200 XXXII. ROSACEA. [Bo^a. 



glabrous above, whitish and slightly pubescent beneath. Native country not 

 known. Said to have been brought to Constantinople from Persia in the six- 

 teenth century (0. Koch Dendrol. i. 226). E. Rapini, Boiss. 1. c. 672— Asia 

 Minor, Armenia, North Persia — a yellow rose similar to R. sulphurea, may 

 possibly be its wUd form. 



III. Gallicoe. Erect shrubs ; prickles scattered, mixed with bristles, which 

 are mostly glandular ; leaflets generally 5, rarely 7, ovate or oval, rugose, 

 more or less pubescent beneath ; flowers soUtary, or in few (5-15) flowered 

 corymbs, rose-coloured or purple ; calyx-segments more or less pinnatifid. 

 Scent very delicate. The commonly 'accepted 3 species of this section are 

 probably not specifically distinct. 



6. R. damascena, MUl. {Qolah, sitdhurg.) Prickles unequal, the larger ones 

 falcate ; sepals reflexed during flcweriug. ' Native country unknown. The rose 

 most generally cultivated in India. Attar (otto) of roses is made principally 

 from the flowers of this species. Also called R. Cdlendarum, because the time 

 of flowering extends over several months. 



7. R. centifolia, Linn. Gahhage rose, Mass rose, Provence rose. Prickles 

 unequal, the larger falcate glandular, bristles numerous ; leaflets and calyx 



flandular-ciUate ; flowers nodding. Caucasus, mountains of Assyria. FL June, 

 uly ffiurope). 



8. R. gatlica, Linn. Prickles equal, slender ; flowers erect. South and Cen- 

 tral Europe, Asia Minor. Fl. June, July (Europe). 



IV. CanincB. Prickles uniform, no bristles. Flowers white or rose-coloured. 



9. R. indica, Linn. ; Lindl. 1. c. 106. — Syn. R. chinensis, Jacquin ; Boxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 513 ; Koch 1. c. 273. R. sitiica,, Linn. Glabrous, evergreen ; stipules 

 very narrow, adnate nearly to the a,pex ; flowers large, double, half double, 

 rarely single, white yellow pink red or purple, on long slender pedicels ; calyx- 

 segments reflexed. Indigenous in China, but early brought to India. The 

 Indian {China or Bengal) roses have a powerful scent, by no means so delicate 

 as that of the Gallica group : their flowering time extends over a great part of 

 the year. To this species belong Rosa fragrans, Redouts, the Tea Rose, 

 yellow, very fragrant ; R. semperfiarens, Bot. Mag. t. 284 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 514, with dark-red flowers, — and numerous other varieties. R. Noisetteana,, 

 Red. 1. c. ii. p. 77, the Noisette Rose, is a cross of this and R. moschata. The 

 large host of Hybrid Perpetuals are chiefly derived from R. indica. 



10. R. microphylla, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 919 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 515 ; Bot. M.as. 

 t. 3490. Branchlets flexuose, prickles infra-stipular ; leaflets 9-15, small, sud- 

 coriaceous. Calyx densely clothed with long subulate prickles ; segments short, 

 broad-ovate, dentate. Flowers solitary, or 2-3 together, large, double, pale 

 rose-coloured. Indigenous in China. Not quite hardy in England. 



11. R. alba, Linn. — Syn. R. glandulifera, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 4 (?) A taU 

 spreading shrub, prickles scattered, straight or falcate, somewhat unequal, but 

 no bristles. Foliage grey, leaflets 5-7, large, rugose ; downy and very pale be- 

 neath. Fl. large, often double, mostly corymbose, white, or of a delicate blush 

 colour, calyx segments often piunatifid. Probably indigenous in the Caucasian 

 region, and possibly wild in Afghanistan and N.W. India. Nearly allied to R. 

 canina, Linn., the common English Dog rose. 



V. Banksiance. Soandent or climbing ; stipules small, subulate, nearly free, 

 often deciduous; leaflets 3 or 5, rarely more. Flowers corymbose, not very 

 large. 



12. R. Bankdce, R. Brown. — Syn. R. inermis, Roxb. 1. c. 516. Lady Banks' 

 Rose; Bot. Mag. t. 1954; Bot. Reg. t. 1105. No prickles; leaflets 3 or 5 

 shining ; flowers smaU, corymbose, white or yellow. China, Japan. 



