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Spec. Char., $c. Prickles small, distant. Leaflets ovate, and, as well as 

 the branches, glabrous, opaque, discoloured. Sepals narrow, entire. Fruit 

 ovate, globose, smooth. Flowers corymbose. Peduncles smooth. (Don's 

 Mill.) A large shrub. Dauphine, Austria, Savoy, Pyrenees, and Auvergne, 

 in woods. Height 5ft to 6ft. Flowers red ; June and July. Fruit scar- 

 let ; ripe in September. 



Stems red. Leaves red at the edges. Flowers 

 small. Sepals narrow, longer than the petals. A 

 shrub, producing a pleasing effect in a shrubbery, 

 from the pinkness of its foliage. At the funeral 

 of Villars, who first named and described this rose, 

 branches and flowers of it were cut and strewed 

 over his grave. There are several varieties described 

 in our first edition. 



C. Species Natives of Asia. 

 & 48. R. CAUCA^SEA Pall. The Caucasian Dog Rose. 



Identification. Pall. Ross., t. 11. ; Lindl. Ros., p. 97. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 579. 

 Synonyme. R. leucantha Bieb. Fl. Taut: Suppl. 351. ? 

 Engravings. Lind. Ros., 1. 11. ; and our fig. 607. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Prickles strong, recurved. Leaflets soft, ovate, glaucous. 

 Calyx and peduncles hispid. Sepals simple. Fruit smooth. Flowers large, 

 growing in bunches. (Don's Mill.) A robust shrub. Siberia. Height 

 10ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 1798. Flowers white or pale red; June 

 and July. Fruit red ; ripe in September. 



607. K.caucksea. 



609. . indica Noisettiana. 



fife 49. R. I'NDICA L. The Indian, or common China, Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 705. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 581. 



Synonymes. R. sinica Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 13. p. 398. ; R. semperfldrens c&rnea Rossig. Ros. t. 19. ; 



R. fndica chinensis semipldna Ser. Mel. 1. p. 31. ; R. reclinata fl6re submultiplici Red. fios. p. 79.; 



the monthly Rose, the blush China Rose, the Tea-scented Rose ; Rosier Indien, Rose The, Ft: ; 



Indische Rose, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 26. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 51. t. 142., p. 35. t. 15. ; and our fig. 608. above. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem upright, whitish, or green, or purple. Prickles 

 stout, falcate, distant. Leaflets 3 5 ; ovate-acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 

 glabrous, serrulate ; the surfaces of different colours. Stipules very nar- 

 row, connate with the petiole, almost entire or serrate. Flowers solitary, or 

 in panicles. Stamens bent inwards. Peduncle sub-articulate, mostly thickened 

 upwards, and with the calyx smooth, or wrinkled and bristly. (Dec. Prod.) 

 Sub-evergreen. China, near Canton. Height 4 ft. to 20 ft. Introd. in 1789 



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