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Flowers solitary, or 2 3 together, pale or bright red. Fruit round, naked, and crimson. 

 The double-flowered variety is most common in gardens. A native of most parts of Eu- 

 rope. Growing to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., and flowering in May and June. A very 

 desirable sort, on account of its fragrance, which resembles that of cinnamon. There is a 

 semi-double variety ; and the single state is supposed to be identical with R. majalis 

 below. 



16. R. MAJA V LIS Retz. The May Rose. 



Identification. Retz. Obs. Bot., 3, p. 33; Don's Mill., 2, p. 566. 



Synonymes. R. mutica Fl. Dan., 688 ; R. spinosissima Gorier. Ingr., 78 ; R. CQ\- 

 lincola Elirh. Beitr., 2, p. 70 ; R. cinnamdmea Eng. Dot., 2388. 



Spec. Char., tf*c. Dwarf, grey. Branches straight, colored. Prickles scattered, 

 nearly equal. Stipules linear. Leaflets oblong, flat, glaucous, and tomentose beneath. 

 Flowers usually solitary, pale red. Fruit orange red, spherical, and naked. Native 

 of Sweden and Lapland; and of Britain near Pontefract, in Yorkshire ; growing to the 

 height of from 3 ft. to 4 ft., and flowering in May and June. This is supposed by some 

 to be the single state of R. cinnamomea. 



17. R. DICKSONIA X NA Lindl. Dickson's Rose. 



Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans.. 7, p. 224 ; Syn. Brit. Fl., ed. 2. p. 99 ; Don's 

 Mill., 2, p. 566. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches flexuous, setigerous, armed with a few slender, scattered 

 prickles. Leaflets folded together, unequal, with coarse double serratures. Stipules, 

 petioles, and sepals compound. Styles stretched out, glabrous. Flowers white. Na- 

 tive of Ireland ; growing to the height of from 5 ft. to 6 ft., and flowering in June and 

 July. 



18. R. TAU'RICA Bieb. The Taurian Rose. 



Identification. Bieb. PL Taur., 1, p. 394 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 566. 



Spec. Cliar., fyc. Tall, cinerous. Prickles scattered, weak. Branches straight, un- 

 armed toward the apex. Leaflets oblong, wrinkled, villous beneath. Sepals com- 

 pound. Styles stretched out, glabrous. Habit of R. cinnamomea. Flowers red. Na- 

 tive of Tauria, in bushy places ; growing to the height of from 5 ft. to 6 ft., and flower- 

 ing in June and July. 



19. R. DAHU N RICA Pall. The Dahurian Rose. 



Identification. Pall. Fl. Ros., p. 61 ; Lindl. Ros., p. 32 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 566. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Tall, much branched. Branches slender, colored. Prickles stip- 

 ular, spreading, a little recurved. Stipules linear. Leaflets oblong, wrinkled, tomen- 

 tose beneath, deeply serrated. Flowers red. Fruit ovate, red. Native of Dahuria and 

 Mongol Tartary, in birch woods ; growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft., and flow- 

 ering in May and June. 



IV. PIMPINEL,L<IFO x I,IjE. Lindl. 



Sect. ChcCr., <SfG. Plants bearing crowded, nearly equal, prickles, or 

 unarmed. Bractless, rarely bracteate. Leaflets ovate or oblong. Se- 

 pals connivent, permanent. Disk almost wanting. This section is 

 essentially different from the last in habit, but in artificial characters 

 they approach very nearly. It, however, may be distinguished by the 

 greater number of leaflets ; .which vary from 7 to 13, and even to 15, 

 instead of from 5 to 7. The flowers are also universally without 

 bracteas ; except in the R. alpina, R. Sabim, R. Douidna, and, per- 

 haps, R. marginata. These having connivent permanent sepals, can- 

 not be confounded with the preceding division j nor, on account of 

 their disk, with the following. There is no instance of stipular prickles 

 in the present tribe. The sepals are entire, or nearly so, unless when 

 mentioned otherwise. 



