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628. R. sinica 



this section are remarkable for their long, graceful, and often climbing shoots, 

 drooping flowers, and trifoliolate shining leaves. They are particularly dis- 

 tinguished by their deciduous, subulate, or very narrow stipules. Their 

 fruit is very variable. (Don's Mill.) Kambling shrubs, deciduous, or sub 

 evergreen; somewhat tender in British gardens, where they only succeed 

 when planted against a wall. Natives of China. 



L 60. R. SI'NICA Alt. The trifoliate-leaved 

 China Rose. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 



ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 261. ; Lindl. 



Ros., p. 126. t. 16. j Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 584. 

 Synonymes. R. trifoliata Bosc 



Diet, ex Poir. ; R. ternata 



Pair. Suppl. 6. p. 284. ; R. che- 



rokeensis Bonn Hort. Cant. 



ed. 8. p. 170. ; R. nivea Dec. 



Hort. Monsp. 137., Red. Ros. 



2. p. 81. with a 'fig. ; R. hys- 



trix Lindl. Monog. ; It. laevi- 



gata Michx. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Ros., 1. 16. ; 



Hook. Bot. Mag., 2847. ; Bot. 



Reg., 1922. ; our Jig. 627. after 



Redoute ; and Jig. 628. after 



Bot. Reg. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stipules setaceous, deciduous. Cauline prickles equal, falcate. 

 Petioles and ribs of leaves prickly. Peduncles and fruit beset with straight 

 bristles. Sepals entire, permanent. Flowers white, solitary. Fruit elliptic, 

 orange-red. Disk conical. (Don's Mill.) A rambling sub-evergreen shrub. 

 China. Height 6ft. to 8ft. Introduced in 

 1759. Flowers \vhite; May and June. Fruit 

 orange red ; ripe in September. 



-B. 61. R. BA'NKS/^ R. Br. Lady Banks's Rose. 



Identification. R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 256. ; 



Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 131. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 601. 

 Synonymes. R. Banksmwa Abel Chin. 160., ; R. inermis Roxb. ? 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1954. ; Red et Thor. Ros., 2. p. 43. 



ic. ; and our Jig. 629. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Without prickles, glabrous, .smooth. 

 Leaflets 3 5, lanceolate, sparingly serrated, ap- 

 proximate. Stipules bristle- like, scarcely attached 

 to the petiole, rather glossy, deciduous. Flowers in 

 umbel-like corymbs, numerous, very double, sweet- 

 scented, nodding. Tube of the calyx a little 

 dilated at the tip. Fruit globose, black. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A climbing deciduous shrub. China. 

 Stems 10 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1807. 

 Flowers white ; June and July. Fruit black. 



629. R. Banksfar. 



630. ft. Bankste idtea. 



Variety. 



1 R. B. 2 lutea Lindl. (Bot. Reg., t. 1105., 

 and our jig. 630.) has the flowers of a 

 pale buff colour, and is a very beautiful 

 variety. 



This is an exceedingly beautiful and very re- 

 markable kind of rose ; the flowers being small, 

 round, and very double, on long peduncles, and 

 resembling in form the flowers of The double French 

 cherry, or that of a small ranunculus, more than 

 those of the generality of roses. The flowers of 

 R. Bankske alba are remarkably fragrant 5 the scent 

 strongly resembling that of violets. Plants of neither 

 variety thrive in *he atmosphere of the metropolis. 



