766 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



sik R. r. 10 spinulifolia Ser. in Dec. Prod has large prickles, straight and somewhat deflexed ; 



with oval leaflets, spinulose beneath. 

 ft R. r. 11 flexudsa LindL Ros., 88. Branches very flexible. Leaflets nearly orbicular. Brae- 



teas deciduous. 



Si R. r. I2parvifdlia Lindl. Ros., 145., is a dwarf shrub, with bristly branches, roundish leaf- 

 lets, and flowers of a pale rose-colour. 



Garden Varieties. Some of the best for an arboretum are, the blush, cluster, double, dwarf, semi- 

 double, mossy, scarlet, tree double, and white semidouble. 



* 49. R. SUAVE^OLENS Pursk. The sweet-scented Rose, American Sweet 

 Briar, or Eglantine. 



Identification. Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., vol. 1. p. 346. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 578. 



Synonymes. R. rubiginbsa and Eglantitia of the Americans, Rajin. Ros. Amer. in Ann. Phys., 5. 



p. 5i8. 

 Spec. Char., $c. Prickles scattered, straight. Petioles beset with glandular bristles. Leaflets 



ovate, serrated, sparingly glandular beneath. Flowers usually solitary. Peduncles bracteate. 



Fruit ovate. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 578.) Native of North America. Leaves sweet-scented when 



bruised. Flowers pink. Sepals entire. A shrub, growing to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., and flower. 



ing in June and July. 



a 50. R- MICRA'NTHA Sm. The small-flowered Rose, or Sweet Briar. 



Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2490. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 578. 



Synonyme. R. rubigindsa /3 micrantha Undl. Ros., p. 87., with erroneous synonymes. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Prickles hooked, scattered, nearly uniform. Leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, 

 hairy, glandular beneath. Sepals pinnate. Fruit elliptic, rather bristly, contracted at the sum- 

 mit. Stems straggling. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 578.) Native of Britain, in hedges and thickets, chiefly 

 in the south of England. Leaves sweet-scented. Flowers small, pale red. A shrub, from 4 ft. to 

 5 ft. in height, flowering in June and July. 



at 51. R. SE^PIUM Thuil. The Hedge Rose, or Briar. 



Identification. Thuil. FL Par. 252. ; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2653. ; Don's Mill., 2. 578. 



Synonymes. R. helvetica and R. wyrtifblia Hall; R. canlna/3 Dec. Fl. Fr., ed. 3. No. 3617. ; R. 

 agrestis Savi Fl. Pis., 1. p. 474. ; R. biserrata, R. macrocarpa, and R. stipularis Mer. Fl. Par., 

 190., ex Desv., f. 75. 



Engraving. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2653. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Prickles slender. Branches flexuous. Leaflets shining, acute at both ends. 

 Flowers usually solitary. Fruit polished. Sepals pinnate, with very narrow segments. (Don's 

 Mill.,\\. p. 578.) Native of Europe, in hedges ; in England, near Bridport, Warwickshire. Flowers 

 small, pink. A shrub, growing from 4 ft. to 6 ft in height, and flowering in June and July. 



a 52. R. IBE'RICA Stev. The Iberian Rose. 



Identification. Stev. in Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl., 343. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 578. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Cauline prickles scattered, hooked, dilated at the base. Petioles glandular and 

 prickly. Leaflets broad, ovate, glandularly biserrated, and beset with glands on both surfaces. 

 Fruit ovate, smooth, or with a few bristles, as well as the peduncles. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 578.) Na- 

 tive of Eastern Iberia, about the town of Kirzchinval. Very nearly allied to R. pulverulenta, 

 according to Bieberstein. A shrub, growing from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in height, and flowering in June and 

 July. Introduced in 1820. 



j* 53. R. GLUTINO^SA Smith. The clammy Rose, or Briar. 



Identification. Smith. Fl. Graec. Prod., 1. p. 348. ; Fl. Graec., t. 482. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 578. 



Synonymes. R. rubigindsa erotica Red. Ros., 1. p. 93., and p.125. t. 47. ; R. rubiginbsa sphaeroc&rpa 

 Desv. Journ. Sot., 1813, t. 118., Cupan. Pamph., ed. L t 61. 



Spec. Char., S(c. Branches pilose. Prickles numerous, falcate. Leaflets roundish, coarsely serrated, 

 hoary, glandular, and viscid or both surfaces. Fruit and peduncles beset with stiff bristles. (Don's 

 Mill., ii. p. 578.) Flowers pale blush. Sepals subpinnate. Fruit scarlet. Native of Mount Par- 

 nassus, and of Sicily and Candia, on the mountains. Introduced in 1821 ; growing to the height 

 of 2 ft. or 3ft., and flowering in June and July. 



& 54. R. KLU v Ki/Bess. Kluki's Rose, or Sweet Briar. 



Identification. Bess. Cat Hort. Crem., 1816, Suppl., 4. p. 19. ; Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl., 343. ; Don's 



Mill, 2. p. 579. 

 Synonymes. R. rubiginbsa Bieb. Fl. Taur., No. 979., exclusive of the synonymes ; R. floribunda 



Stev. ; R. balsamea Bess. 

 Spec. Char., Sec. Cauline prickles strong, compressed, dilated at the base, recurved. Petioles vil- 



lous and prickly. Leaflets small, elliptic, acute, sharply biserrated, with the serratures glandular, 



villous above, but rusty and glandular beneath. Peduncles and fruit beset with glandular bristles. 



(Don's Mill., ii. p. 579.) Flowers pink. Allied to R. rubiginbsa, according to Bieberstein ; but, 



according to Besser, to R. alba. Native of Tauria. Introduced in 1819 ; growing to the height of 



5 ft. or 6ft., and flowering in June and July. 



ft 55. R. MONTEZU V M.< Humb. Montezuma's Rose, or Briar. 



Identification. Humb. et Bonpl. in Red. Ros., 1. p. 55. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 579. 



Engraving. Humb. et Bonpl. in Red. Ros., 1. p. 55. t 16. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Petioles armed with little hooked priokles. Branches unarmed. Leaflets ovate, 

 sharply serrated, glabrous. Flowers solitary, terminal. Tube of calyx elliptic, and, as well as the 

 peduncles, glabrous. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 279.) Native of Mexico, on the chain of porphyry moun- 

 tains which bound the valley of Mexico on the north, at the elevation of 1416 toises, on the top 

 of Cerro Ventosa, near the mine of San Pedro. Flowers pale red. Sepals compound, dilated at 

 the end. A shrub growing to the height of from 4ft. to 6ft., and flowering in June and July. 

 Introduced in 1825. 



