586 



ROSACES. XXII. ROSA. 



Var. fl, gemindta (Rafin. 1. c.) leaflets obovate ; flowers twin, 

 rose-coloured. 



Meadow Rose. Shrub. 



178 R. RIPA'RIA (Rafin. 1. c. 5. p. 216.) hispid and prickly; 

 prickles straight ; leaflets 5, unarmed, ovate, doubly serrated, 

 ciliated, clothed with glaucous pubescence beneath ; flowers 

 solitary ; peduncles angular ; fruit turbinate, oblong, nearly 

 smooth. fj . H. Native of Maryland, on the banks of the 

 Potowmak river. Flowers purple, fragrant. 



/ ar. ft, amcena (Rafin. 1. c.) flowers double. 

 River-bank Rose. Shrub. 



179 R. DASYSTE'MA (Rafin. I. c. 5. p. 219.) stems nearly un- 

 armed, villous ; leaflets 5-7, oval or obovate, serrated, velvety 

 beneath ; flowers solitary ; sepals simple ; fruit oblong, hispid. 



Jj . H. Native of North America. 

 Thick-stamened Rose. Shrub. 



180 R. WAITZIA'NA (Tratt. ros. 1. p. 57.) fruit ovate, gla- 

 brous, scarlet ; sepals appendiculate, bristly on the back ; pe- 

 duncles hispid ; leaflets roundish-ovate, simply serrated ; scent- 

 less, glabrous ; floriferous branches glandular and prickly ; 

 prickles hooked. ^ . H. Native of Saxony, near Altenburgh. 



Waltz's Rose. Shrub. 



181 R. RUBKISPINA (Bosc. diet, ex Poir. suppl. 4. p. 615. 

 and Tratt. ros. 2. p. 179.) fruit prickly, nearly globose ; leaf- 

 lets 5-7, elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, serrated ; branches and pe- 

 duncles furnished with small straight prickles ; flowers usually 

 solitary ; sepals beset with glandular hairs on the edges. Tj . H. 

 Native of North America. 



Red-spined Rose. Shrub. 



182 R. SI'CULA (Tratt. ros. 2. p. 68.) fruit globose, and are 

 as well as the peduncles glabrous and unarmed ; leaflets orbi- 

 cular, sharply and doubly serrated, with the teeth all glandular 

 at the apex; petioles clothed with glandular villi ; stems prickly ; 

 prickles subverticillate. 1? . H. Native of Sicily, on the tops 

 of the Nebrodes. 



Sicilian Rose. Shrub. 



183 R. FRAXINIFOLIA (Andr. ros. fasc. 33. ex Tratt. ros. 2. 

 p. 100.) stem glabrous, nearly unarmed ; germens oblong ; pe- 

 duncles glabrous ; petioles prickly ; leaflets rough, oblong, nar- 

 row, acute, serrated ; flowers white, sweet-scented ; inner petals 

 small and flexuous. 17 . H. Native country unknown. Per- 

 haps a variety of R. sempervirens. 



Ash-leaved Rose. Shrub. 



184 R. HECKELIA'NA (Tratt. ros. 2. p. 85.) fruit globose, 

 glabrous, muricated ; peduncles very short, tomentose ; leaflets 

 orbicular, doubly toothed, clothed with hoary tomenttim on both 

 sides as well as the stipulas, and ciliated with glands ; very blunt 

 at the apex ; stems prickly ; prickles somewhat verticillate. I? . 

 H. Native of Sicily, on the Nebrodes. 



Heckel's Rose. Shrub. 



185 R. ERUBE'SCENS (Andr. ros. fasc. 30. ex Tratt. ros. 1. 

 p. 119.) fruit ovate, and are as well as the peduncles clothed 

 with glandular bristles ; sepals oblong, entire, glabrous ; petioles 

 rather prickly ; leaflets ovate, acute, unequally serrated, disco- 

 loured ; cauline prickles scattered and solitary, some straight 

 and setaceous, and others large, recurved, and dilated at the 

 base, dark purple. I? . H. Native country unknown. 



Reddish Ffose. Shrub. 



186 R. INCA'NA (Kit. ex Tratt. ros. 1. p. 135.) fruit and pe- 

 duncles glabrous ; cauline prickles recurved ; petioles almost 

 unarmed, and are, as well as the leaves, villously tomentose. I? . 

 H. Native of Hungary. 



Hoary Rose. Shrub. 



