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6. R. LU^CIDA Ehrh. The shining-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 4, p. 22 ; Red. and Thor. Ros., 1, p. 45, ic. ; Lindl. Rosar. 

 Monog., p. 17; Jacq. Fragin., t. 107, f. 3 ; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 602; Don's Mill., 2, p. 565. 



Synonymcs. R. rubra lucida Rossig. Ros.^ t. 7, and t. 25, f. 1 ; R. lucida Jacq. Fragm., 

 71 ; Rose Turneps ; Rosier a Feuilles de Frene, Fr. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles recurved, or none. Leaflets 5 9, lanceolate-ellip- 

 tical, coriaceous, bluntly serrated, glossy. Stipules dilated, large, finely serrated, 

 and extended as far as to the leaflets. Peduncles somewhat hispid. Flowers red, 

 and opening late in the season. Sepals almost entire, appendicled, spreading. 

 Fruit oblately globose, a little hispid or glabrous, scarlet. (Dec. Prod., 2, p. 602.) 

 Flowers red, overtopped by the leaves and young branches. Fruit bright red. 

 A native of North America, from New York to Carolina; near Boston, in 

 bogs, and on the edges of marshes, and in Newfoundland. Growing from the 

 height of 4 ft. to 6 ft., and flowering from June to August. A handsome species, 

 on account of its shining foliage, and one which is very hardy ; but the flowers 

 have a very disagreeable smell. 



7. R. (L.) NI'TIDA W. The glossy-leaved Rose, 



Identification. Willd. Enum.. 544 : Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13 ; Dec. Prod., 2, 

 p. 603; Don's Mill. 2, p. 565. 



Synonymes. R. Reduteo. rufescens Thory in Red. Ros., 1. p. 103, ic. ; the dwarf 

 Labrador Rose. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Dwarf and reddish in aspect. Stem and branches almost covered 

 with slender, rather equal prickles. Leaflets 59, rather rigid, lanceolate, glossy. 

 Stipules large, finely serrated, extending as far as to the leaflets. Flowers red. Pedun- 

 cle bristly. Sepals spreading. Fruit bristly, shining and scarlet. (Dec. Prod., 2, p. 

 603.) A shrub, a native of Newfoundland, beset with straight red spines. Flowers 

 deep red. Fruit depressed, spherical, bright scarlet ; growing to the height of 2 ft., and 

 flowerinff from June to August. This is an interesting plant, from its dwarf stature, 

 its abundant reddish prickles, its glossy leaves, its flowers, and its fruit. Seringe seems 

 to think it a variety of R. lucida. The R. nitida, which forms No. 36. in Lodd. Cat.,. 

 ed. 1836, is a variety of R. ferox. 



8. R. (L.) .tf.OpA Bosc. The Tuimp-fruited Rose. 



Identification. Bosc. Diet. d'Agric., according to Poir. Suppl., 4, p. 710; Lindl. 

 Rosar. Monog., p. 15 ; Red. and Thor. Ros., 2, p. 7, ic. ; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 602: Don's 

 Mill., 2, p. 565. 



Synonymes. R. turgida Pers. Ench., 2, p. 49 ; /?. ,/raxinifolia Dumont in Cours. Dot. 



Spec. Char., <frc. Taller than R. lucida, and spreading. Branches without 

 prickles. Leaflets oblong, undulate, shining. Fruit hemispherical. Closely 

 allied to R. lucida, of which it is very likely a variety. (Dec. Prod., 2, p. 602.) 

 Petals always multiplied, smaller than those of 7?/lucida; bright red. Fruit 

 deep red. Sepals compound. Native of North America, in the warmer States ; 

 growing from 3, ft. to 4 ft. high, and flowering from June to August. This is 

 only known in its double-flowered state in British gardens. It is a freely growing, 

 hardy plant, with large double flowers, and is desirable both in flower-gardens 

 and shrubberies. It is not of a robust habit, but forms a bush about 3 ft., or per- 

 haps more, in height. According to Dr. Lindley, this rose forms a taller bush 

 than R. lucida, but is of a more straggling habit. It is, he says, " a naked, strag- 

 gling briar, with scarcely a vestige of prickles on the shoots; its flowers are on 

 long stalks, the mouth of the fruit is so wide, that the fruit itself is nearly hemis- 

 pherical ; and the sepals are reflexed." (Ros. Monog., p. 16.) 



9. JR. WOO'DSII Lindl. Wood's Rose. 



"identification. Lindl. Ros., p. 21 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 566. 



Synonyme. R lutea nigra Pronv. Nom., p. 24. 



Spec. Char. <f*c. Stipules and sepals conhivent. Leaflets oblong, obtuse, glabrous. 

 (Don's Mill., 2, p. 566.) A low shrub with dull, dark branches. Flowers pink. Fruit 

 ovate, naked. There is a plant which was gathered about Cumberland House Fort, 

 which Mr. Borrer takes to be a variety of the present species, having the leaves downy 

 beneath. A native of North America, near the Missouri, and north of the Saskatcha- 



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