ORDER XLtV. ROSACES -ROSE-FAMILY. 



slightly hairy, or somewhat prickly; flowers S 5, in leafy clusters at the ends 

 of the branches, light red ; calyx and peduncles glandular-hispid. A common 

 rose, growing 48 feet high, in swamps. June July. 



2. R. lucida. Wild Rose. 



Stems armed with scattered, setaceous prickles, those of the stf pules straight ; 

 leaflets 5 9, elliptical, sharply serrate, smooth and shining above ; petioles 

 somewhat glandular, or hispid ; flowers 1 3, pale red ; peduncles and append- 

 aged calyx-segments glandular-hispid ; fruit depressed, globose, small, red, his- 

 pid. A common shrub, 1^1 feet high, in dry fields, of rather slender groirth, 

 with greenish branches. Distinguished from the last by the shining upper sur- 

 face of its leaves, and the straight, stipular prickles. June July. 



3. R. setigera. Prairie Rose. 



Branches elongated, ascending, glabrous, with a few, stout, somewhat hook- 

 ed, stipular prickles ; leaflets 3 5, large, ovate, acute, or acuminate, smooth 

 and somewhat shining above, sharply serrate ; flowers in very large, corymbose 

 clusters, nearly scentless, of a changeable reddish color ; petioles, peduncles 

 and calyx, glandular ; styles united ; fruit globose. A splendid climbing species, 

 capable of being trained 1020 feet Native of the South and West, but com- 

 mon in cultivation. June July. 



4. R. rubiginosa. 



Sweet Brier. 



Wem smooth, armed with stout, recurved prickles ; leaflets 5 7, roundish- 

 oval, sharply serrate, and with the petioles and stipules clothed with ferrugi- 

 nous glands beneath ; flowers light red, or white, fragrant, mostly solitary, on 

 hispid peduncles; fruit ovate, or obovate, reddish-orange when full grown. A 

 stout shrub, armed with very strong prickles. Common in fields and roadsides, 

 being naturalized ; often cultivated. The foliage is very fragrant June. 



5. R. cinnamomea. Cinnamon Rose. 



Stem tall, with ascending branches ; prickles of the young stems crowded, 

 straight and unequal, the larger subulate and the smaller setaceous; those of the 

 branches fewer, stouter, stipular and recurved ; leaflets 5 7, oval-oblong, einer- 

 ous-pubescent beneath ; stipules linear-oblong, those of the flowering branches 

 dilated above, with ovate acuminate auricles ; calyx-segments entire, as long 

 as the petals; fruit smooth, globose ; stem 5 10 feet high, with a bark some- 

 what of a cinnamon color ; flowers mostly double, light red. Gardens. June. 



6. R. Gallica. 



French Rose. 



Stem and petioles armed with numerous slender, scattered prickles ; leaflets 

 mostly 5, elliptical, or broadly oval, thick; flowers erect; petals, when single, 5, 

 large, spreading; calyx-segments ovate ; fruit ovoid, and with the peduncles, 

 hispid. The common Rose of the gardens, the flowers varying with every tint 

 from crimson to light red, and often variegated. June. 



1. R. eglanteria. 



Yellow Rose. 



Stem clothed with an ash-colored bark, and with the red branches armed 

 with straight slender, scattered prickles ; leaflets 5 7, broad-oval, or obovate, 

 sharply serrate, smooth and shining above ; flowers abundant, golden-yellow, 

 of very short duration, fragrant, but less so than the leaves ; calyx nearly naked 

 and entire. A splendid species, 3 feet high, becoming common in cultivation. 

 The flowers are often double, and in some varieties variegated with red. June. 



8. R. Damascena. 



Damask Rose. 



Stem erect branching, bushy, armed with unequal, mostly stipular prickles, 

 those of the stem broad and recurved; leaflets broad-elliptical, large, white- 

 downy beneath ; flowers pale rose-red, very fragrant quite profuse, generally 

 double ; sepals reflexed ; fruit ovoid, elongated. A common garden species, 39 

 feet high. Native of the Levant an d especially of Damascus, where it is in the 

 highest perfection, and from whence it has its name. The low Monthly Eose 

 that blooms at all seasons is a variety of this. 



9. R. canina. Dog Rose. 



Stems armed with a few stout, compressed, hooked prickles ; leaflets 59, 

 ovate, with acute, incurved, and often double serratures; stipules somewhat 

 broad, serrulate ; peduncles scaly, hispid ; calyx-segments after flowering reflexed 

 and deciduous ; fruit red, ovoid. A common species in gardens, from which 

 several classes of varieties have been originated by culture. 



10. R. centifolia. 



Hundred-leaved Rose. 



