of leaflets, and with the petiole ending in a spine. 

 1? . H. Native of the Pyrenees. Stem with a few prickles. 

 Flowers solitary, purple. Perhaps a monstrosity of R. cinna- 

 mbmea. 



Awned-Tpetioled Rose. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



28 R. MAJA'LIS (Retz, obs. bot. 3. p. 33.) dwarf, grey ; 

 branches straight, coloured ; prickles scattered, nearly equal ; 

 stipulas linear; leaflets oblong, flat, glaucous, and tomentose 

 beneath. (7 . H. Native of Sweden, Lapland, and Britain, near 

 Pontefract, Yorkshire. R. mutica, Fl. dan. 688. R. spinosis- 

 sima, Gorter. ingr. 78. R. collincola, Ehrh. beitr. 2. p. 70. R. 

 cinnamomea, Smith, engl. bot. 2388. Flowers usually solitary, 

 pale red. Fruit orange red, spherical, naked. 



Var. ft, canescens (Lindl. ros. p. 34.) leaves white from tomen- 

 tum. ^ . H. Native of Sweden. 



Hog Rose. Fl. May, June. Britain. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



29 R. MACUOPHY'LLA (Lindl. ros. p. 35. t. 6.) unarmed ; 

 leaves very long; leaflets 5-11, lanceolate; petioles with a few 

 glands, and are, as well as the leaflets, woolly beneath ; sepals 

 narrow, longer than the petals, which are apiculated. J? . H. 



