198 THE FLOKA. 



by culture); aclienia 00, bonj, hispid, included in and attached to the in 

 side of the fleshy calyx-tube.— Shrubby and prickly plants. Leaves un- 

 e lually pinnate. Stipules attached to the petiole, or often free. 



In the table, the first ten species are found growing wild in this country, and 

 Bometimes also cultivated. The other species never grow wild here. 



§ Styles growing together into an inserted column. Climbers h 



§ Styles not cohering into a column a 



a Stipules nearly free from the petiole and falling off g 



a Stipules adhering to the petiole b 



b Plant armed with curved or hooked prickles, erect d 



b Plant armed witli straight prickles c 



c Wild, native Hoses, 1-3 f, erect.... 5-7 



c Cultivated exotics climbing (No. '20) or erect 21-23 



d Leaflets glandular and fragrant beneath. . . .f 



d Leaflets not at all glandular. Shrubs erect e 



e Wild, native Rose, flowers single 8 



e Cultivated exotics, mostly double-flowered 13, M 



f Flowers single. Wild.... 9, 10 



f Flowers double. Exotic, cultivated.. . .15-17 ■ 



g Leaflets 5-9. Flower-stalk enveloped in brncts 4 



g Leaflets 3-5. Flower-stalk bractless, very smooth 2, 19 



h Leaflets 3-5, mostly 3. Kative and cultivated 1 



h Leaflets 5-9 k Stipules and sepals mostly entire 11^12 



k Stipules fringed, sepals entire 3 



k Stipules entire, sepals pinnatifid 18 



1 R. setig^era. Michigan R. Flowers iii corymbs, rose- colored, changeable. W. f 

 2 R. l£eviga''ta. Cherokee E. Lfts. very smooth, ellip. Fls. solit., white. S. t 

 3 R. multiflo'ra. Japan B. Lfts. soft, wrinkled. Fls. corymbed, double. S. f 

 4 R. bractea''ta. Macartney R. Fls. solitary, with large bracts beneath it. S.-W. t 



5 R. lu'cida. Shining R. Lfts. 5-9, elliptic, shining. Prickles few. Calyx hispid. 



6 R. nit'ida. Wild R. Leaflets 5-9, narrow-lance, shining. Prickles numerous. ' 



7 R. blanda. Bland R. Lfts 5-7, oblong, dull. Prickles very lew. Calyx smooth. 



8 R. Caroli'na. Swamp R. Stems 4-7 f. high. Flowers in corymbs. Dull green. 



9 R. rubigino'sa. Sweet Brier. Sepals persistent. Some of the prickles awd-shaped. 



10 R. micran''tha. Eglantine. Sepals deciduous. All the prickles hooked alike. Fls. 



small. 



11 R. sempervi''rens. Evergreen R. Prickles alike. Lfts. evergreen, leathery, f 



12 R. arven'sis. Ayrshire R. Prickles unlike. Lfts. soft, deciduous. + 



13 R, cinnamo''mea. Cinnamon R. Stipules broad, pointed, involute, wavy, f 



14 R. cani'na. Bog R. Stipules broad, serrulate. Sepals fall off after flowering, t 



15 R. centifc'lia. Cabbage R. Moss R. Sepals spread in flower, often very 

 glandular, f 



