ROSA. 



but the fruit is globole, of a deep red, crowned with the 

 elongated^)'/*-.;, fo combined as to feem one. 



9. K.fpinafijftma. Burnet Rofe. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1. 

 491. ed. z. 705 ? Willd. n. 8. Ait. n. 9. Fl. Brit. n. 1. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 187. Fl. Dan. t. 398. Lawr. Rof. t. 48 and 

 t. 78. Ehrh. Arb. 85. ( R. pimpinellifolia ; Linn. Syft. Nat. 

 ed. 10. 1062. Sp. PI. 703. R. n. 1 106 ; Hall. Hift. v. 2. 

 40. R. campeftris fpinoliffima, flore albo odoro ; Bauh. 

 Pin. 483. R. campeftris odora ; Cluf. Pan. III. R. 

 campetlris odorato flore ; Cluf. Hift. 116. R. pimpinellae 

 folio ; Ger. Em. 1270.) — Fruit globofe, fmooth as well as 

 the flcwer-ftalkb. Piickles of the ftem very numerous, 

 ftraight and fetaceous. Leaflets roundifh, fmooth. Calyx 

 of the fruil reflexed. — Native of fandy downs near the fea, 

 as well as the borders of fields, and mountains, in various 

 parts of Europe not uncommon in Britain, flowering in 

 July. — This is a bufh of humble growth, feldom more than 

 two or three feet high, and much branched. The Jlem is 

 copioufly clothed with innumerable, ftraight, crowded, 

 needle-like, pale prickles. The leafjlalhs are occafionally 

 prickly. Leaflets feven or nine, roundifh, or (lightly ellip- 

 tical) obtufe, lerratcd, fmall, even ar.d fmooth, a little glau- 

 cous, not fhining. Flower Jlalis terminal, folitary, iingle- 

 flowered, rather fwelling upwards, always, as far as we have 

 feen, fmooth and naked. Germen deprefled, and nearly 

 hemifpherical. Segments of the calyx tapering, fmooth, and 

 entire. Floivers with a light pleafant fcent, ufually cream- 

 coloured, yellow in the middle ; but Mifs Lawrance's t. 78 

 reprefents the red variegated variety, rirft defcribed by Sib- 

 bald in his Scotia Illuftrata, p. 2. 46. t. 2, under the name 

 of R. Ciphiana. The fruit is much larger than the leaflets, 

 globofe, dark psrple, and finally quite black, with large 

 feeds, and crowned with the reflexed cahx. We feel no 



fcruple in referring the pimpineUifolia of Linnaeus to h'\$fpi- 

 nofffima, of which it is not even a variety ; but we cannot 

 take into confideration all the different things which various 

 authors have fuppofed one or other of thefe fpecies. We 

 fhall notice pimpinellifulia of Villars under alpina. Mifs 

 Lawrance's t. 15 and t. 19, are doubtful, on many accounts. 

 The former indeed anfwers to our next fpecies. Her t. 63 

 is furely different from both. The fynonyms of old writers, 

 regarding this Rofe, are very puzzling, nor have they ever 

 been well explained. The figure in Clufius's Stirp. Pannon. 

 1 14, belongs in truth to fpinnfifflma, as he gives it in his Hif- 

 toria ; while his 4th Rofe, or ^a^aip'o^tiv of the former work, 

 to which that figure feems annexed, is pumila of Jacquin. 

 His other cut, at p. 1 1 1, more refembles cinnamomea, which 

 is often very prickly the lirft feafon, as profeffor Swartz re- 

 marks. Our learned correfpondent juft named likewife fug- 

 gefts that the cinnamomea is one of various things which Lin- 

 naeus in Fl. Suec. confounded under the name of fpinoffjima. 

 Haller has certainly not adverted to all the Rofes known to 

 be found in Switzerland, but his n. 1106 can be no other 

 than our fpimjiffima. 



10. R. rubella. Red-fruited Dwarf Rofe. Sm. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 2521. ( R. fpinofifiima y ; Fl. Brit. 537 ? p ; Lawr. 

 Rof. t. 15.) — Fruit globofe, fomewhat briftly. Flower- 

 ftalks briftly. Prickles of the ftem very numerous, ftraight, 

 and fetaceous. Leaflets elliptical, fmooth. Calyx of the 

 fruit indexed. — Gathered near Newcaftle, by Mr. Winch. 

 We have alfo fpecimens from Mr. James Backhoufe, who has 

 juft informed us that he finds the indexed calyx, after flower- 

 ing, an invariable charafter of this fpecies, that of the fore- 

 going being always reflexed. The rough jlowerjlalks are 

 lefs unalterable, though tolerably conftant. The fcarlet 



fruit is a very remarkable difference. The flowers are ele- 

 gantly tinged with red. Mr. Backhoufe thinks this rather 



the taller-growing fhrub of the two, and he obferves that 

 the leaves fold together, or fleep, at night. We know not 

 whether this is the cafe with fpinofijfima. 



