ROSACES. XXII. ROSA. 



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Roberlon. 



Rossi !/ a. 



Rothsay. 



rubicunda. 



Selkirk. 



Shetland. 



Sky. 



Staffa. 



Stirling. 



Strathmore. 



striata. 



Stronsa. 



Sutherland. 



Tcvioldale. 



Tarbet. 



Thornhill. 



Thurso. 



Tranent. 



variegata. 



venulosa glabra. 



venulosa hispida. 



Var. ft, reversa (Lindl. ros. p. 51.) dwarf; prickles slender; 

 lower ones deflexed ; fruit ovate. Jj . H. R. spinosissima, 

 Jacq. fragm. 79. t. 124. R. nana, Andrews, ros. R. reversa, 

 Lindl. bot. reg. t. 431. Flowers of a whitish yellow colour. 



Var. y, R. polycdrpa (Lindl. 1. c.) dwarf; fruit depressed, and 

 are as well as the peduncles bristly. Tj . H. Native of Ireland. 



Var. H, pilosa (Lindl. 1. c.) leaflets acute, pilose beneath. Jj . 

 H. Native of Ireland. 



Var. t, turbinata (Lindl. 1. c.) dwarf; fruit turbinate. Tj . H. 

 Native of Ireland. 



Var. ', Pallasii (Lindl. 1. c.) taller ; prickles nearly equal, 

 much crowded. Jj . H. R. pimpinellifolia, Pall. fl. ross. 62. t. 75. 

 Red. ros. 1. p. 84. R. Altaica, Willd. enum. 543. R. Sibirica, 

 Tratt. ros. 2. p. 230. R. pimpinellifolia 0, Altaica, Red. ros. 1. 

 p. 84. Flowers white. Grows in elevated plains and exposed 

 precipices, from the northern part of the Altaian mountains, 

 extending through Siberia. Its more robust habit, and its ap- 

 proach to equal size in its prickles are its principal characters. 



Var. i], Rassica (Lindl. 1. c.) taller ; prickles long and very 

 slender. Tj . H. Native of Russia. 



Var. 6, argentea (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 608.) branches 

 and stems hispid from prickles, intermixed with minute bristles ; 

 peduncles and calyxes purple, hispid ; leaflets ovate, clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; flowers white, semi-double. 

 Tj . H. R. hispida argentea, Red. ros. 3. p. 81. Curt. bot. 

 mag. 1570. 



Var. (, ech'mella (Ser. 1. c.) teeth of leaflets very numerous ; 

 peduncles and calyxes hispid. 



Var. K, Jlavescens (Ser. 1. c.) peduncles and fruit smooth ; 

 flowers pale yellow. R.Candolleana flav6scens, Red. ros. 2. p. 46. 



Var. X, microcdrpa (Ser. 1. c.) flowers and leaves smaller ; 

 fruit smaller, and are as well as the peduncles hispid or smooth ; 

 stem prickly. Jj . H. Native of Podolia. R. melanocarpa, 

 Bess. enum. pi. Volh. 18. 61 and 62. 



Var. fj., inermis (Ser. 1. c. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 438.) stems and 

 branches unarmed, var. 1. Flowers white. Red. ros. 1. p. 84. 

 var. 2. Flowers pale red. Red. ros. 3. p. 23. 



Var. v, marmorata (Ser. 1. c.) flowers small, more or less va- 

 riegated or blotched ; leaflets small, roundish ; stems and branches 

 more or less prickly. Tj . H. Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. ex 

 Red. ros. 1. p. 84. R. pimpinellifolia 0, Red. ros. 1. p. 84. 



Var. o, Isldndica (Lindl. ros. p. 57.) taller ; prickles large, 

 falcate, fy . H. Common in Ireland. R. Hibernica, Hook. mss. 



Very-spiny or Scotch Rose. Fl. May, June. Britain. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



41 R. HIBE'RNICA (Smith, engl. bot. 2196.) prickles unequal, 

 slightly hooked, smaller ones bristle-formed ; leaflets ovate, 

 acute, simply serrated, with the ribs hairy beneath ; sepals pin- 

 nate ; fruit nearly globular, smooth as well as the peduncles. 



T; . H. Native of Ireland, in the counties of Derry and Down, 

 in thickets. Flowers rather small, light blush coloured. Fruit 

 orange-coloured. 



