ROSA 



fls. single or double, solitary or several, white or blush 

 fragrant; pedicels glandular-hispid; receptacle usually 

 smooth: fr. oblong, scarlet. June. Probably hybrid of 

 K. Gallica and R. canina. 



19. turbinata, Ait. (It. Francofurtdna, Borkh ) Up- 

 right shrub, attaining (i ft.: steins with straight or 

 hooked prickles: flowering l.randirs almost unarmed- 

 Ifts. 5-7, oval, serrate, pubescent beneath; upper stip- 

 ules much dilated : fls. l-.'i, single or double purple 

 2-3 in. across, slightly fragrant; pedicels and receptacle 

 glandular-hispid only at the base; sepals erect after 

 flowering, entire or nearly so: fr. turbinate. June 

 Supposed hybrid of K. Gallica and R. cinnamomea 

 lied. Ros. (3:23, 1). 



SECTION VI. CANINE. Many species in Europe, ZT 

 Africa and W. Asia. Upriyht * limbs, with scattered 

 usually hooked and numerous prickles: upper stipttles 

 dilati'd : corn mb usually many -fid., with dilated 

 bracts: outer sepals pinnate, reflexed after flowering 

 and caducous or erect and persistent. 



A. Foliage pubescent on both sides or 



doixi-ly glandular 20. villosa 



21. rubiginosa 



AA. foliage glabrous or nearly so 22. canina 



23. ferruginea 



20. villdsa, Linn. (R. pomifera, Herrra.). Upright 

 shrub, attaining 8 ft., with almost straight spines: Ifts. 

 5-7, oval to ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, doubly glandu- 

 lar-serrate, grayish green, pubescent above, tomentose 

 beneath, %-2 in. long: fls. 1-3, pink, lj^-2 in. across on 

 prickly pedicels: fr. scarlet, ovoid or subglobose, to 1 

 inch across, hispid, with persistent erect sepals. June 

 July. Eu., W. Asia. -Hardy Rose, with large orna- 

 mental fruit. Var. mollissima, Roth (R. mollis, Sm.). 

 Lower, with shorter prickles, smaller, silky-pubescent 

 Ifts. : fr. smaller, less hispid. 



21. rubigindsa, Linn. (R. Eglanteria, Mill., not Linn.) 

 SWEETBKIER. EGLANTINE. Dense shrub, attaining 6 ft. 

 with hooked prickles often mixed with bristles: Ifts.' 

 5-7, orbicular to oval, doubly glandular-serrate, dark 

 green above and glabrous, pale beneath and often pu- 

 bescent, glandular on both sides, %-l in. long: fls. 1-3, 

 on hispid short pedicels, bright pink, l%-2 in. across- 

 receptacle usually glandular-hispid: fr. subglobose or 

 ovoid, orange-red to scarlet, with upright-spreading, 

 usually caducous sepals. June. Europe ; naturalized 

 in some localities in the East. B.B.2.232. A handsome 

 hardy Rose of compact habit, with bright green foliage 

 exhaling a very agreeable aromatic odor. There are 

 some double forms and hybrids with other species. 



ROSA 



1553 



2156. The Manetti Rose (X 

 Much used as a stock. See No. 11. 



22. canina, Linn. DOG ROSE. Upright shrub, attain- 

 ing 10 ft., with often recurving branches: prickles 

 stout, hooked: Ifts. 5-7, oval or elliptic, doubly serrate, 





v- 



2157. Moss Rose. 



See No. 16. 



23. lerruginea, Vill. (R. rubrifdlia, Vill.). Upright 

 shrub, attaining 6 ft., with slender, purplish branches 

 covered with glaucous bloom: prickles few, hooked or 

 straight: Ifts. 7-9, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, simply 

 serrate, bluish green and more or less tinged with red, 

 %-V4 in. long: fls. 1-3 or more, pink, 1% in. across, on 

 usually hispid-glandular pedicels; sepals long, with 

 dilated apex, upright spreading, tardily caducous: fr. 

 subglobose, scarlet. June. Mountains of M. and S. Eu. 

 B.R. 5:430. -Effective by its reddish foliage: fls. less 

 conspicuous. Hardy. 



SECTION VII. CAROLINA. Contains only American 

 species. Upright, mostly low shrubs: tlems slender, 

 with usually straight prickles, placed in pairs and 

 often mixed with bristles: upper stipules usually 

 narrow: corymbs generally few-fid.: sepals spread- 

 ing after flowering, caducous, the outer ones entire or 

 with few erect lobes: akenes inserted exclusively at 

 the bottom of the usually depressed-globose receptacle. 

 A. Pedicels rather long: Ifts. 5-9 



B. Lfts. finely many-toothed: prickles 



usually hooked: stipules convoluti','24. Carolina 

 BB. Lfts. coarsely toothed: prickles usu- 

 ally straight and slender: stipules 



flat 2"). lucida 



'-';. humilis 

 27. nitida 

 AA. Pedicels very short: Ifts. 7-11, sniull 



and narrow 28. f oliolosa 



24. Carolina, Linn. (7?. palustris, Marsh. JR. corym- 

 bdsa, Ehrh. R. Pennsylvania, Michx.). Fig. L'l.'.s. 

 Upright shrub, attaining 8 ft., with slender stems: Ifts. 

 usually 7, elliptic to narrow-oblong, acute at both ends, 

 usually pubescent beneath, %-2 in. long; stipules nar- 

 row: fls usually corymbose, pink, about 2 in. across: 

 fr. depressed -globose, glandular -hispid, about % in. 

 high, like those of the following species. June-Aug. 

 Nova Scotia to Minn., south to Fla. and Miss., prefer- 

 ring swampy and moist ground. G.W.F. 35. Em. 2:488. 

 Mn. 1. p. 8C.-Var. Nuttalliana, Hort., has larger fls. 

 appearing later and continuing until September. 