11. R. involuta. Dr. Walker's Rofe. Fl. Brit. 1398. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 2068. Ait. n. 10. — Fruit globofe, very prickly 

 as well as the flower-ftalks. Prickles of the ftem very nu- 

 merous, and nearly ftraight. Petals involute and lmperfeftly 

 expanded. Leaflets elliptical, hairy beneath. — Native of the 

 Hebrides, where it was gathered by the Rev. Dr. Walker, 

 and Mr. J. Mackay. — The prefent fpecies has the general 

 habit, and very prickly Jlem, of the two laft. But the 



Jlowerjlalls, leaf Jlalis, and young fruit, are all extremely 

 prickly, the latter being more difpofed to be ovate than 

 depreifed. The leaflets are more elliptical, their under fide 

 hairy, efpecially the ribs. Segments of the calyx long, 

 fimple, pointed, rough externally with glandular prickles. 

 Petals pale blufh, with deeper tints here and there, concave 

 and involute, feldom more than half expanded. Ripe fruit 

 unknown to us. 



12. R. parviflora. Small American Rofe. Ehrh. Beitr. 

 v. 4.21. Willd n. 9. Purfh n. 2. ( R. caroliniana ; 

 Mich. Boreal-Amer. v. 1. 295. R. Carolina ; Sm. Inf. of 

 Georgia, v. 1. 49. t. 25.) — Fruit globofe, (lightly deprefled, 

 briftly as well as the flower-ftalks and calyx. Leaf-ltalks 

 downy, fomewhat prickly. Prickles in pairs under the 

 ftipulas, ftraight. Leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, fimply fer- 

 reted, fmooth. Flowers folitary or in pairs. — " Native of 

 woods on the fides of hills, from New York to Carolina, 

 flowering in June and July. About two feet high. There 

 are a number of varieties of this fpecies." Furjh. Our 

 fpecimens, lent by the Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, anfwer well 

 to the figure above cited, and have, like that, folitary 



Jlowers, of a pale pink hue. The Jlem is (lender and fmooth, 

 except a pair of awl-fhaped, (lender, ftraight prickles under 

 each Jl'ipula. Leaflets five, elegantly elliptical ; their com- 

 mon Jlalk reddifh, channelled, prickly, fomewhat downy, or 

 hairy. The Rofe in Dill. Elth. t. 245. f. 316, is exaftly 

 our's, though quoted by authors for the lucida. 



13. R. nitida. Polifhed American Rofe. "Willd. Enum. 

 544." Purfh n. 3. — " Fruit globofe. Calyx, flower-ftalks, 

 and branches hifpid. Leaf-ltalks rather downy, without 

 prickles. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, polifhed and fmooth 

 on both fides." — In Pennfylvania and Virginia, flowering 

 from June to Auguft. Petals red, obcordate. Leajlets 

 feven. Purjh. We have not met with any fpecimen or 

 figure. 



14. R. lucida. Shining American Rofe. Ehrh. Beitr. 

 v. 4. 22. Arb. 76. AVilld. n. 10. Purfh n. 4; excluding 

 the fynonym of Dillenius. (R. alpina (S ; Ait. n. 27. 

 Lawr. Rof. t. 75.) — Fruit globofe, deprefled, rather hifpid 

 as well as the flower-ftalks. Leaf-ftalks fomewhat prickly, 

 not downy. Prickles ufually in pairs under the ftipulas, 

 ftraight. Leaflets ovato-lanceolate, bluntifh, coarfely fer- 

 rated, very fmooth, fhining. Corymbs of few flowers. — 

 On the borders of fwamps, from New York to Carolina, 

 flowering in July and Auguft. From four to fix feet high. 

 Purfh. By Ehrhart's fpecimen, the only one we have feen, 

 it evidently appears, that the R. Carolina fragrans, foliis 

 mediotenus ferratis ; Dill. Elth. 325. t. 245. f. 316, is very 

 erroneoufly referred by Willdenow and Purfh to the prefent 

 fpecies; belonging, if we are right in what we take for parvi- 



Jlora, n. 12, indubitably to that plant. The prefent has feven 

 leajlets, of a larger fize and firmer texture. Stipulary^r«Vi/ir/ 

 fhorter, thicker, not always prefent. Flowers corymbofe, 

 four or five together. If we are right in Mifs Lawrance's 

 figure, this fpecies, as well as parviflora, ought to be placed 

 on the lilt of our garden plants. 



15. R. 



