Obder il.— rosacea. ' 335 



/?. PARTIPLOEA. Lfta. oval, mostly very obtuse, paler beneath ; petioles smooth 

 or pubescent. (R. parviflora Ehrh.) 



6 R. nitida 'Willd. Wild Rose. St. low, densely m-med with straight, slender; 

 reddish prickks ;. Ifts. 5 to 9, narrow-lanceolate, smooth and shining, sharply ser- 

 rate ; stip. narrow, often reaching to the lower Ifts. ; fla. solitary ; cal. hispid ; fr. 

 globous. — In swamps, N. Eng. (Lexington, Mass.) Sts. 1 to 2f high, reddish 

 from its dense armor of prickles. Lfts. 1 to IJ' long, subsessile, odd one petio- 

 lulate. Stip. 5 to 8" long, adnate to the petiole, each side. Pis. with red, obcor- 

 date petals. Fr. scarlet. Jn. 



7 R. bldnda Ait. Bland Rose. Taller ; st. armed with few, scattered, straight, 

 deciduous prickles ; lfts. 5 to 1, oblong, obtuse, serrate, smooth, but not shining 

 above, paler and pubescent on the veins beneath ; petiole unarmed ; stip. dilated ; 

 fls. mostly in pairs (1 to 3) ; ped. short, and with the cal. smooth and glaucous ; 

 fr. globous. — Shrub, found on dry, sunny hills, N. and M. States. Sts. 2 to 3f 

 high, with reddish bark. Ms. rather large. Sep. entire, shorter than the reddish, 

 emarginate petals. Bracts large, downy. Ju. 



8 R. Carolina L. Carolina Rose. Swamp Rose. St. tall, glabrous, with 

 strong, recurved, stipular prickles ; lfts. 5 to 9, elliptical, acute, sharply and doubly 

 serrate, glaucous beneath, not shining above, petioles hairy or subaculeate ; fls. 

 coryrribous ; fr. depressed-globous, and with the peduncles hispid. — Swamps and 

 damp woods, forming thickets. Can. and U. S. Sts. 4 to 8f high, bushy, with 

 reddish branches. Prickles mostly 2 at the base of the stipules. Lfts. 1 to 2' 

 long, J as wide, rather variable in form. Fls. in a leafy corymb of 3 to 7. Petals 

 obcordate, large, varying between red and white. Fr. dark red. Jn., Jl. 



9 R. rubigindsa L. Eglantine. Sweet Brier. St. glabrous, armed with 

 very strong, recurved prickles, with many weaker ones ; lfts. 5tol, broad-oval, 

 with feruginous glands beneath ; fls. mostly solitary; sep. permanent; fr. obovoid, 

 and ped. glandular-hispid. — A stout, prickly shrub, 4 to 8f high, in fields and 

 roadsides throughout the U. S. The older stems are bushy, much branched, 1' 

 diam., the younger shoots nearly simple, declined at top. Lfts. small, serrate (the 

 glands beneath not always present), when rubbed very fragrant. Fls. light-red, 

 fragrant. Fr. orange red. Jn. There are about 25 cultivated varieties, single 

 and double. § Eur. (R. suaveolens Ph.) 



10 R. micrdntha Smith. Small-flowered Sweet Brier. St. glabrous, armed 

 with few, equal, strong, recurved prickles; lfts. 5 to 1, ovate, rusty-glandular be- 

 neath, fls. solitary, small ; sep. deciduous from the ovate or oblong fruit ; ped. 

 somewhat hispid. — Roadsides and pastures, N. Eng. A large shrub, 6 to 8f high, 

 much resembling the last. Fls. usually white, much smaller (15'' diam.) than in 

 that species. Jn. § Eur. 



11 R. sempervirens Ser. Evergreen Rose. St. climbing ; prickles sub- 

 equal ; lfts. persistent, 5 to 7, coriaceous ; fls. subsolitary or corymbous ; sep. sub- 

 entire, elongated ; sty. coherent into an elongated column ; fr. ovoid or subglob- 

 ous, yeUow, and with the ped. glandular-hispid. — Allied to the following, but its 

 leaves are coriaceous and evergreen, persistent until January. — Among the varie- 

 ties of this (or the next ?) species is the Virginia Lass, with blush white fls. 



12 R. arv^nsis L. Ayrshire Rose. Shoots very long and flexile ; pnWtfcs 

 unequal, falcate; lfts. 5 to 7, smooth, or with scattered hairs, and glaucous be- 

 neath, decidvaus ; fls. solitary or corymbous ; Sep. subentire, short: sty. cohering 

 in a long, glabrous column ; fr. ovoid-globous, smoothish. — England. The shoots 

 grow 15 to 20f in a season, and are very hardy. Fls. white to bhish, crim- 

 son and purple. — Here belong the varieties known as the Adam Tea, Mrs. 

 Pierce's, etc. 



13 R. cinnamomea L. Cinnamon Rose. St. tall, with ascending branches; 

 prickles of the younger stems numerous, scattered, of the branches few, larger, 

 stipular, curved ; lfts. 5 to 7, oval-oblong, simply serrate, . grayish-pubescent be- 

 neath ; stip. dilated and acuminate above, more or less involute, wavy ; ped. short 

 and cal. glabrous; sep. entire, as long as the petals ; fr. smooth, globous, crowned 

 with the connivent calyx lobes. — Native of Eur. Sts. 5 to 12f high, with red- 

 dish bark. Fls. mostly double, pink, purple, or red. 



