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pale or bright red. Fruit roiinti, naked, and crimson. 

 The double-flowered variety is most common in gar- 

 dens. An upright shrub. Native of most parts of 

 Europe, and a doubtful native of England. Height 

 5 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers pale or bright red ; May and 

 June. Fruit crimson ; ripe in September. 



A very desirable sort, on account of its fragrance, 

 which resembles that of cinnamon. There is a semi- 

 doutile variety ; and the single state is supposed to be 

 identical with R. majalis below. 



562. R- cinnamomea. 



Other European Species not Natives of Biitain. R. 

 frutetorum Bess., R. tai'irica Bieb., and R. dahurica 

 Pall., are described in our first edition, and the first two are in Messrs. Lod- 

 diges's collection. 



D. Species Natives of Britain, 



J* 13. 7?. (c.) maja'lis Retz. The May Rose. 



Identification. Retz. Obs. Bot., 3. p. 33. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 566. 

 Synonyjnes. R. mutica Ft. Dan. 6S8. ; R. spinosissima Gorier. Ingr. 

 78. ; R. collincola Ehr. Beilr. 2. p. 70. ; R. cinnamdraea Eng. Bot. 2388. 

 Engravings. Fl. Dan., t. 688. ; Eng. Bot.,t. 2388. ; and oar fig. 563. 



Spec. Char., Sj-c. Dwarf grey. Branches straight, coloured. 

 Prickles scattered, nearly equal. Stipules linear. Leaf- 

 lets oblon_', flat, glaucous, and tomentose beneath. 

 {Do)t.<i jMiU.) a nearly smooth shrub. Flowers usually 

 solitary, pale red. Fruit orange red, spherical, and 

 naked. Native of Sweden and Lapland ; and of Britain, 

 near Pontefract, in Yorkshire. 

 Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Flowers 

 pale red ; May and June. ^Sv 



This is supposed by some to be the single state of 

 R. cinnamomea. 



* l-t. R. jyicvisosiA^NA Lindl. Dickson's Rose. 



Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans., 7. p. 224. ; Eng. Bot., vol. iv. 



p. 51.; Don'sMill.,2. p. .566. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2707. ; and our fig. 561. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches flexuous, setigerous. armed 

 with a few slender scattered prickles. Leaflets 

 folded together, unequal, with coar.-^e double ser- 

 ratures. Stipules, petioles, and sepals compound. 

 Styles stretched out, glabrous. (Bon's Mill.) A 

 large prickly shrub. Ireland. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Flowers white or pale pink; June and July. 



563. R. niajrilis. 



564. K. Dickbuiii-nd. 



iv. PimpineUifolia; Lindl. 



Sect. Char., S^c. Plants bearing crowded, nearly equal, prickles, or unarmed. 

 Bractless, rarely bracteate. Leaflets ovate or oblong. Sepals connivent, 

 permanent. Disk almost wanting. This section is essentially different from 

 the last in habit, but in artificial characters they approach very nearly. It, 

 however, may be distinguished by the greater number of leaflets ; which 

 vary from 7 to 13, and even to 15, instead of from 3 to 7. The flowers 

 are also universally without bracteas ; except in the R. alpina, R. Sabin/, 

 R. Donif/na, and, perhaps, R. marginata. These, having connivent perma- 

 nent sepals, cannot be confounded with the preceding division ; nor, on 

 account of their disk, with the following. There is no instance of stipular 

 prickles in the present tribe. The sepals are entire, or nearly so, unlesu 



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