216 BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION. 



3. R. BRACTEA V TA Weudl. The large-bracied Rose. 



Identification. Wendl. Obs.. 50 ; Hort. Herrenhaus., fasc. 4, p. 7, t. 22 : Red. Ros., 

 1, p. 35., ic. ; Lindl. Ros. Mon., p. 10: Dec. Prod., 2, p. 602; Don's Mill, 2, p. 565. 



Synonyme. Lord Macartney's Rose. 



Spec. Char., <f*c. Evergreen. Branches upright, tomentose. Prickles stout, 

 recurved, in many instances in pairs. Leaflets 5 9, obovate, subserrate, coriace- 

 ous, glossy, glabrous. Stipules scarcely attached to the petiole, bristle-shaped, 

 but fringed. Flowers solitary, terminal, white, large. Peduncles and calyxes 

 tomentose. Fruit globose, large, orange-red. (Dec. Prod., 2, p. 602.) Flowers 

 showy, pure white, solitary, nearly sessile. Fruit spherical, orange-red. Native 

 of China ; growing to the height of 5 it. or 6 ft., and flowering from June to Octo- 

 ber. A very ornamental shrub, evergreen, with large white flowers, and numerous 

 bright yellow stamens and styles. It flowers abundantly, but is rather tender. 

 It succeeds best when trained against a wall. 



4. R. (B.) MICROPHT'LLA Roxb. The small-leafleted Rose. 



Identification. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ined., according to Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 9, 145, 

 146; Dec. Prod. 2, p. 602 ; Don's Mill., 2, p:565. 



Synonyme. Hoi-tong-hong, Chinese. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem almost without prickles. Leaflets glossy, sharply ser- 

 rated, veiny beneath, with densely netted, anastomosing veins. Stipules very 

 narrow, unequal. Flowers double, of a delicate rose-color. Calyx densely in- 

 vested with prickles. Sepals short, broadly ovate, echinate, ending in a point. 

 Prickles having at the base two longitudinal furrows. (Dec. Prod., 2, p. 602.) 

 Flowers very large, double, and of a delicate blush color. Native of China ; 

 growing to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., and flowering from August to October. 



5. R. (B.) INVOLUCRA V TA Roxb. The involucTed-conjmbed Rose. 



Identification. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ined., according to Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 8; Dec. 

 Prod., 2, p. 602; Don's Mill., 2, p. 505. 



Synonymes. R. Lindley^na Tratt. Ros. 2, p. 190; R. paliistris Buchan. (Ham.) 

 HISS., according to Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 8. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Shoots long, tender. Branches pale brown, tomentose, scarcely 

 prickly. Leaflets 3 9, elliptical-lanceolate, tomentose beneath. Stipules hardly at- 

 tached to the petiole, bristle-like-fringed. Flowers terminal, mostly solitary, white. 

 Peduncles and calyxes tomentose. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 602.) Seringe seems to consider 

 this as a variety of R. bracteata. It is a native of Nepal and China, with white flowers 

 in corymbs, surrounded by three or four approximate leaves ; grows to the height of 

 3 ft. or 4 ft. ; and flowers in June and July. Plants of this kind, which is very distin* 

 both in its foliage and its flowers, are rare in collections. Being somewhat tender, it is 

 greatly improved in growth by the protection of a wall, on which it makes a fine ap- 

 pearance. 



III. CINXAMOME^J. Lindl. Ros., p. 13. 



Sect. Char. Plants setigerous or unarmed, bracteate. Leaflets 

 lanceolate glandless. Disk thin, never thickened. This section is 

 distinguished by its long lanceolate leaflets, without glands, upright 

 shoots, and compact habit. Red flowers, never solitary, except by 

 abortion, and always supported by bracteas. Round, small, red fruit 

 (soon losing its long narrow sepals), and with small, smooth, shining 

 carpels. The shoots are usually setigerous next the ground ; but rarely 

 so towards the apex, except in one or two instances. R. alpina and 

 R. acicularis, of the following division, sometimes have bracteas ; but 

 their sepals never fall off till the fruit is decayed. Sepals simple, 

 entire, or nearly so, unless when mentioned otherwise. (Don's Mill., 2, 

 p. 565.) 



