134 ROSMARINUS-RUDBECKIA. 



viusco'sa, (iii(;ss-rose, r. Au. Ti.) germs ovate ; calyx, peduncles, petioles, aua 

 branches hispid, glandular, viscid, (moss-like;) spines of the branches scat- 

 tered, straight. 



vwscha'ta, (musk-rose, \i.) germs ovate; germs and peduncles villose ; stem 

 and petioles prickly ; leafets oblong, acuminate, glabrous ; panicle many- 

 flowered. 



burgundia'ca, (Burgundy-rose, T^.) germs sub-globose; germ and peduncles 

 hispid ; leafets ovate, pubescent beneath ; corolla small, full, fleshy, white; 

 disk obscure. Var. provincialis, has scattered, reflexed prickles on the 

 branches, and glandular serratures. 



semper Jlo'r ens, (monthly-rose, \i.) germs ovate-oblong, tapering to both ends; 

 germs and peduncles hispid; stem prickly ; flowers in erect corymbs. Re- 

 sembles damascena. 



al'ba, (white-rose, w. J. }i) germs ovate, glabrous or hispid; stem and peti- 

 oles prickly ; leafets ovate, villose beneath. 



centifo'lia, (hundred-leaved rose, r. T^.) germs ovate ; germs and peduncles 

 hispid; stem hispid, prickly; leaves pubescent beneath; petioles unarmed. 



cinnamo'mea, (cinnamon-rose, T2-) germs globose; germs and peduncles gla- 

 brous ; stem with stipular prickles ; petioles somewhat unarmed ; leafets 

 oblong. Stem brown, cinnamon-colour. 



muUifto'ra, (Japan-rose, l^.) germs ovate; germs and peduncles unarmed, vil- 

 lose ; stem and petioles prickly. Branches generally purple ; leafets ovate; 

 flower small, panicled. 



spinosis"sima, (Scotch-rose, T7.) germs globose, glabrous; peduncles hispid; 

 stem and petioles very hispid. Var. scoHca is smaller. Loudon says that 

 there are 300 varieties of this rose in a nursery at Glasgow ; and that" florists 

 enumerate upwards of 900 sorts of roses. 



ROSMARINtJS. 2-1. (Labiata.) [From ras, dew, and warmMS, of the sea.] 

 offxina'lis, (rosemary, T2-) some leaves are green both sides; others -n^hitish 

 beneath, linear; margins revolute. Ex. 

 RtJBIA. 4—1. (Rubiacem.) [From ruber, red ; on account of the colour of its roots.] 

 tincto'ria, (madder,) leaves lanceolate, about in sixes; stem pricWy, climb- 

 ing. Var. sylvestris, lower leaves in sixes, upper ones in fours, or in pairs. 

 Ex. 



RUBUS. 11—13. (Rosacea:.) [From r!t6er, red, on account of the colour of its fruit] 



ide'us, (garden raspberry, w. M. T^.) leaves quinate-pinnate and ternate; leaf- 

 ets rhomb-ovate, acuminate, downy beneath ; petioles channelled ; stem 

 prickly ; hispid flowers sub-panicled. Var. americanus, branchlets nearly 

 glabrous; stem and petioles terete ; leaves all ternate; pedicels somewhat 

 prickly. 4-6 f. 



»mZo'5m5, (high blackberry, w. J. It.) pubescent, hispid, and prickly; leaves 

 digitate, in tlirees or fives ; leafets ovate, acuminate, serrate, hairy both 

 sides ; stem and petioles prickly ; calyx short, acuminate; racemes naked; 

 petals lance-ovate. 4-6 f 



strigo'sus, (red ra.spberry, w. J. b.) unarmed, rigidly hispid; leafets 3, or pin- 

 nate-quinate, oval, at the base obtuse, acuminate, marked with lines, and 

 "white-downy beneath, terminal, one often sub-cordate; fruit red, sweet. 



occidenta'lis, (black raspberry, w. g. h) branches and petioles glaucous and 

 prickly; leaves ternate, oval, acuminate, sub-lobate and doubly serrate, 

 white-downy beneath ; petioles terete ; prickles recurved. 4-8 f. 



trivia'lis, (creeping blackberry, dewberry, w. J. T7,) sarmentose procumbent; 

 petioles and peduncles aculeate, hispid, with the prickles recurved ; stipules 

 subulate; leaves ternate or quinate, oblong-oval, acute, unequally serrate, 

 sub-pubescent; pedicels solitary, elongated. Yd,x. flagellaris, has orbicu- 

 lar petals, and small, smooth leaves. 



odora'tus, (flowering raspberry, r. J. l^.) unarmed, erect, viscid; hispid 

 leaves simple, acutely 3-5-robed ; corymbs terminal, spreading; flowers 

 large; berries rather dry and thin. 3-6 f. 



RUDBECKTA. 17— .3. (CorymboscB.) [In honour of two botanists of the name of Rudbeck, 

 who lived in the 17fh century.] 

 furjnrea, (p. Ju. %..) very rough ; lower leaves broad-ovate, alternate at the 

 base, remotely toothed, cauline ones lance-ovate, acuminate at each end, 



