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iv. PimpineHifolia Lindl. 



Sect. C'har.,$r. Plants bearing crowded, nearly equal, prickles, or unarmed. 

 Bractless, rarely bracteat . Leaflets ovate or oblong. Sepals connivent, 

 permanent. Disk almost wanting. This section is essentially different 

 from the last in habit, but in artificial characters they approach very nearly. 

 It, however, may be distinguished by the greater number of leaflets ; 

 which vary from 7 to 13, and even to 15, instead of from 5 to 7. The 

 flowers are also universally without bracteas ; except in the R. alpina, R. 

 Sabin?', 7?. Donidna, and, perhaps, R. marginata. These having connivent 

 permanent sepals, cannot be confounded with the preceding division ; nor, on 

 account of their disk, with the following. There is no instance of stipular 

 prickles in the present tribe. The sepals are entire, or nearly so, unless 

 when mentioned otherwise. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 567.) 



as 20. R. ALPI'NA Lin. The Alpine Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 703. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 567. 



Synoni/mcs. R. rupestris Crantz Auatr., 85. ; R. monspellaca Gouan Monsp., 255. : R. inermis Mill. 

 Diet., No. 6. ; R. hybrida nil. Dauph., 3. p. 554. ; It. lagenaria nil., 1. c. p. 563. ; R. biflbra Krok. 



Engraving. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 279. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 474. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 16. ; Hayne Ab- 

 bild., t. 34. ; and our fig. 482. 



Spec. Char., $c. Unarmed. Fruit elon- 

 gated, pendulous. Peduncles hispid. 

 (Don's Mill., ii. p. 567.) Flowers erect, 

 blush-coloured, solitary. Fruit orange 

 red, oblong or obovate, with long se- 

 pals, generally pendulous. Native of 

 the Alps of Austria, hills in the south 

 of France, Silesia, Bohemia, Dauphine, 

 Switzerland, &c. Introduced in 1 683 ; 

 growing to the height of from 5 ft. to 

 8 ft., and flowering in June and July. 



Varieties. 



& R. ,~. 2 pyrenaica Lindl. Ros., p. 37 ; R. pyrenaica Gouctn III., 31. t 19. ; R. alpina Jacq. 



Hurt. Schcenb., 4. p. 416. ; R. hispida Krok. Sties., 2. p. 152. ; R. turbinata nil. Dauph., ~3. 



p. 550. ; R. alpina ? Dec. Fl. Fr., 6. p. 536. ; R. hispida and R. alpina coronata Desv. 



Journ. Bot., 1813, p. 119. 'i ; has the tube of the calvx and the peduncles hispid. 

 * R. a. 3 pendullna Lindl. 1. c., Red. Ros., 1. p. 57. t. 17. ; R. pendullna Ait. llort. Ken' , 



Latv. Ros., t. 91. ; R. a. Iatif61ia&?r . in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 612. ; has the leaflets numerous, 



and stems pendulous and coloured. 

 flfe R. a. 4 pimpinellifMia Lindl. 1. c., VilL Dauph., 3. p. 553. ; 7?. glandulbsa Bell in Act. Tain:, 



1790, p. 230. ; R. pygmaj'a Bieb. Fl. Taur., 1. p. 397. ; R. pyrenaica /3 Smith mBees's 



Cyclopedia. 

 & R. a. 5 lagcnnria Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. fill., has the stem and branches glabrous ; the 



peduncles hispid ; the neck of the calyx tapering ; the leaflets lanceolate or oblong, and 



doubly and sharply serrated. It is a native of the Alps and Pyrenees. 

 & R. a. 6 sorbinMla Ser. 1. c. has the peduncles short and hispid, the calyx smooth, and the 



leaflets distant. 

 sit R. a. 7 hispidella Ser. 1. c., R. a. coronata Desv., has the branches armed with slender 



recurved prickles, and the leaflets elliptic. 



R. a. 8 lafvis Ser., but not of Di-sv. or Red. ; R. Sanguiswba 

 majoris, &c., Dill. Kith. ; R. alpina glabra Desv. ; R. 



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a. vulgaris Red, Ros., 2. p. 111. ; and our^g-. 483., has 



the stem, peduncles, and calyx quite glabrous, and the 



fruit oblong. 

 stt R. a. 9 pffrifurmis Ser. 1. c. has the stem, &c., glabrous, and 



the milt pear-shaped. 

 Sfc R. a. 10 selosa Ser., R. a. hirclna Desv., has the stem smooth, 



but the peduncles and calyxes beset with numerous long 



yellow bristles. 

 ^ R. a. \\globbsa Desv. has the stem and branches smooth, 



the peduncles and calyxes hispid, and the fruit nearly 



globular. This variety" was first called, by Desvaux, R. 



canlna ambfgua ; and there is a subvariety of it with 



dark purple petioles and branches. 

 & R. a. 12 \\elleb6rina Ser. is a native of Russia, and has the 



leaflets large, approximate, and sharply and broadly 



toothed ; the three terminal ones resembling those of 



//elltiborus lividus. 



flfc R. a. 13 pildsula Ser. has the peduncles pilose. 

 * R. a. 14 turbinata Desv. ; R. inermis Delaun. Bon.Jard., for 



1808, p. 717., Red. Ros. 2. p. 93., ViU. Dauph. 3. p. 550., but not of Ait. ; R. a. fl6rc nleno 



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