Supplementary List. 



1 indicates i 



(The Roman figui 

 belongs. ) 



R. agrestis, Savi. (VI). Allied to R. nibigi; 

 bristles; pedicels smooth: lis. small, dmIp pm 

 Eu.,N. Air.—It.Alberti, Kegel (VllI). Allied tu 

 Branches slender, recurving: lits. i,\ai-', imh.s 

 lis. white; pedicels smooth. Smi-.n la. Tm k. si: 

 Snsis, Hance^R. microcarii.i,— A' it, ir,n:, >,<!''■ 

 Half-evergreen climbing shruh: liis. ;i-.\ -i.,, k - 

 and shining* fls. few. deep 'MrniiiH', iloi|!.ir 



wljieh the species 



1559 



Uumetorum— A'. corufuUa. Fries (.VI). Allied to K. caiiiii:i! 

 Lfts. pubescent beneath; petioles tomentose: Hs. pink, sliort- 

 pedicelled; bracts large; sepals upright after flowering En 

 W.Asia. Very variable. Viir. Pra-ljoli Krlid (R (Mniin vir 

 Froebeli, Christ.). Of vigorous ^,,M,n,: li i ' ,.:^;',i; ,,, ,:,',„i',|y 

 serrate, bhiisli green: fls. .stim!' ■, ' ■: ,' ■ /- [■ .ij 



(VIII). Allied to R.cinnam.ii.P, ]■ , I.,,,: 



stipules narrow: lfts. mik. :;.,1s 





, Aitch = B. xanthi 



Dwa 



ubigir 



ndular. 



lol 



Lfts.bru:.dlyov:ite,blui.sh grr, n 

 flowering. Hn.—N. gtutiiius,,. >.: 

 rubiginosa. Dwarf, deiis.lv pi : 

 bothsides: fls. suinll.p; il: ' s 

 Tratt. (R. Hackeliaii.i, \. -" 



Dwarf: lfts. tom.Mii ...:; i , :,,, 



small, pink. S. En — /, ill 



R. Californiea. Lfts. ^i ,,,,-,,,,. , i.rmin ..,:,„ ;,,„ 

 fragrant, thin. Calif.— A. J„.l,<;i, Liuu. -= H. mici 

 tnvoiticmia, Roxb. = R. cUuophylla.— it. inrutiUa 

 Probably hybrid of R. spinosissima and R. vi 

 doubly glandular-serrate, tomentose beneath : fls ^ 

 JundziUi.Be&s. (VI). Allied to R.canina, but nsi 

 R. Gallica. Upright shrub, with straiglit'spitn s 

 glabrous, doubly glandular-serrate, raflp ■ i..-. 

 pink; fr. subglobose. Eu., W.Asia.— /, 

 Upright shrub, with hooked prickles in t : 

 light green: fls. smaU. white: fr. oblong- ". ; ,,: 

 Stan to Song, and Altai.— /i. Mxa, Limll — K Imiu 

 Hort. =R. coriitolia, var. Froibeli.— A' Luriw 

 Roohebr. (I). Allied to R. Wicliuraiana. Habit™ 

 lfts. usually 7, narrower and thinner; fls. smaller. 

 I/ielli, Lindl. Probably hybrid of R. moschata and R. clino- 

 phylla. Climbing: lfts. usually 7. oblong, shining: fls. corym- 

 bose, large, white, single or double. Introduced from Nepal.- 

 X. macropliylla, Lindl. (VIII). Upright shrub, with straight 

 spines m pairs: Ivs. to 8 in. long, 7-9-foUoIate, dull green, pu- 

 bescent beneath : fls. 1 or tew, large, pink: fr. pyriform. Himal. 



ipright after 

 Allied to R. 



'heckelimm, 

 nibiginosa. 

 lly solitary, 

 I. Allied to 

 d glandular. 



-U. I„.ra, 

 i upright: 



pal.' r,.-. , ..u l...i,^vr pLair^l.,. ir. .si.i;iilL-r, wilii'llio st-pals up- 

 right spn;i,liug, c;i.lucou5 ;it ni;itunty. Eu.-A'. Webbi&na, 

 Wall. (VIII). Erect shrub, with prickly stems; lfts. 5-9, very 

 small, orbicular or oblong, usually glabrous: fls. mostly soli- 

 tary, pink, large: fr. ovoid. Himal. to Afghan, and Turkestan. 

 -It. xanthhia. Lindl. (XI). Rigid shrub to 4 ft., with stout, 

 straight prickles: lfts. very small, 5-9, glandular beneath: fls. 

 solitary, golden yellow, 1 in. across. Afghan, to N. China, 

 ^•^- "*"''■ Alfred Rehder. 



ROSANOWIA. See Sinningia. 



EOSCHfiRIA (name unexplained). Palmicem. A 

 genus of one species, a palm from Seychelles allied to 

 Hyophorbe, which see tor differences. It is slender, 

 erect, spiny at the nodes : Ivs. terminal, long-petioled, 

 at first a-fid, later unequally pinnatisect; segments nu- 

 merous, linear-lanceolate, 2-fld at the apex, the numer- 

 ous nerves scaly beneath; petiole spineless, somewhat 

 3-sided, concave above; sheath long, prickly; spadix 

 2-6 ft. long : peduncle long, slender, compres^d ; 

 branches slender, rather simple, divaricate: spathes 

 many, entire, narrowed, compressed, naked, the 2 lower 

 ones persistent, the upper deciduous: fls. pale: fr. fusi- 



all, black. 



melanochoetes, Wendl. (Verscliaffiltia melanochiktes, 

 Wendl.). Trunk 1.1-23 ft. high, 2-3 in. in diam., with 

 many aiirial roots, and when young with a ring of spines 

 below each leaf-scar: Ivs. 4H-7ft. long; petiole 1K-2K 

 ft. long, smooth, with a pale band running from the top 

 of the sheath down the back of the petiole; sheath 

 lK-2>2 ft. long, with a few fine black spines; leaf -blade 

 pale green, 3-5 ft. long, 2-3 ft. broad, entire when young, 

 unequally pinnate; segments 1-13^ ft. long, 2-fld at the 

 apex, clothed beneath with peltate scales. Seychelles. 



l.H. 



i:5i. 



Jared G. Smith. 



ROSCdEA (Wm. Roscoe, founder of the Liverpool 

 Botanic Garden). Scitamin&cew. A genus of 6 species 

 of half-hardy perennial herbs from the Himalayas, with 



