CLTV. 

 ROSA CANINA. 



Common Dog Rose. 



Class XII. Icosandria. — Order III. Polygynia, 



Nat. Ord. Rosacea. 



Gen. Char. Calyx with the tube contracted at the mouth, 

 and with a five-parted limb. Petals five. Pericarps, 

 or carpels, numerous, bony, inserted on the inside of 

 the tube of the calyx. 



Spec. Char. Prickles strong, hooked. Leaflets simply 

 serrated, smooth, their disk eglandulose. Calyx seg- 

 ments pinnate. Fruit ovate, nearly smooth. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek xvvogobov; xvvocr(Za.ros ; KVvo<rp>arov. 



"Rosa sylvestris vulgaris, flore odorato, incarnate Bauh. Pin. 

 483. Tourn Paris, 527. 

 Rosa canina inodora. Ger. Em. 1270. 



Latin <( Rosa sylvestris inodora, sive canina. Park. Theatr. 101 7. 



Raii Hist. 1470 ; Syn. 454. 

 Rosa canina. Lin. Sp. PI. 704. Eng. Fl. ii. p. 392. Eng. 

 Bot. t. 992, and Suppl. t. 2595. Lindl. Ros. p. 98. 



i Rosier des chiens ; Eglantier ; Rosier des haies ; Rosier 

 French . . . . I 



( sauvage. 



; Rosa selvatica ; Cinosbata. 



; Gravanzo ; Rosa silvestre ; Rosal canina. 



Wilde Rose; Hagebutten. 

 Wilde Roozeborm. 



