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Mill.) Kamtschatka, in dry rocky places. Height 3 ft. 

 to 4ft. Introduced in 1791. Flowers deep red j June 

 and July. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



From the appearance of the plants bearing this name in 

 the extensive collection in Messrs. Loddiges's arboretum, 

 we should consider it to be only a variety of R. ferox. 

 It is, however, very distinct, and, from the rich colour of 

 its flowers and fruit, well deserving a place in collections. 



ii. Bracteata. 



Sect. Char. Branches and fruit clothed with permanent tomentum. This 

 section is readily distinguished from the last by the woolliness of the fruit. 

 Leaves dense, usually shining, and prickles placed under the stipules in 

 pairs. Sepals simple, or nearly so. (Don's Mill.) Evergreen, or sub- 

 evergreen bushes. Natives of China and Nepal. 



A 3. R. BRACTEA'TA Wendl. The large-bracted Rose. 



Identification. Wendl. Obs., 50. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 35., ic. ; Lindl. Ros. Hon., p. 10. ; Dec. Prod , 2. 



p. 6 2.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 505. 

 Synonyms. Lord Macartney's Rose. 

 Engravings. Wendl. Hort. Herrenhaus., fasc. 4. t. 22. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 13. ; and our fig. 553. 



Spec. Char. , fyc. Evergreen. Branches upright, to- 

 mentose. Prickles stout, recurved, in many 

 instances in pairs. Leaflets 5 9, obovate, sub- 

 serrate, coriaceous, glossy, glabrous. Stipules 

 scarcely attached to the petiole, bristle-shaped, 

 but fringed. Flowers solitary, terminal, white, 

 large. Peduncles and calyxes tomentose. Fruit 

 globose, large, orange red. (Dec. Prod.) Ever- 

 green. China. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced 

 in 1795. Flowers large, showy, white, solitary, 

 nearly sessile ; June to October. Fruit orange- 

 red ; ripe in October. 



Itflowers#bundantly,but is rather tender, on which 

 account it succeeds best when trained against a wall. 



Varieties. 



* R. b. 2 scabricaulis Lindl. Rosar. Monog. p. 10. (Sims Bot. Mag., 



t. 1377.) Branches bristly. Prickles smaller than in the species, 

 and rather straight. China, province of Tchetchiang. (Dec. Prod.) 



* R. b. 3 fibre plena Hort. Flowers double, but never expanding freely. 



* R. b. 4 Maria Leonida Hort. Flowers double, white, yellowish pink 



in the centre, expanding freely. One of the finest of autumnal roses. 

 The species and the varieties, being somewhat tender, 

 succeed best when trained against a wall. They are very 

 ornamental from their shining evergreen foliage, as well 

 as from their flowers. 



. 4. R. MICROPHY'LLA Roxb. The small-leafleted Rose. 



Identification. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ined., according to Lindl. Rosar. Monog., 



p. 9. 145, 146. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 565. 

 Synonyme. Hoi-tong-hong, Chinese. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 919. ; and our fig. 554. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Stem almost without prickles. Leaflets 

 glossy, sharply serrated, veiny beneath, with densely 

 netted anastomosing veins. Stipules very narrow, 

 unequal. Flowers double, of a delicate rose colour. 

 Calyx densely invested with prickles. Sepals short, broadly ovate, echinate, 

 ending in a point. Prickles having at the base two longitudinal furrows. 



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553. ft. bracteatt. 



