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 

 R. Gallica and M. canina. 



19. turbin^ta, Ait. {B. Franco furt Ana, Borkh.). Up- 

 right shrub, attaining 6 ft. : stems with straight or 

 iiooked prickles: flowering branches almost unarmed: 

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

 ules much dilated : fls. 1-3, single or double, purple, 

 2-:i in. niTo-is. slightly fragrant; pedicels and receptacle 

 t-liLii-liil II h; ;i:i| ouly at the base; sepals erect after 

 il. nr nearly so: fr. turbinate. June. 



■ Ml >i of B. OalUca and B. 



ROSA 



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.Section VI. Canine. Many species in Europe, N. 

 Africa and W. Asia. Upright shrubs, with scattered 

 usually hooked and numerous prickles: upper stipules 

 dilated: corymb 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 



densely glandular 20. villosa 



21. rubiginosa 



AA. Foliage glabrous or nearly so 22. canina 



23. ferruginea 



20. villdsa, Linn. (R. pomifera. Hrrrin >. T'l ■i.rlit 

 shruli. .itt;[iiiiiiK S ft., with almost stiM!_' ' . ,: , , i ;.>. 

 ,')-7, oval to ovate-oblong, acute orol>tu.. , ,' . ,011- 

 lar-st-rrutf. ;.rrayish green, pubesernt , ;'>-*_■ 

 beni-alh, :'j-2 in. long: fls. 1-3, pink, 1 -J n n i, ~ ,,ii 

 prickly pedicels: fr. scarlet, ovoid or sul)globosc', to 1 

 inch across, hispid, with persistent erect sepals. June, 

 Julv. Eu., W. Asia.-Hardy Rose, with large oma- 

 raental fruit. Var. mollissima, Roth {B. mollis, Sm.). 

 Lower, with shorter prickles, smaller, silky-pubescent 

 Ifts.: fr. smaller, less hispid. 



21. rubigindsa, Linn. (i?.j;?;anf«Wa, Mill., not Linn.). 

 SwEETBRiER. EGLANTINE. Dense shrub, attaining 6 ft., 

 with hooked prickles often mixed with bristles: Ifts. 

 .'i-T, orbicular to oval, doubl} glandular serrate, dark 

 green above and glabrou-., pale beneath and often pu- 

 bescent, glandular on both sKlr^. ' -1 m long: fls. 1-3, 

 on hispid short pedicels, bri_'* Tin' 1^ _' in. across; 

 receptacle usually glandul ir 1 < 1 globose or 

 ovoid, orange red to scail. t i spreading, 

 usually caducous sepals. I I n ituralized 

 in some localities m the East I I \ handsome 

 hardy Rose of compact habit, \\ ilh biu'lit gieen foliage 

 exhaling a very agreeable aromatic odor. There are 

 some double forms and hybrids with other species. 



glabrous or slightly pubescent or somewhat glandular 

 beneath, J4-l^ in. long: fls. 1-3, light pink, on usually 

 glabrous pedicels; sepals reflexed, caducous: fr. ovate, 

 orange-red or scarlet, glabrous. June. Eu., N. Afr., 

 W. Asia; naturalized in some localities.— Much used as 

 a stock for grafting. 



23. ferruginea, Vill. (B. rubrifblia, Vill.). Upright 

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

 covered with glaucous bloom: prickles few, hooked or 

 str.iight: Ifts. 7-i), elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, simply 

 serrate, liliii-li -,,.,.„ a.■^^\ more or less tinged with red, 

 %-l '_. ill. hii!-: lis. I-:! or more, pink, IK in. across, on 

 usually lii~|iiil -laudular pedicels; sepals long, with 

 dilated aiiex. ui'rit,'lit 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 Vll. CAROLiNiE. Contains only American 

 species. Upright, mostly low shrubs: stems 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 Inhes: akenes inserted exclusively at 

 the bottom of the usually depressed-globose receptacle. 

 A. Pedicels rather long: Ifts. 5-9 



B. l/fts. finely many-toothed : prickles 



usually hooked: stipules convolute.24. Carolina 

 BB. Zifts. coarsely toothed: prickles rtsu- 

 ally straight and slender: stipjiles 



flat • 25. Incida 



2G. 



nitida 



short: Ifts. 7-11, small 



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, 



and narrow 28. foUolosa 



24. Carolina, Linn. {B. pahistris. Marsh. B. corym 

 bdsa, Ehrh. B. Pennsylvdnica, Michx.). Fig. 2158 

 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 J^ in. 

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

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

 ring swampv and moist ground. G.W.F. 35. Em. 2 

 Mn. 1, p. 86.-Var. Nuttallislna, Hort., has larger fls. 

 appearing later and continuing until September. 



