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>pec. 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 

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

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

 let ; ripe in September. 



Stems red. Leaves red at the edges. Flowers 

 mall. Sepals narrow, longer than the petals. A <;^ 

 brub, producing a pleasing effect in a shrubbery, 

 om the pinkness of its foliage. At the funeral 

 f Viilars, who first named and described this rose, 

 ranches and flowers of it were cut and strewed 

 ver his grave. There are several varieties described 

 1 our first edition. 



C. Species Natives of Asia. 



60 , R. Tubritolia. 



a 48. R. cauca'sea Pall. 



The Caucasian Dog Rose. 



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

 t/nonyme. R. leucantha Bieb. Ft. Taur. Suppl. 351. ? 

 ngravings. Lind. Uos., t. 11. ; and oiirfig. 607. 



'pec. Char., l^c. 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. A. cauc^Aeo. 



608. R. Indica. 



601^. R. tndica Noi:>;tliii'(u 



* 49. R. i'ndica L. The Indian, or common China, Rose. 



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

 ii/nonymes. K sinica Lin. St/st. Veg. ed. 13. p. 398. ; R. semperflftrens cfernea Rossig. Ros. t. 19. ; 



R (ndlca chinensis semipldna Ser. Mel. 1. p. 31. ; R. reclinata fl6re suhmultiplici Red. Ros. p. 79-; 



the monthly Rose, the blush China Rose, the Tea-scented Rose ; Rosier Indien, Rose Th^, Fr. ; 



liidische Rose, Gcr. 

 ':ngravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 26. ; Red. Ros., I. p. 51. t. 142., p. 35. t. 15. ; and oar fig. 608. above. 



Spec. Char., S^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 17H9 



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