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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles of the branches crowded, unequal, 

 slender, reflexed ; of the branchlets, small and nearly equal. 

 Leaflets flat, glabrous, simply serrated. (Don's Mill.) An 

 erect shrub. North America and Siberia. Height 4 ft. to 

 6 ft. Introduced in 1780. Flowers pale yellow; May and 

 June. Fruit large, ovate, black. 



A very distinct variety, or probably species, well deserving 

 a place in botanical collections. 



ja 21. R. MYRIACA'NTHA Dec. The myriad-prickled Rose. 570 . . Iutegceni ,. 



Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr.. 4. p. 439. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 562. 



Synonymes. R. parvif 61ia Pali. Eos. 62. ? ; R. provincial Bieb. Fl. Taur. 1. p. 396. ? ; R spino- 



sissima var. t, inyriacantha Ser.in Dec. Prod. 2. p. 608. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Ros., t. 10. ; and our fig. 571. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Prickles unequal, larger ones dagger-formed. Leaflets glan- 

 dular, glabrous, orbicular. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive spiny shrub. Siberia, 

 Tauria, and also Dauphine, and near Montpelier. 

 Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Flowers white ; May and 

 June. Fruit dark ; ripe in September. 



Shoots simple and 

 erect, resembling, in 

 many respects, R. spi- 

 nosissima in a stunted 

 state. 



571. R. myriacantha. 



572. R. reversa. 



22. R. REVE'RSA Waldst. et Kit. The reversed-prickled Rose. 



Identification. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. p. 293. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 569 

 Engravings. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. t. 264. ; our fig. 572. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles setaceous, nearly equal, reflexed. Leaves doubly ser- 

 rated, pubescent. Fruit hispid. (Don's Mill.) A large rambling shrub. 

 Hungary, on the mountains of Matra, in stony places. Height 2 ft. to 5 ft. 

 Introduced in 1816. Flowers solitary, white, tinged with pink; June and 

 July. Fruit ovate, dark purple ; ripe in September. 



D. Species Natives of Britain. 



* 23. R. SPINOSI'SSIMA L. The most spiny, or 

 Scotch, Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Fl. Suec., 442. ; Sp., 491.; Don's Mill 2 p 568 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., 1. 187. ; Hayne Abbild., t.37.; and our 

 Jig. 573. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles unequal. Leaflets flat, 

 glabrous, simply serrated. (Don's Mill.) A dwarf 

 compact bush, with creeping suckers. Flowers 

 small, solitary, white or blush-coloured. Fruit 

 ovate, or nearly round, black or dark purple. A 

 very spiny shrub. Europe ; plentiful in Britain. 

 Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Flowers white or blush ; May 

 and June. Fruit purple or black ; ripe in Sept. 



Varieties. A great many varieties, cross-breds, and 

 hybrids have been raised of this rose, with flowers 



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