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AKBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



in pairs. (Don's Mill.) A low weak shrub. North Ame- 

 rica, on the declivities of hills, in the states of New York 

 and Carolina. Height 2 ft. Introduced in 1724. Flowers 

 pale blush; June to August. Fruit red; ripe in October. 



Variefi/. 



J, 11. p. 2 flore pleno Red. Ros. 2. p. 73., and our fs. 

 559. Flowers double, pale blush, unexpanded. 

 A neat little rose, but not in very general cul- 

 tivation. 



539. fi. parvinbra 

 flore pleno. 



a 10. R. i-HAXiNiFo^LiA Bork. The Ash-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Bork. Holz., 301. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. .'566. 



Synonymes. R. virginiana Mtll. Diet. No. 10. ; R. blftnda a Sol. MSS. Jacq. Fragm. 70. t. 105. 



R. corymbftsa Rose Die. d'Ajir. ex Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. p. 272. ? ; 



R. alpina /3 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 26.'). ; R. alpina laeVis 



Red. Ros. 1. p. 57., Lawr. Ros. t. 7-5. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 4-58. ; Lawr. Ros., t. 75. ; andour^g. 560 



Spec. Char., S,-c. Tall, unarmed. Branches straight, 

 glaucescent. Ijeaflcts opaque, undulated, and gla- 

 brous. {Don's Mill.) Branches dark purple, with 

 a pale blue bloom. Flowers small, red, in few- 

 flowered cymes. Fruit naked, small, round or ovate, 

 of a dull pale red. A glabrous shrub. Native 

 of Newfoundland, and on the nortii-west coast of 

 America. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced ?. Flow- 

 ers red ; May and June. Fruit dull pale red ; ripe 

 in September. 



Other North-American Species. R. Woods/i Lindl., 

 R. Carolina Lin., R. Lindleyi Spreng., are described 

 in our first edition ; and the first two are in Messrs. 

 Loddiges's collection. 



B. Species Natives of Nepal. 



S60. R.^3!;inif61ia, 



m; 



R. macrophv'lla Lindl. 



The long-leaved Rose. 



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Identification. Lindl. Ros. Monog., p.35. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 566. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Ros. Monog., t. 6. ; and our fig. 561. 



Spec. Char., ifc. Unarmed. Leaves very long; leaf- 

 lets 5 11, lanceolate. Petioles with a few glands, 

 which, as well as the leaflets, are woolly beneath. 

 Sepals narrow, longer than the petals, which are 

 apic^ilated. (Don's Mill.) A smooth shrub. Gos- 

 sainthan. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1830. 

 Flowers red, on villous peduncles, and furnished 

 with a few unequal setaj, as well as the fruit. 



Dr. Lindley observes of this rose, that its leaves 

 are the largest he has ever seen ; that it cannot be 

 confounded with any thing else ; and that it may be 

 considered the link between Cinnam6me;e and Pimpi- 

 nelHfoliiE. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



C. Species Natives of Continental Europe. 

 Sk 12. R. cinnamo'mea Besl. The Cmxiamon-scented Rose. 



Identification. Besl. Hort. Eyst. Vern. Ord,, fi. p. 5. ; Lin. Sp., 703. Don's Mill., 2. p. 566. 

 Synoni/mes. R. foecundipsima Munch. Uausv. 5. p. 279., Fl. Dan. t. 1214.; R. majalis nerm. 



Diss. 8. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Ros., t. 5. ; Fl. Dan., t. 1214. ; and our fig. 5C2. 



Spec. Char., <.S-r. Tall, cinereous. Branches straight. Prickles stipular, 

 straightish. Stipules dilated, undulated. Leaflets oblong, obtuse, wrinkled, 

 tomentose beneath. (Don's Mill.) Flowers solitary, or 2 3 together. 



5fil. . macroiihylla. 



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