PaRT 6, 1918] ROSACEAE 493 
2 cm. long; petals white, about 3 cm. long, deeply obcordate; styles distinct, persistent, not 
exserted; hypanthium in fruit pyriform, 1.5—2 cm. long, and nearly as broad, densely tomentose. 
TYPE LocaLity: China. 
DISTRIBUTION: Virginia to Florida and Texas; West Indies; naturalized from southern China. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Wendl. Hort. Herrenh. pl. 23; Jacq. Fragm. pl. 34; Vent. Descr. Pl. Cels pi. 
28; Bot. Mag. pl. 1377; Redouté, Roses 1: pl. opp. 35; Nouv. Duham. 7: pl. 13, f. 2; Witlm. Gen. 
Rosa pl. opp. 125; Lawrance, Roses pl. 84; Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. ed. 2, f. 2317. 
V. Gallicae. Low upright, often nearly herbaceous shrubs, with hooked prickles mixed 
with bristles; flowers solitary or few together; stipules narrow, adnate; leaflets 3-5, usually 
firm; sepals reflexed after flowering, the outer ones often lobed, deciduous; styles distinct, 
not exserted. European and Asiatic species. 
9. Rosa gallica L. Sp. Pl. 492. 1753. 
Stems from rootstocks, erect, 5-10 dm. high, round, armed with various prickles, some 
flat, curved or straight, others bristle-like, often glandular at the end; floral branches densely 
glandular-hispid; stipules adnate, about 2 cm. long, pubescent and glandular, copiously 
glandular-ciliate, the free portions lanceolate, acute, more or less spreading; petiole and rachis 
glandular-hispid and bristly; leaflets usually 5, seldom 3 or 7, leathery, 2—6 cm. long, some- 
what persistent, broadly oval or rounded-ovate, rounded or subcordate at the base, rounded 
or abruptly acute at the apex, more or less doubly glandular-toothed, dark-green and glabrous 
above, pale and appressed-hairy beneath, nervose; flowers solitary, seldom 2 or 3; pedicels 
rather long, densely glandular; hypanthium globose or ellipsoid, glandular-hispid, in fruit 
about 12 mm. broad; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, glandular-hispid on the back and the 
margins, after flowering reflexed and deciduous; petals pink or crimson, about 15 mm. long; 
styles not exserted, or slightly so, distinct, densely villous. 
TYPE LOCALITY: France. 
DISTRIBUTION: New Hampshire to Missouri; Mexico; introduced from Europe and sparingly 
naturalized. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Hayne, Arzn. Gew. 11: pl. 30; Redouté, Roses 1: pl. opp. 73; Nouv. Duham, 
7: pl. 8; Willm. Gen. Rosa pl. opp. 325; Fl. Deuts. ed. 5. pl. 2634. 
VI. Caninae. Upright or rarely climbing species, with scattered prickles, rarely with 
intermixed bristles; stipules adnate, the upper usually dilated; leaflets mostly 5—7, rather firm 
but not persistent; flowers corymbose; bracts dilated; sepals often lobed, at least the outer 
ones, reflexed after flowering and deciduous, rarely persistent; styles distinct, barely reaching 
outside the mouth of the hypanthium; achenes inserted on the inner walls of the hypanthium 
as well as in the bottom. Introduced European species. 
10. Rosa tomentosa Smith, Fl. Brit. 539. 1800. 
Stem terete, 1-2 m. high, often with elongate drooping branches, armed with straight or 
slightly curved, often paired prickles, somewhat flattened towards the base, 5—7 mm. long; 
stipules 1-1.5 cm. long, glabrous above, pubescent on the back, glandular-ciliate on the margins; 
petiole and rachis villous and glandular-hispid, sometimes prickly; leaflets 5-7, oval or ovate, 
2-4 cm. long, rounded at the base, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, more or less doubly 
serrate, finely appressed-pubescent above, villous and glandular-pruinose beneath; flowers 
solitary or few together; pedicels often glandular-hispid; hypanthium globose or somewhat 
ellipsoid, often glandular-hispid at the base; sepals lanceolate, glandular on the margins and 
back, about 2 cm. long, acuminate, usually more or less lobed, tardily deciduous before the 
ripening of the fruit; petals 18-20 mm. long, pale rose-colored or nearly white. 
TYPE Locality: About London. 
DISTRIBUTION: Native of Europe; collected in North Carolina and at Big Sandy, Texas. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Engl. Bot. pl. 999; Sy. Bot. pl. 571; Redouté, Roses 2: pl. opp. 39; pl. opp. 87; 
Fl. Deuts. ed. 5. pl. 2631; A. Dietr. Fl. Boruss. pl. 863. 
