ROSMARINUS— RUBUS. 



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ets 3-5, acuminate, glabrous ; leafets of the 

 calyx feathered with bristles. 5 8 f. S. 



I(eviq-a'fa, (Cherokee rose, w. Ap. ^.) 

 fi-uit oblong, nispid; leaves perennial, ter- 

 nate; leafets lanceolate, serrate, lucid, co- 

 riaceous ; flowers solitary, terminal. 5-20 

 f. S. 



litfcs"cens, (y-w. J. f>.) fruit globose, and 

 with the peduncles glabrous ; branches his- 

 pid-spiny ; leafets (7) glabrous, oval ; peti- 

 oles unarmed ; flowers solitaiy ; segments 

 of the calyx lanceolate, cuspidate ; petals 

 oval, very obtuse. S. 



musco'sa, (moss-rose, r. Au. ^.) germs 

 ovate ; calyx, peduncles, petioles, and 

 branches, hispid, glandular-viscid, (moss- 

 like) ; spines of the branches scattered, 

 straight. Ex. 



moAclia'ta, (mu.sk-root, f> .) germs ovate ; 

 genus and peduncles villose ; stem and 

 petioles prickly ; leafets oblong, acuminate, 

 glabrous ; panicle many-flowered. Ex. 



burgvTLcUa'ca, (Burgundy-rose, ^.) germs 

 Bub-globose ; germ and peduncles hispid ; 

 leafets ovate, pubescent beneath ; corolla 

 .small, full, fle.shy, white ; di.sk ob.scure. 

 Var. provincia'Iis, has scattered, reflexed 

 prickles on the branches, and glandular ser- 

 ratures. Ex. 



semperjlo'rens, (monthly-rose, ^.) germs 

 ovate-oblong, lapenng to both ends ; germs 

 and peduncles inspid ; stem prickly ; flow- 

 ers in erect corymbs. Resembles damas- 

 cena. Ex. 



al"ba, (white-rose, w. J. Ip .) germs ovate, 

 glabrous or hispid ; stem and petioles 

 pricklj'; leafets ovate, villose beneath. Ex. 



ceid'ijo'lia, (hundred-leaved rose, r. ^.) 

 germs ovate ; germs and peduncles hispid ; 

 stem hispid, prickly ; leaves pubescent be- 

 neath ; petioles unarmed. Ex. 



cinnamo'mea, (cinnamon-rose, ^.) germs 

 globose; germs and peduncles glabrous; 

 stem with stipular prickles; petioles some- 

 what unarmed ; leafets oblong. Stem brown, 

 cinnamon-color. Ex. 



vinllijlo'ra, (Japan-rose, ^.) germsovate ; 

 germs and peduncles unarmed, villose ; 

 Btem and petioles prickly. Branches gen- 

 erally purple ; leafets ovate ; flower small, 

 panicled. Ex. 



spinosis"sima, (Scotch-rose, fp.) germs 

 globose, glabrous; peduncles hispid; stem 

 and petioles very hispid. Var. scot"ica,\3 

 smaller. Loudon says that there are 300 

 varieties of this rose in a nursery at Glas- 

 gow ; and that florists enumerate upwards 

 of 900 sorts of roses. Ex. 

 ROSMARINUS. 2—1. (Labiata.) [From roj, 



dew, and marinus, of the sea.] 



officitia'lis;, (rosemary, ^.) some leaves 

 are green both sides ; others whitish be- 

 neath, linear; margins revolute. Ex. 

 ROTBOL"LIA. 2—2. {Gravnnea:.) [In honor 



of Roiboll, professor of botany at Copenha- 

 gen.] 



dimidia'ta, (hard grass, 2^.) spike com- 

 pressed, linear ; flowers eecund ; glumes 

 2-flowered ; outer floret etaminate ; inner 

 )ne perfect. S. 



cilia' ta, culm erect, tall; spikes terete, 



long-peduncled ; flowers pedicelJ' se 



cund ; margins and pedicels of the yi his 



villose ; glumes and paleas each 2. 3 •*^ f 



S.. 



RU'BIA. 4—1. (RuhiacecB.) lYxom ruber, x^; 



on account of the color of its roots.] 



tincto'rin, (madder,) leaves lanceolate, 

 about in sixes ; stem prickly, climbing,. 

 Var. sylves"tris,\ower leaves in sixes, upper 

 ones in fours, or in pairs. Ex. 



hrown"ii, (y. 2^.) hispid; leaves by fours, 

 oval ; peduncles solitary, single-flowered ; 

 stem decumbent. Berries purple, smooth. 

 S. 

 RU'BUS. 11—12. (Rosacea.) [From ruber, 



red. on account of the color of its fruit.] 



idc'u>i, (garden raspbeiry, w. M. i^.'^ 

 leaves quinate-pinnate and ternate ; leafets 

 rhomb-ovate, acuminate, downy beneath ; 

 petioles channeled ; stem prickly, hispid ; 

 flowers sub-panicled. Var. america'nus, 

 branchlets nearly glabrous ; stem and pet- 

 ioles terete ; leaves all ternate ; pedicels 

 somewhat prickly. 4 6 f 



villo'svs, (high blackberry', w. J. ^.) pu- 

 bescent, hispid, and prickly ; leaves digitate, 

 in threes or fives ; leafets ovate, acuminate, 

 serrate, hairy both sides ; stem and petioles 

 prickly ; calyx short, acuminate ; racemes 

 naked ; petals lance-ovate. 4-6 f. 



strigo'sHs, (red raspberry, w. J. ^.) un- 

 armed, rigidly hispid ; leafets 3, or pinnate- 

 quinate, oval, at the base obtuse, acumin- 

 ate, marked with hues, and white-downy 

 beneath, terminal one often sub-cordate 

 fruit red, sweet. 



occidenta'lis, (black ra.spberry, w. g. 'F) .) 

 branches and petioles glaucous and prick 

 ly; leaves ternate, oval, acuminate, sub 

 lobate and doubly serrate, white-downy 

 beneath ; petioles terete ; prickles recurved. 

 4-8 f. 



trivia'lis, (creeping blackberry, dewber 

 ry, w. J. Tp.) sarmentose-procumbent; peti- 

 oles and peduncles aculeate, hispid, w^ith 

 the prickles recurved ; stipules subulate ; 

 leaves ternate or quinate, oblong-oval, 

 acute, unequally serrate, sub-pubescent , 

 pedicels solitary, elongated. Var. Jlagella- 

 ris, has orbicular petals, and small, smooth 

 leaves. 



odora'tus, (flowering raspberry, r. J. ^.) 

 unarmed, erect, viscid; hispid lie avea sim- 

 ple, acutely 3-5-lobed ; corymbs terminal, 

 spreading ; flowers large ; berries rather 

 dry and thin. 3-6 f. 



f rondo' sus, (leafy raspberry, J. 2X-) stem 

 erect, prickly ; leaves ternate or quinate, 

 pubescent, simple ; racemes leafy ; upper 

 flowers opening first ; petals orbicular. 3- 

 6 f. Road-sides. 



aeto'sus, (bristly raspberry, w-r. J. 2X-) 

 stem erect, reclining, rigidly hispid ; leaves 

 ternate or quinate, smooth and green on 

 both sides. 



kis"pidus, (w. J. ^ .) sarmentose-procum- 

 bent ; stem, petioles, and peduncles, strong- 

 ly hi.spid ; leaves ternate, gash-serrate, na- 

 ked, middle one pedicellate. Berries black, 

 large. 



ca7iadcn"six, (J. ^.) stem purule. smooth- 



