XXVI. ROSA‘CEZ: ROSA. 325 
appendicled, spreading. Fruit oblately globose, a little hispid or glabrous, 
scarlet. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shining-leaved shrub. North America, 
from New York to Carolina; near Boston, in bogs, and on the edges of 
marshes; and in Newfoundland. Height + ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1724. 
Flowers red, overtopped by the leaves and young branches ; June to August. 
Fruit bright red ; ripe in October. 
A handsome species, on account of its shining foliage, and one which is 
very hardy ; but the flowers have a very disagreeable smell. 
a 7 R. ni’vipa I’. The glossy-leaved Rose. 
Identification, Willd. Enum., 544.; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 603.; Don's 
Mill, 2. p. 565. 
Synonymes. R. Redutéa ruféscens Thory in Acd. Ros. 1. p. 103. ic. ; the dwarf Labrador Rose 
Engravings. Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p. 13. t. 2. ; Redouté Ros. 
1. p. 103. ic. ; and our jig. 557. 
Spec. Char., §c. Dwarf and reddish in aspect. 
Stem and branches almost covered with slender, 
rather equal, prickles. Leaflets 5—9, rather 
rigid, lanceolate, glossy. Stipules large, finely 
serrated, extending as far as to the leaflets. 
Flowersred. Peduncle bristly. Sepals spread- 
ing. Fruit bristly, shining, and scarlet. (Dee. 
Prod.) A shrub beset with straight red spines. XS 
Newfoundland. Height 2 ft. to 3ft. Introduced 77 aN 
in 1807. Flowers deep red; June to August. #" j TES, 
Fruit depressed, spherical, bright scarlet; ripe SOQ 
in September. eS 
This is an interesting plant, from its dwarf gaily 4 
stature, its abundant reddish prickles, its glossy 557. Re nitida. 
leaves, its flowers, and its fruit. 
« 8. R. Ra‘pa Bosc. The Turnip-fruited Rose. 
ddenisioation: - Bose Dict. d’Agric.; Lindl. Rosar. Monog., p.15.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 602.; Don’s 
-Mill., 2. p. 565. 
Synonymes. R. targida Pers. Ench. 2. p. 49.; R. fraxini- 
folia Dumont in Cours. Bot. Cult. 
Engravings. Red. and Thor. Ros., 2. p. 7. ic.; and our 
We. 553. 
Spec. Char. §c. Taller than R. licida, and 
spreading. Branches without prickles. Leaf- 
lets oblong, undulate, shining. Fruit hemi- 
spherical, Closely allied to R. lucida, of 
which it is very likely a variety. (Dec. Prod.) 
Petals always multiplied, smaller than those 
of R. lucida; bright red. Fruit deep red. 
Sepals compound. A tall straggling bush. 
North America, in the warmer states. 
Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced ?, Flowers 
double, bright red; June to August. Fruit 
deep red ; ripe in October. 
Only known in its double-flowered state 
in British gardens, where it is a freely growing 
hardy plant, with large double flowers. 
558. HK. Rapa. 
aw 9. R. PARVIFLO'RA Ehrh. The small-flowered, or Pennsylvanian, Roee. 
Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 4. p. 21.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 565. 
Synonymes. R. himilis Marsh Arb. 136,; A. caroliniana Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer, 1. p.295.; R. 
carolina y et 3 Att. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol.3. p.260.; Pennsylvanian Rose, Lawr. Ros. t. 3. and 
t. 66., and of the nurseries. 
Engraving. Smith Insect. Georg., 1. p. 49. t. 25. 
Spec. Char., 5c. Dwarf. Stipules linear. Prickles acicular. Leaflets lan- 
ceolate, smoothish, sharply serrated. Calyxes clammy. Flowers usually 
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