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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1 ft. Introduced in 1810. Flowers small, single or semidouble, pale 



blush ; April to November. 



The beautiful little plants called Fairy Roses, or Miniature Roses, in Rivers's 

 Abridged List, are nearly all varieties of R. LawrenceaHa ; and they are well 

 worthy of culture, from their extreme dwarfness (often flowering when not more 

 than 6 in. high), and the beautiful colour of their 

 miniature rosebuds, the petals of which appear of a 

 much darker hue than those of the expanded 

 flower. Rivers enumerates five select varieties, of 

 which he says the Gloire des Lawrencianas is one of 

 the prettiest. 



_$ 32. R. sERi'cEA Lindl. The silky Rose. 



Identification. Lindl. Ros. Monog., p. lO.'). ; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. .581. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Ros. Monog., t. 12. ; and our fig- G16. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Prickles stipular, compressed. 

 Leaflets? 11, oblong, obtuse, serrated at the 

 apex, silky beneath. Flowers solitary, bractless. 

 Sepals entire, ending in long points. (Dons Mill.) 

 A shrub. Gossainthan. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Flowers ? pale red. Fruit in peduncles, naked. ^^^ ^^.^^^^ 



I 



ix. Systtjlce Lindl. 



Derivation. From sun, together, and stulos, a stile ; in reference to the styles being connected. 



Sect. Char. Styles cohering together into an elongated column. Stipules 

 adnate. The habit of this section is nearly the same as that of the last 

 division. The leaves are frequently permanent. {Don's MilL) Deciduous, 

 evergreen, or sub-evergreen, and mostly climbing. 

 Middle Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. 



Natives of Britain, 



A. Species Natives of Britain, and other Parts of Europe. 



1 jt 53. R. sy'styla Bat. The connate-styled Rose, 



Identification. Bat. Fl. Main, et Loir. Suppl., 31. ; Don's Mill . 2. p. 582. 

 Synom/mes. R. colllna Smith in ?. Bot. t. 1805. ; R. stylbsa Desv 



R. brcvistvla Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl. p. 537. ; R. bibracteata Dec. 1. 



c; R. s^s'tyla a ovata ii'rerf/ Ros. p. 111. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1895. ; and our fig. 617. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Shoots assurgent. Prickles strong, 

 hooked. Peduncles glandular. Sepals pinnate, 

 deciduous. Styles smooth. Floral receptacle 

 conical. (Don's Mill.) A rambling shrub. France 

 and England, in hedges and tjiickets ; common in 

 Sussex ; in the South of Scotland, on hills. Heiglit 

 6 ft. to 12 ft. Flowers fragrant, pink or almost 

 white ; May to July. Fruit scarlet, ovate oblong. 



There are several varieties, but they do not difl^er 

 materially in appearance from the species. 



Journ. Bot. 1. p. 317. 



017. . sjstyla. 



1 J. S-t. R. akve'nsis Huds. The Field Rose. 



Identification. Huds. Fl. Angl., ed. 1. p. 192. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 596. , 



Svnont/mes. fl. sylvestris H/?ra. D/ss. p. 10. ; fl. scandens il/a?ncA JVeiis. PI. p. 118. ; fl. herpc- 

 "rhodon Ehrh. Beitr. 2. p. 69. ; fl. Halleri Krok. Sites. 2. p. 1.50. ; fl. fusca Mcench Melh. p. 688.; 



R. serpens Ehrh. Arbor, p. 3.5. ; fl. sempervirens Rossig. Ros. ; fl. repens Gmel. Fl. Bad. Als. 2. 



p 418 Jacq. Fragm. p. 69. t. 104. ; fl. r&mpans Rcyn. Mem. haus. 1. p. 69. t. 5. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 188. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2054. ; and o\afig. 618. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Shoots cord-like. Prickles unequal and falcate. Leaves de- 

 ciduous, and composed of 5 7 glabrous, or indistinctly ciliated, leaflets, glau- 

 cescent beneath. Stipules divei-ging at the tip. Flowers solitary or globose. 



