RO'SA ALPINA. 
_ ALPINE ROSE; OR, ROSE OF SHARON. 
EXOGENA, OR » DICOTYLEDONEA. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs 
CALYCIFLORA, if ssnamin divisions ‘ 1c DRIA, 
OF which POLYGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE, t this Plant t belongs. i B ss OF LINNEUS. 
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GENUS. Rosa. Tovrnerort. Carycis tubus apice con 
5-partito, lobis per scativeliopels apite subspiraliter imbricatis sepe 
sectis Tata 5. Stamina pl CarrEtta pl lycis tubo demim 
baceato inserta et in eo inclusa, sieca padehicentin subcrustacea, é la’ 
teriore stylum gerentia, stylis @ calycis tubo coarctato exsertis, nune om n 
liberis, nune in line columnarem accretis. SEMEN in akenio ‘solitariam , 
exalbuminosum, invers Emsryo rectus, cotyledonibus planiusculis. Dz- 
CANDOLLE. “Prodromas Systematis Universalis Regni Meer ay Pars II, p. 
596, - 
CIES. Rosa Aupina. Lrnnevs. Cavnreus aids aculeis debi- 
libus numerosis echinatis, adultis levibus rard aculeis validis armatis, fo- 
liolis 5-11 ovatis vel ohovatis arguté serratis vel duplicato-serratis, stipulis 
-aAngustis, apice divergenti IS, pe dune culis post acer deflexis calycibusque 
Teas | tit 
~ovatis; rard sub- 
iS, salyoe connivente coronatis. ; 
_ Peponevnis hispidis elongatis, cal 
OTER OF THE GENUS, Road Wine of the calyx Sauer 
at the throat, limb_ 5-parted, lobes so phat spirally imbricated at the 
apex during estivation, often pinnately divided. Petats 5. STaMENs 
numerous. CARPELS several, springing from, and included in, the 
tube of the calyx, (which ultimately becomes berried) dry, indehiscent, 
somewhat crustaceous, bearing a style on the inner side, the styles 
protruding beyond the contracted throat of the calyx, either entirely 
free, or united into one columnar style. “ACHENTA one-seeded. SEED 
without albumen, inverted. Empryo pie ; nearly 
fine. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Specizs, Rosa id PINA. Vani 
or Ivermis. Surv with smooth spreading, sometimes oro: 
stems and branches, of a shining red colour, occasionally hairy or 
bids, but not thorny. LEarLets seven or nine, elliptic-oblong, 
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