Stem armed with very numerous prickles, which are nearly straight and. 

 kwdly dilated at base ; leaflets 57, ovnte. glandular-ciliate, and somewhat 



pilose beneath; flower-bud short, ovofd ; calyx-segments spreading when In 

 flower ; fruit ovoid ; calyx and peduncles glandular-hispid, viscid. The flowers 

 are usually pink, but vary exceedingly in the different varieties. 



11. R. moschata. 



Musk Rose. 



Stems armed with slender booked prickles, with climbing, unarmed bran- 

 ches, leaflets 5 7, lanceolate acuminate, smooth ; stipules very narrow, acute ; 

 flowers paniculate, white, large, peculiarly fragrant generally numerous ; 

 peduncles and ealyx somewhat hispid; calyx-segments pinnatifidly incised, 

 appendiculate. A species with long trailing or climbing stems. 



12. R. alba. White Rose. 



Stems armed with slender hooked prickles, sometimes unarmed; leaflets 

 broad-ovate, briefly acuminate, and with the petioles, somewhat tomentose and 

 glandular on the veins beneath ; flowers large, corymbose, very fragrant white, 

 and when newly opened, tinged with pink ; sepals pinnatifid ; petals spread- 

 ing; fruit ovoid, nearly smooth. A favorite species, common in gardens, 4 9 

 ft. high. 



13. R. multiflora. Multiflora Rose. 



Stems armed with slender, scattered prickles, with very long, luxuriant shoots ; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate ; stipules pectinate ; flowers abundant corymbose ; 

 flower-bud ovoid-globose, sepals short ; style exscrt. A climbing shrub, capable 

 of being trained to a considerable height. The flower* vary in cultivation be- 

 tween white and different shades of rose. 



14. R. Indica. 



Indian Rose. 



Stems erect or climbing, armed with a few stout prickles ; leaflets 3 5, 

 ovate, acuminate, coriaceous, smooth and shining, serrulate ; stipules very nar- 

 row; flowers solitary, or in panicles; peduncles often somewhat incrassate, 

 smooth, or rough-hispid ; calyx smooth or hispid. 



A splendid species, not yet common in cultivation, but the parent of numer- 

 ous classes of varieties, with flowers of almost every conceivable hue, most of 

 which bloom continuously through the season. 



14. KRRIA. 



Calyx of 5, acuminate, nearly distinct segments. Petals 5, or- 

 bicular. Ovaries 5 8, smooth, globose. Ovules solitary. Styles 

 filiform. Achenia globose. 



1. K. Japonica. 



Japan Globe-flower. 



Stems numerous, slender, smooth ; leaves simple, ovate, long-acuininaU', 

 doubly serrate, exstipulate ; flowers clustered, or solitary, on the ends of the 

 branches, orange-yellow, globular, double and abortive in cultivation. A com- 

 mon shrub in gardens 5 8 ft. high. Flowering nearly all summer. 



15. CRAT^EGUS. 



Calyx-tube urceolate, with a 5-cleft limb. Petals 5, spread- 

 ing. Stamens numerous. Styles 1 5. Pome fleshy, crowned 

 with the calyx-teeth, and containing 1 5 long, 1-seeded carpels. 



1. C. coccinea. White Thorn. 



Leaves roundish -ovate, 5 9-lobed, sharply incised, thin and membraneous, 

 acutely serrate, truncate at base, sometimes acute, or even cordate, on slender 

 petioles, nearly or quite smooth ; flowers white, corymbed ; calyx and pedicels 

 generally smooth, sometimes pubescent; styles 3 5; fruit large, globose, bright 

 red, eatable in September. A very common and variable shrub, or small tree, 

 10 20 feet high. Branches armed with stout, sharp, slightly recurved thorns. 

 In thickets and low grounds. May. 



2. C. punctata. 



Thorn. 



Leaves obovate, cuneiform, with slender petioles, entire at base, doubly ser- 

 rate, often incised near the apex, pubescent when young, with appressed hairs, 

 especially beneath, the corymbs and calyx villous-pubescent ; flowers white, in 

 somewhat leafy corymbs; fruit large, globose, of a dull red, or yellowish color, 

 eatable, and rather pleasant ; ripe in Sept. A small tree, 1825 feet high, with 

 crooked, spreading, ash-colored branches, and stout, sharp thorns. Borders of 

 woods, especially in the northern parts of the U. 8. May. 



3. C. tomentosa. Black Thorn. 



Leaves oval, or elliptic- ovate, tapering at base into a margined petiole, some- 

 what plicate above, mostly acute, doubly serrate, and generally incisely dentate 

 towards the apex, nearly smooth above, tomentose beneath ; flowers large, fra- 

 grant white, in large, leafy corymbs, with calyx and pedicels villous-tomentose ; 



