ROSA 



spreading branches, 3 or 4 ft. high, usually densely beset 

 with slender prickles and bristles: Ifts. 5-11, usually 9, 

 orbicular to oblong-ovate, simply or doubly serrate, gla- 

 brous, sometimes glandular beneath, %-'% in. long: iis. 

 solitary, but usually very numerous along the stems, 

 pink, White or yellowish, lK-2 in. across; pedicels 

 smooth or glandular-hispid: fr. globular, black. May, 

 June. Eu., W. Asia to China. Gn. 55, p. 425.— Very 

 variable. Var. AltMca, Thory (i?. ^((dica, Willd. B. 

 graudifldra, LinAl.). More vigorous: fls. large, white; 

 pedicels smooth. B.R.11:888. Un. 53:1159. A.F. 12 

 Gng. 5:307. 



Var. hlsplda, Koehne (if. hlspida, Sims. B. lufescois, 

 Pursh). Taller: Ifts. simply serrate, pedicels smooth: 

 fls. yellowish, rather large. B.M. 1570. Gu. 5G:12i9. 



Var. mitissima, W. D. Koch (var. inh-mix, Thory. 

 i?. mitissima, Gmelin). Branches almost unarmed: 

 fls. pink. 



Var. myriac4ntha, W. D. Koch {M. mijriacantJia, DC). 



There are also vars. with double or semi-double, pink, 

 white or yellow fls. (Gn. 29:544). Several hybrids art- 

 known, it. Sibi'rin'i ,1. Siiiitli, ;i l.iw shrub with gl 

 green foliage and small |.;il.> ]iiiik fls., is a hybrid with 

 B. canina. B. riib,'!!.'. Smiili. wiili dark green foliage, 

 red fls. and scarlet. |Hn.lui"iis ijv;ite-oblong fruits, is a 

 hybrid with B. lieiidnliiia. J,', rerersa, Waldst. & Kit., 

 is similar and probably of the same parentage. 

 Section X. Lute^. Tiro Asia 



1557 



plfena, Hort. 



B.M. 1077. Gn. 53, p. 23; 55, p. 425. V 

 With double fls. Gn. 53:1152. See No. 



44. hemisphserica, Herrm. (B. glniicnjiln'iUa, Ehrh. 

 B. sulphiirea, Ait. B. Bapini, Boiss. & Bal ). Closely 

 allied to the preceding : stems slender, with hooked 

 prickles: Ifts. obovate, cuneate at the base, simply ser- 

 rate, bluish green: fls. usually solitary, scentless, light 

 yellow; pedicels glandular-hispid. June. W. Asia.— 



(/ ,1, 



low. ,r,/h„u/ l,nirts: 



persistent, upright. 



43. Eglantferia, Linn, 

 Zitfea.Mill.). Shrub with long, sleud' 

 often sarmentose or climb' 



;MiIl. (i?. 



becoming 10 ft. high, usually with straight prickles: 

 Ifts. 5-9, broadly ovate to oval, doubly glandular-serrate, 

 dark green above, often glandular, K-2 in. long; stipules 

 glandular-serrate: fls. sometimes several, but without 

 bracts to the main pedicel, bright yellow, 2-2}^ in. 

 across, of unpleasant odor: fr. globular. June. W.Asia. 

 B.M. 363. Gn. 53:1152.- Var. punicea,Thory(iJ.pHHi'cco, 

 Mill. B.hicolor, 3 0.0,(1.). [Fls. orange - scarlet within. 



Var. pl^na, Hort. With double fls., 

 often cult, under the name of Per- 

 sian Yellow. B.R. 1:46. F.S. 4:374. 

 S.B.F.G. II. 4:353. 



Var. Hfirisoni, Hort., Harrison's 

 Yellow Rose, is of paler color and a 

 little less double than Persian Yel- 

 low, but it blooms more freely, is 

 igorous, hardier and easier to 

 grow. It is of American origin and 

 hybrid of Persian Yellow 

 with Bosa spinosissima. 

 Section XI. Sebice.*;. One Asiatic species. 

 Erect shrub, with the prickles in pairs: stip- 

 ules narrow, with erect dilated auricles: fls. 

 solitary, without bracts: sepals entire, persis- 

 tent and upright. 



45. serioea, Lindl. (-B. 'etrapftaZa, Royle). At- 

 taining 12 ft., with prickly 

 and often bristly branches: 

 lets. 7-9, ovnl or obovate, 

 serrate, glandular or silky 

 pubescent beneath, yi-%\n. 

 long: fls. white, 1^-2 in. 

 petals usually 4, 

 sometimes 5: fr. globose or 

 turbinate. May, June. 

 Himal. B.M. 5200. R. H. 

 444, 445. 



scattered prickles : Ifts. small, incised- 

 serrate; stipules with dilated and di- 

 vergent auricles: fls. solitary, without bracts: sepals 

 erect, persistent, the outer ones pinnate. 

 46. minutifdlia, Engelm. Dense spreading shrub, 4 

 ft. high: Ifts. 5-7, ovate to oblong, incisely dentate, 

 puberulous, K-K in. long: fls. short-pedicelled, pinker 

 white, about 1 in. across : fr. hispid. April, May. Calif. 

 G.P. 1:102. 