187 R. CLUSIA'NA (Waitz, ex Tratt. ros. 1. p. 119.) fruit 

 nearly globose, glabrous ; sepals appendiculated, and are, as well 



as the peduncles, hispid; petioles villous, glandular, rather 

 prickly ; leaflets sweet-scented; ovate-lanceolate, simply serrated, 

 pubescent beneath ; stipulas quite entire ; stem and branches 

 unarmed. Ij . H. Native country unknown. Rosa sine spinis, 

 Clus. hist. 1. p. 115. f. 1. Perhaps a variety of R. Gdllica. 

 Clusius's Rose. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



188 R. GLA'BRA (Andr. ros. fasc. 21.) fruit ovate; petioles 

 and peduncles hispid ; flowers of many equal petals ; leaflets 

 oblong, acuminated, serrated, glabrous ; stem glabrous, nearly 

 unarmed. J? . H. Native country unknown. Size and form 

 of R . centifblia pompbnia. Leaves like those of R. moschata, but 

 the plant altogether is more nearly allied to R. cinnanwmea ex 

 Tratt. ros. 



Glabrous Rose. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



189 R. SPRENGELIA'NA (Tratt. ros. 2. p. 163.) nearly unarm- 

 ed ; fruit globose, hispid ; peduncles smoothish ; petioles villous; 

 leaflets oblong, serrated at the apex, pubescent beneath ; branches 

 nearly unarmed ; prickles very few and straight ; flowers sessile, 

 aggregate. Jj . H. Native country unknown. R. Virginica, 

 Curt, ex Spreng. nov. prov. p. 36. no. 80. 



SprengeVs Rose. Shrub. 



190 R. PORTENSCHLAGIA'NA (Tratt. ros. 2. p. 203.) germens 

 ovate, glabrous, coloured ; peduncles very short, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, prickly and glandular ; sepals coloured, su- 

 bulate, pinnatifid, one-half shorter than the petals ; flowers alter- 

 nate, solitary, large ; stem unarmed. ^ , H. Native country 

 unknown. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Portcnschlag's Rose. Shrub. 



191 R. WULFL'NI (Tratt. ros. 1. p. 200.) fruit nearly glo- 

 bose, coloured, glabrous ; peduncles solitary, short, clothed with 

 glandular bristles ; leaflets elliptic, somewhat doubly serrated ; 

 stipulas biauriculate ; branches and petioles very prickly. I? . II. 

 Native of Germany. 



Var. ft, rubra (Tratt. ros. 1. p. 201.) leaves smaller ; leaflets 

 ciliated with glands ; fruit ovate-oblong ; petals deep rose-co- 

 loured. J? . H. Native of Carinthia, on mount Nanas. Leaves, 

 branches, and calyxes red. 



IVitlfcn's Hose. Shrub. 



192 R. TRICIIOCA'RPA (Waitz, ex Tratt. ros. 2. p. 45.) fruit 

 oblong ; sepals appendiculate, and are, as well as the peduncles, 

 hispid ; petioles glandular and prickly ; leaflets sweet-scented, 

 ovate-lanceolate, simply serrated, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 stem and branches very glabrous and prickly ; prickles hooked, 

 equal ; stigmas sessile. H . H. Native country unknown. Per- 

 haps a variety of R. alba. 



Hairy-fruited Rose. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



193 R. CONCAVIFOLIA (Waitz, ex Tratt. ros. 2. p. 66.) fruit 

 ovate, glabrous ; sepals appendiculate, hairy, glandless ; pedun- 

 cles hispid ; petioles glandular, prickly ; leaves sweet-scented, 

 ovate, doubly serrated, pubescent on both surfaces ; stipulas 

 with glandular edges ; flowers subcorymbose. Ij . H. Native 

 country unknown. 



Concave-leaved Rose. Shrub. 



194 R. ELLI'PTICA (Tausch, ex Tratt. ros. 2. p. 69.) fruit 

 ovate, and are, as well as the peduncles, glabrous ; leaflets ellip- 

 tic, unequally and glandularly serrated, quite entire at the 

 base, glaucescent, and beset with glandular pili ; prickles re- 

 flexed, stipular. (j . H. Native of Bohemia. R. rubiginosa, 

 Guimpel, dcutsch. Holzart. 1. p. 121. t. 91. Fruit blood- 

 coloured. 



Elliptic-leaved. Rose. Shrub. 



195 R. MAU'KSCHII (Schultes in cestr. fl. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 

 69. ex Tratt. ros. 2. p. 218.) fruit nearly globose, and are, as 

 well as the peduncles, glabrous ; petioles beset with glandular 

 bristles ; stem prickles scattered, a little recurved ; leaflets almost 