Irish Rose. Fl. June, Nov. Ireland. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



42 R. OXYACA'NTHA (Bieb. fl. taur. 3. p. 338.) stem very 



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prickly ; prickles setaceous, reversed ; petioles prickly and glan- 

 dular ; leaflets sharply and simply serrated, glabrous ; sepals 

 undivided; peduncles clothed with glandular bristles, when in 

 fruit reflexed ; fruit nearly globose, glabrous. J? . H. Native 

 of Siberia. Flowers red. 



Sharp-spined Rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



43 R. SANGUISORBIFOLIA (Donn, hort. cant. ed. 8. p. 169.) 

 tall; prickles nearly equal; leaflets 9-11, oblong, glabrous, 

 simply serrated ; fruit globose, depressed, dark. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive country unknown. R, spinosissima, var. , sanguisorbi- 

 folia, Lindl. ros. t. 51. R. spinos. t, macrophylla, Ser. in D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 609. Flowers white. This plant is easily distin- 

 guished from the last in the greater number of leaflets, and in 

 the globose depressed fruit. 



Burnet-leaved Rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? Sh. 3 to 5 feet. 



44 R. GRANDIFLORA (Lindl. ros. p. 55. and bot. reg. 888.) 

 branches without bristles ; prickles nearly equal, distant ; leaflets 

 flat, glabrous, simply serrated. I? . H. Native of Siberia. R. pim- 

 pinellifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 394. Flowers white. Fruit dark. 



Great-jlomered'Rose. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



45 R. CALIFO'RNICA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 

 35.) branches glabrous ; prickles stipular, twin, a little recurved, 

 the rest of the shrub unarmed ; leaflets 5-7, ovate, obtuse, 

 sharply serrated, pubescent above and tomentose beneath ; sti- 

 pulas with a few glands on the margins ; corymbs terminal ; 

 peduncles pilose ; sepals ovate, acuminated, dilated, and spatu- 

 late at the apex, pubescent outside and tomentose inside, white, 

 and densely ciliated on the edges. Jj H. Native of Califor- 

 nia. Petals rose-coloured, size of those of/?, pimpinelli/ 'dlia. 



California Rose. Shrub. 



46 R.NANKiNE / NSis(Lour. coch. 324.) dwarf, much branched; 

 prickles crowded ; leaflets acuminated, ciliately serrated ; sepals 

 prickly ; petals apiculate. f? . G. Native of China, about Can- 

 ton and Nankin. Flowers pale red, small, double. 



Nankin Rose. Shrub 1 foot. 



47 R. MYRIACA'NTHA (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 439. Lindl. ros. 

 p. 55. t. 10.) prickles unequal, largest ones dagger-formed ; 

 leaflets glandular, glabrous, orbicular. Tj . H. Native of Dau- 

 phiny and near Montpelier. P. parvifolia, Pall. ross. 62. ? R. 

 provincialis, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 396.? R. spinosissima, var. jj, 

 myriacantha, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 608. Flowers white. 



Myriad-spined Rose. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



48 R. INVOLU'TA (Smith, engl. bot. 2068.) prickles very un- 

 equal, and very much crowded ; leaflets doubly serrated, pu- 

 bescent ; petals convolute ; fruit prickly. Ij . H. Native of 

 the western parts of Scotland ; in several parts of the Hebrides ; 

 in the Isle of Arran (G. Don); and in Glen Lyon. R. nivalis, 

 Donn, hort. cant. ed. 8. p. 170. Petals pale red, concave. 



Involute-petalled Rose. Fl. June. Scotland. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



49 R. REVE'KSA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 293. t. 264.) 

 prickles setaceous, nearly equal, reflexed ; leaves doubly ser- 

 rated, pubescent ; fruit hispid. fy H. Native of Hungary, 

 on the mountains of Matra, in stony places. Flowers solitary, 

 white, tinged with pink. Fruit ovate, dark purple. 



Reversed Rose. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 to 5 ft. 



50 R. MARGINA'TA (Wallr. ann. bot. 68. Lindl. ros. p. 58.) 

 dwarf; branches twisted, when young pruinose ; leaflets ovate- 

 cordate, triply serrated, quite glabrous ; sepals muricated. Tj.H. 

 Native of Germany, in fields about Bennstadt. Petals blush- 

 coloured, with yellow claws. Fruit ovate-globose, purplish. 

 Prickles numerous, straight. Peduncles and calyxes bristly, 

 with glands. 



Marginate Rose. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



51 R. SABI'NI (Woods, in Lin. trans. 12. p. 188.) peduncles, 

 branches, fruit, and calyx bristly ; prickles scattered, straightish ; 

 leaflets doubly serrated, nearly smooth, with hairy ribs ; sepals 



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