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Spec. Char., §c. Prickles small, distant. Leaflets ovate, and, as well as 
the branches, glabrous, opaque, discoloured. Sepals narrow, entire. Fruit 
ovate, globose, smooth. Flowers corymbose. Peduncles smooth. (Don's 
Mill.) A large shrub. Dauphingé, Austria, Savoy, Pyrenees, and Auvergne, 
in woods. Height 5ft to 6ft. Flowers red; June and J uly. Fruit scar- 
let ; ripe in September, 
Stems red. Leaves red at the edges. Flowers 
small. Sepals narrow, longer than the petals. A 
shrub, producing a pleasing effect in a shrubbery, 
from the pinkness of its foliagé. At the funeral 
of Villars, who first named and described this rose, 
branches and flowers of it were cut and strewed 
over his grave. There are several varieties described 
in our first edition. 
60 . 8. rubrifolia. 
C. Species Natives of Asia. 
, 48. R.cauca’sEa Pall. The Caucasian Dog Rose. 
Identification. Pall. Ross., t. 11.3 Lindl. Ros., p.97.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 579. 
Synonyme. R. leucantha Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl. 35). ? 
Engravings. Lind. Ros., t. 11. ; and our fig. 607. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles strong, recurved. Leaflets soft, ovate, glaucous. 
Calyx and peduncles hispid. Sepals simple. Fruit smooth. Flowers large, 
growing in bunches. (Don’s Mill.) A robust shrub. Siberia. Height 
J0 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1798. Flowers white or pale red; June 
and July. . Fruit red ; ripe in September. : 
607. R. caucdsea. 608. R. indica. 609. R. indica Noisettiena 
2 49. R.i’npica L. The Indian, or common China, Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 705. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 581. i 
Synonymes. R. sinica Lin. Syst, Veg. ed. 13. p. 398.3; BR. sem perfldrens cfirnea Rossig. Ros. t. 19. ; 
&. indica chinénsis semipléna Ser. Mel. 1. p.31.; R. reclinata fldre submultiplici Red. Ros. p. 79.5 
the monthly Rose, the blush China Rose, the Tea-scented Rose ; Rosier Indien, Rose Thé, J. ; 
Indische Rose, Ger. 
Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t.26.; Red. Ros., 1. p. 51. t. 142., p. 35. t. 15.3 and our fig. 608. above. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem upright, whitish, or green, or purple. Prickles 
stout, falcate, distant. Leaflets 3—5; ovate-acuminate, coriaceous, shining, 
glabrous, serrulate ; the surfaces of different colours. Stipules very nar- 
row, connate with the petiole, almost entire or serrate. Flowers solitary, or 
in panicles. Stamens bent inwards. Peduncle sub-articulate, mostly thickened 
upwards, and with the calyx smooth, or wrinkled and bristly. (Dec. Prod.) 
Sub-evergreen. China, near Canton. Height 4 ft. to 20 ft. Introd. in 1789 
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