ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



ROSA.* 



Senlicossc. Lin.' — Rosaccao. Juss. Dc Cand. 



da in as- 



cena. 



R. calycibus semipinnatis^ germinibus 

 ovalis turgidis pedunculisque hispidis, 



caule petiolisque aculeatis, foliolis ovatis 



acuminatis subtus villosis. W'Md. Sp, 



PL 2. ;9. 1072. Hort. Kew, 3. j>. 263. 



De Cand. Prod. 2. p. 620. Later. Ron. 



t. 5. t 18. t. 52. t. 70. ij 



Damask Rose. MUlcr. 



* '^ This is the most favorite geuns of the whole vegetable 

 kini^dom^ on account of its beautj and fragrance; but one most 

 difFicult with respect to the determination of its species/' — Sm, 

 Engl. FL sub, verb. The difiiculties alluded to by this very able 

 botanist have, I am afraid, not been yet successfully encountered ; 

 I have therefore been less solicitous to follow the alterations 

 recently made in the arrangement of species and varieties. A 

 few species introduced into Barbados from Americaj, a short time 



before 1 quitted the island, have not been inserted^ as 1 had no 

 opportunity of examiniuir them. 



