ORDER 44. ROSACES. 100 



V, ild Roses, with simple, 5-petalled flowers, open in June and July . . . ,) 



J Leaflets 3, rarely 5, smooth. Branches long, climbing or trailing. .. . Nos. 1, 3 



$ Leaflets 5 9, a rusty glandular and fragrant beneath Nos. 3, 4 



a not glandular. Erect. b Prickle? stout, falcate No. 5 



b Prickles weak, straight Nos 6, 7, 8 



Garden Roses, with either simple or double flowers. . .() 



Styles cohering in an exserted column. Climbers. . .(a) 



a Leaflets 3 5, mostly 3. Prickles stout, deflexi-d No. 1 



a Leaflets 5 9. b Stipules and sepals mostly entire Nos. 9, 10 



b Stipules, or sepals, dissected. Prickles slender Nos. 11, 12 



5J Styles separate. c Stipules nearly free, and caducous Nos. 2, 13, 14 



c Stipules adnate to the petiole. d Prickles falcate. . .() 

 d Prickles straight. . . (/) 



t Leaflets not at all glandular. Shrubs erect, often slender Nos. 15, 16, 17 



t Leaflets glandular and fragrant beneath, downy or not Nos. 3, 18, 10 



/ Lvs. and often the calyx, glandular. Fls. roseate or yellow. .Nog. 20, 21 

 / LVB. not at all glandular. Prickles numerous, weak, orO. .Nos. 22, 23, 34 



I R. setigera MX. Prairie Rote. Spines strong, straighten ; Ifts. ovate; slip, adhe- 



rent ; fls. in corymbs, deep roseate, becoming pale, scentless; styles nnited in an ex- 

 eerted column. Prairies, &c., N. Y. W. and S. 12 20f. June, July, t 



Var. Prairie Queen, Baltimore Belle, Rosa Superba, &c. 



X R. hevlgata MX. Cherokee R. Prickles very strong, recurved ; Ifts. elliptical, evei - 

 green, polished ; slip, free, setaceous ; fls. solitary, large, white ; calyx bristly ; styles 

 separate. Tenn. to Fla. 15 30f. ? In hedges and gardens. 



3 B. rublglnosa L. Sweet Brier. Eglantine. Prickles strong, recurved, many weak 



ones intermixed ; Ifts. broad-oval ; fls. solitary ; fruit obovoid and, with the pedicels, 

 glandular hispid. Fields, roadsides. 4 8f. Fls. light red, single or double. 

 Var. Clementine, Maiden, Royal, Scarlet, Tree-double, White, &c. 



4 R. mlcrantha Smith. Prickles strong, recurved, few and equal ; Ifts. ovate; fls>. 



solitary, small (15"), mostly white. Pastures, &c. N. Eng. 6 8f. June. 



5 R. Carolina L. Swamp R. Tall, crw.t, glabrous ; Ifts. elliptical, glaucous beneath, 



not shining; fls. corymbed ; fr. depresse^-globous, dark red, with hispid peduncles. 

 Damp woods. 4 8f. Fls. van-ing from red to white. June, Jnly. 



6 R. luclda Ehrh. Wild R. Prickles scattered, setaceous ; Ifts. elliptical, simply ser- 



rate, shining above ; fls. in pairs (13) ; fr. depressed-globous and, with the pedi- 

 cels, glandular-hispid. Dry woods. 1- -3f. Branches greenish. Fls. red. 



7 R. nitida Willd. Wild R. Stems reddish with very numerous reddish prickles; 



Ifts. narrow-lanceolate, smooth and shining ; fls. solitary ; calyx hispid. Swamps, N. 

 Eng. 1 2f. Fls. red. Fr. scarlet. Perhaps a variety of No. 6. 



8 R. blanda Ait. Thorniess Wild R. Prickles few, slender, deciduous ; Ifts. oblong, 



obtuse, not shining; slip, broad; ped. short, and with the calyx smooth and glau- 

 cous ; fr. globous. Dry hills, N. and M. 2 3f. Petals reddish. 



9 R. 8EMPERVIREN8. Prickles subequal ; Ifts. thick, evergreen ; fls. clustered, mostly 



white ; fr. round-ovoid, yellow, glandular-hispid. S. Ear. 8 12f. 



10 R. ARVENSIS. AyreMre R. Prickles unequal, falcate ; Ifts. ovate, acute, deciduous, 

 glaucous beneath ; tts. solitary or clustered, white to purple. Eur. 20f. 



Var. Dundee Rambler, Virginia Lots, Weeping-tree R., &c. 



I 1 R. MOSCHATA. Musk R. Lfts. lanceolate, acuminate ; stip. very narrow ; sep. Ion;-- 

 appendaged, pinnatifid ; fts. panicled, peculiarly fragrant, white. Asia. 10 12f. 



12 R. MULTIFLOUA. Japan R. Lfts. lance-ovate, rugous, soft ; stip. pectinate-fringed ; 

 fls. corymbed ; sep. short and ped. tomentous. South. 15 20f. Pet. wh. toptirp. 1 



Var. Itoursaull, Seven Sifters, Russets, &c. 



13 R. BKACTEATA. Macariney R. Erect; prickles recurved; Ifts. 5 9, olwvate, shin- 

 ing ; stip. bristle-fringed ; fls. solitary, with large bracts utder the tomeutoua calyx. 

 China. 2~3f. Fls. white, creamy, &c. S. 



