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PART III. 



sepals), and with small, smooth, shining carpels The shoots are usually 

 setigerous next the ground; but rarely so towards the apex, except in one 

 or two instances. X. alpina and R. acicularis, of the following division, 

 sometimes have bracteas ; but their sepals never fall off' till the fruit is 

 decayed. Sepals simple, entire, or nearly so, unless when mentioned other- 

 wise. (Don's Mil/., ii. p, 565.) Plants of most of the species are in culti- 

 vation in British gardens. 



at 6. R. LU^CIDA Ehrh. The shining-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 4. p. 22. ; Red. and Thor. Ros., 1. p. 45. ic. ; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 17. ; 



Mill., 



2. 'p- 565. 



R. lucida [Jacq. Fragm 



7L ; Rose 

 Dill. Elth., 325. t. 245. 



Jacq. Fragm., t. 107. f. 3. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don's 

 Synonymes. R. riibra lucida Rossig. Ros., t. 1. and t. 25. f. 1. ; 



Tur'neps ; Rosier a Feuilles de Frene, F>: 

 Engravings. Red. and Thor. Ros., 1. p. 45. ic. j Jacq. Fragm., 1. 107. f. 3. ; 



316. ; N. Du Ham., vol. 7. t. 7. ; and our fig. 476. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles recurved, or none. Leaflets 

 5 9, lanceolate-elliptical, coriaceous, bluntly ser- 

 rated, glossy. Stipules dilated, large, finely serrated, 

 and extended as far as to the leaflets. Peduncles 

 somewhat hispid. Flowers red, and opening late 

 in the season. Sepals almost entire, appendicled, 

 spreading. Fruit oblately globose, a little hispid 

 or glabrous, scarlet. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 602.) 

 Flowers red, overtopped by the leaves and young 

 branches. Fruit bright red. A native of North 

 America, from New York to Carolina ; near Bos- 

 ton, in bogs, and on the edges of marshes, and in 

 Newfoundland. Growing from the height of 4 ft. 

 to 6 ft., and flowering from June to August. A 

 handsome species, on account of its shining foliage, and one which is very 

 hardy ; but the flowers have a very disagreeable smell. 



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7. R. (L.) NI'TIDA W. The glossy-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 544. : Lindl. Rosar. Mo. 



nog., p. 13. ; Dec. Prod., 2. 5. 603. ; Don's Mill. 2. p. 565. 

 Synonymes. R. Redutea rufescens Thory in Red. Ros., 1. 



p. 103. ic ; the dwarf Labrador Rose. 

 Engravings. Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13. t. 2. ; Redoute 



Ros., 1. p. 103. ic. ; and our fig. 477. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Dwarf and reddish in aspect. Stem and 

 branches almost covered with slender, rather equal 

 prickles. Leaflets 5 9, rather rigid, lanceolate, glossy. 

 Stipules large, finely serrated, extending as far as to.the 

 leaflets. Flowers red. Peduncle bristly. Sepals spread- 

 ing. Fruit bristly, shining, and scarlet. (Dec. Prod., 2. 

 p. 603.) A shrub, a native of Newfoundland, beset 

 with straight red spines. Flowers deep red. Fruit 

 depressed, spherical, bright scarlet. Introduced in 

 1807; growing to the height of 2ft, and flowering 

 from June to August. This is an interesting plant, 

 from its dwarf stature, its abundant reddish prickles, its 

 glossy leaves, its flowers, and its fruit. Seringe seems 

 to think it a variety of R. lucida. The R. nftida, which 

 forms No. 36. in Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, is a variety of R. 

 ferox. 



477 





& 8. R. (L.) #A V PA Bosc. The Turnip-fruited Rose. 



Identification. Bosc Diet d'Agric., according to Poir. Suppl., 4. p. 710. ; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p 15 



Red. and Thor. Ros., 2. p. 7. ic. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 565. 

 Synonymes. R. turgida Pers. Ench., 2. p. 49. ; R. /raxinifblia Dumont in Cours. Bot. Cult. 

 Engravings. Red. and Thor. Ros., 2. p. 7. ic. ; and our fig. 478. 



Spec. Char., $c. Taller than R. lucida, and spreading. Branches without 

 prickles. Leaflets oblong, undulate, shining. Fruit hemispherical. 

 Closely allied to R. lucida, of which it is very likely a variety. (Dec. Prod., 

 ii. p. 602.) Petals always multiplied, smaller than those of R. lucida ; 

 bright red. Fruit deep red. Sepals compound. Native of North 

 America, in the warmer states; growing from 3ft. to 4ft. high, and 



