234 BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION. 



sian attar of roses is said to be obtained from this species. The musk rose does 

 best trained against a wall, on account of the length and weakness of its branches ; 

 nnd Miller adds that it should always be pruned in spring, as in winter it will 

 not bear the knife. It requires very little pruning, as the flowers are produced at 

 the extremities of the shoots, which are often 10 ft. or 12 ft. in length. It flowers 

 freely, and is well worthy of cultivation. This rose is thought by some to be the 

 same as that of Cyrene, which Athenseus has mentioned as affording a delicious 

 perfume, but of this there is no certain evidence. It seems to have been rare in 

 Europe in the time of Gessner, the botanist, who, in a letter to Dr. Occon, dated 

 Zurich 15G5, says that it was growing in a garden at Augsburg, and was extremely 

 anxious that the doctor should procure some of its shoots for him. Rivers men- 

 tions that Olivier, a French traveler speaks of a rose tree at Ispahan, called" 

 the '■ Chinese Rose Tree," fifteen feet high, formed by the union of several stems, 

 each four or five inches in diameter. Seeds of this tree were sent to Paris and 

 produced the common Musk Rose. 



74. R. RUBiFO^LiA /?. Br. The Bramble-leaved Rose. 



Jdent'fication. R. Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, vol. 3, p. 260 ; Lindl. Rosar. 

 Monog.', p. 123, ic ; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 593. 



Spec. Char., <^c. Stems ascending. Branches glabrous. Prickles scattered, fal- 

 cate. Leaves pubescent beneath. Leaflets 3, ovate-lanceolate, serrate. Stipules nar- 

 row, entire. Flowers very small, of a rosy color, mostly solitary. Buds ovate. Sepals 

 ovate, short, simple. Peduncles and calyxes a little hispid. Styles cohering into a 

 lomentose club-shaped column, as long as the stamens. Fruit pea-shaped. A native 

 of North America. A shrub, from 3 ft. to 4 ft. in height, and flowering in August and 

 September. 



X. BAXKSIA'N^ Lindl. 



Derivation. So called in consequence of all the species contained in this section 

 agreeing in character with R. Banksitc, a rose named in honor of Lady Banks. 



Identification. Lindl. Ros., p. 125; Don's Mill., 2, p. 584. 



Sect. Char., ifc. Stipules nearly free, subulate, or very narrow, 

 usually deciduous. Leaflets usually ternate, shining. Steins climb'- 

 ing. The species of this section are remarkable for their long, grace- 

 ful, and often climbing, shoots, drooping flowers, and trifoliolate shin- 

 ing leaves. They are particularly distinguished by their deciduous, 

 subulate, or very narrow stipules. Their fruit is very variable. 



75. R. si'nica Ait. The trifoliate-leaved China Rose. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, vol 3, p. 261; Lindl. Ros., p. 126, t. 16; Don's 

 Mill., 2, p. 534. 



Synonymes. R. trifohata Base Diet, ex Pair. ; R. ternata Pair. Suppl., 6, p. 284 ; R. 

 cherokeensis Don. Hort. Cant., ed. 8, p. 170; R. nivea Dec. Hort. Monsp., 137, Red. 

 I'os., 2, p. 81, with a fig. 



Spec. Char., (f-c. Stipules setaceous, deciduous. Cauline prickles equal, falcate. 

 Petioles and ribs of leaves prickly. Peduncles and fruit beset with straight bristles. 

 Sepals entire, permanent. Flowers white, solitary. Fruit elliptic, orange-red. Disk 

 conical. A rambling shrub, a native of China, and flowering in May and June. 



76. R. BA'NKsiiE R. Br. Lady Bank's Rose. 



Identijkation. R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, vol. 3, p. 256 ; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., 

 p. 131 ; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 601. 



Synonymes. R. Banksulmz Abel Chin., 160; R. inermis Roxb.1 

 Spec. Char., <^c. Without prickles, glabrous, smooth. Leaflets 3 — 5, lanceo- 

 late, sparingly serrated, approximate. Stipules bristle-like, scarcely attached to 

 the petiole, rather glossy, deciduous. Flowers in umbel-like corymbs, numerous, 

 very double, sweet-scented, nodding. Tube of the calyx a httle dilated at the tip. 

 Fruit globose, black. A native of China. A climbing shrub, flowering in June 

 and July. 



