Cl. 
ROSA SIMPLICIFOLIA. 
Simple-leaved Rose. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Rosacez. Susi: Gen. p. 334, 
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Sect. 11. Pericarpia numero indefinita, pariete interiore Tori-ventricosi ad os coarctati sessilia, | 
_ quasi infera, 1-sperma. Frutices sxpius aculenti. Rosx. 
Torus urceolaris globosusve, demum coloratus et carnosus. Calyx 5-phyllus: foliolis plus minus 
foliaceis, 2 seepe integerrimis : persistens. Petala 5, decidua. Filamenta numerosa, ore tori inserta. 
Anthere late. Pericarpia intra torum semina mentientia, in pluribus hispida. Styli plus minus ex- 
serti, nunc coaliti. Stigmata retusa. Caules stolonifert. Fulia aut impari-pinnata, petiolis seepe acu-" 
R. foliis cesiis, simplicibus, exstipulatis. 
R. simplicifolia. Poir. in Encycl. Bot. tom. 6. p. 276. R. berberifolia. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 1063. 
R. simplicifolia Prodr. p. 359. R. berberifolia. Pall. in Nuv. Act. Petrop. v. 10. p. 379. t.10. f. 5. 
R, simplicifolia, Juss. Gen. p, 452. : 
Sponte nascentem prope Amadan abunde, solo salito, legit A. M ICH AUX: in campis infra jugum 
montium Elvind, legit G. A. OL1viER : prope fluvium Uldshar in lacum Allagiil fluentem deserti 
Songarici, legit J. StevERS. 
Floret initio Junii, 
The first account I find, of this rare species, is in the Appendix to Jussteu’s Genera P. lantarum, 
published in 1789, four years after it had been discovered by Micnaux. From seeds sent by him 
when he returned to the Right Hon. Sir Joseru Banks, several plants were raised at Kew and 
Chapel-Allerton, but they all diedin two years, no doubt for want of a proper soil. Afterwards in 1793, 
it was found by Srevers stil] farther eastward, on the south of the Tarbagatai chain of enceseeetegd 
near the river Uldshar ; and his description with a figure in fruit has been printed by Panras in 
the 10th volume of the Petersburgh Transactions. Still more lately, OLIVIER in his journey through 
Persia collected seeds of it, which have succeeded very well at Paris, ‘and from one of his plants 
brought from thence by a friend of Cuartes WaLsHAm’s, Esq. which flowered at Whetstone, the 
annexed drawing was made. eee i 
I believe that this Rose would thrive better with us in the open air, if planted in a veapsbeg 
brackish earth, than by any other mode of cultivation; for, the root extends to a great i , ae . 
mg Up suckers as it runs along; and the tops of the Elvind mountains, in the valley : ow whic 
Otivrer first met with it, were on the 9th of June still covered with a little snow, so that it Is pro- 
bably exposed to many acold blast therein the winter, nee f 
Stem of wild plants seldom exceeding 18 or 20 inches in height, the leap, beat 
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each leaf: these pairs of prickles however are not analogous to the stipules of other species, as Ju 
: i inating in 
rat : : s of the serratures sometimes terminati 
her than obversely wedge-shaped, serrated, the points visible, Flowets exceedingly 
