ROSA. 



15. R. gemella. Twin-flowered American Rofe. " Willd. 

 Enum. 544." Purfh n. 5. — Fruit globoie, fmooth as well 

 as the ftower-ftalks. Flowers moilly in pairs. Leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong, opaque ; their veins hairy beneath. Leaf- 

 ftalks downy. Prickles in pairs under the ftipulas, hooked. 

 — On dry funny hills, from New England to Carolina, 

 flowering in July and Auguft. A low Jhrub, with large 

 red flowers. Purjh. Specimens in the herbarium of Lin- 

 naeus, referred by him to R. Carolina, have flender branches, 

 quite fmooth, and fomewhat glaucous. Leaflets feven, 

 fmaller, thinner, and more acutely ferrated than the la(t ; 

 rather glaucous and downy beneath ; their veins as if 

 fringed. Leafflalhs and flipulas finely downy and hoary. 

 Flowers terminal, in pairs, on fhort fmooth /la/is, enveloped 

 in large downy braBeas. Germen exaitly globular, quite 

 fmooth and naked. Segments of the calyx fmooth at the 

 bafe, downy at the edges and upper part, limple ; fpatulate 

 at the end. 



16. R. Lyonii. Lyon's American Rofe. Purfh n. 6. — 

 " Fruit nearly globofe, Imoothifh. Flower-ltalks hifpid, 

 moftlyternate. Leaf-ftalks rather prickly. Stem with ftraight 

 fcattered prickles, not hairy. Leaflets ovate-oblong, acute, 

 ferrated; fmooth;(h above; downy beneath: the upper 

 leaves fimple. Stipulas linear. Segments of the calyx 

 downy, linear, fcarcely laciniated." — Gathered by Mr. Lyon 

 in Teneflee, North America, flowering in July. The leaf- 

 lets are three or five, fmall, with coloured veins. Flowers 

 pale red. Purjh. 



17. R. fetigera. Fringe-cupped American Rofe. Mich. 

 Boreal-Amer. v. 1. 295. Purfh n. 7. — " Fruit globofe. 

 Stalks and ribs of the leaves prickly. Branches not hairy ; 

 their prickles in pairs or fcattered. Leaflets pointed, fmooth. 

 Segments of the calyx fringed with bridles." — In fwamps of 

 Virginia and Lower Carolina, flowering in June and July. 

 From five to eight feet high. Leaflets three or five. Purfh. 



18. R. Carolina. Carolina Role. Linn. Sp. PI. 703, 

 omitting the reference to Dillenius. Willd. n. 11. Ait. 

 n. II. Purfh n. 8. Lawr. Rof. t. 24. t. 3. t. 54 ; alfo per- 

 haps t. 68, and t. 66; fcarcely t. 36. (R. corymbofa ; 

 Ehrh. Beitr. v. 4. 21.) — Fruit globofe, briitly as well as the 

 flower-ltalks. Lcaf-ftalks hairy, fomewhat prickly. Stem 

 fmooth. Stipulary prickles (lightly hooked. Leaflets el- 

 liptic-lanceolate, acute, finely ferrated ; downy and glaucous 



beneath. Flowers corymboft- I,, fwamps, and on the 



banks of ponds, trom New England to Virginia, flowering 

 in June and July. Purfh fays, " there are a great many 

 varieties of this fpecics." So little, however, hive tl 

 been attended to, that five or fix of thofe fpecies which we have 

 lark defcribed have, by Linnaus and others, been ufually 

 referred to R. Carolina. The true Carolina common in our 

 fhrubberies, flowering m June and July, is well diftiuguifhcd 

 by the above characters, firft pointed out by the accurate 

 and obferving Ehrhart. This fhrub IB five or fix feet high, 

 bufhy, but ereft, with red, fmooth, a little glaucous, twigs. 

 Luf'/s large, more copioufly and minutely ferrated than 

 in lucida, n. 14, winch tins fpecies, at firll fight, moll n 

 fembles ; but they differ alfo from that in their glaucous 

 and downy under fide, as well as in having a fine taper 

 point. The flowers are more numerous in each corymb, 

 large, of a full crimfon. The Penfylvahian Role of the 

 gardens, figured by Mifs Lawrancc, t. 68, and t. 66, differs 

 in fome rclpcAs from the common Carolina. Its leaflets are 

 more coarfely and fharply ferrated ; pale, but not glaucous 

 nor downy, beneath. Flowers fmaller and paler; in the 

 double variety peculiarly beautiful, molt of the outer petals 

 being of a light flefh-colour, the central ones involute or 

 tufted, of a rich crimfon. 



19. R. rubifo/ia. Bramble-leaved Rofe. Ait. 11. 12. 

 Purfh n. 9. — " Fruit globofe, rather hifpid as well as the 

 flower-ltalks. Calyx unexpanded, pointlefs. Leaves ter- 

 natc ; downy beneath. Leaf-ftalks glandular and prickly. 

 Stem with fomewhat hooked, ltipulary and fcattered, 

 prickles, not hairy. Flowers corymbofe." — D.fcovered in 

 North America, by the late Mr. Francis Malfon, who 

 fent it to Kew in l8t>o. It is a hardy fljrub, flowering 

 in June and July, but has not yet fallen under our ob- 

 fervation. 



20. R. villofa. Apple Rofe. Linn. Sp. PI. 704. Willd. 

 o. 12. Ait. u. 13. EL Brit. n. 3. Engl. Bol. t. 583. 

 Lawr. Rof. t. 33, and t. 29. ( R. pomifera major; Park. 

 Parad. 418. f. 7.) — Fruit globofe, briftly as well as the 

 flower-ltalks. Prickles of the ftem nearly itraight. Leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong, downy on both fides. Segments of the 

 calyx the length of the ripe fruit. — Native of mountainous 

 woods and thickets, in the north of Europe. Plentiful in 

 Wellmoreland, Cumberland, and the north of Yorkfhire, 

 flowering in June. It is often cultivated in fhrubberies 

 for the fake of the beauty of its large fcarlet briftly fruit, 

 above an inch in diameter. The double-flowered variety, 

 when luxuriant, is one of our handfomeft flowering Ihrubs, 

 Mifs Lawrance's figures of this fpecies are not happy. The 

 bufh is from four to fix feet high, with ftrong, ftraight, 

 fcattered prickles. Leaflets five or feven, large, of a pecu- 

 liar elliptic-oblong fhape, fomewhat rounded at the end, 

 doubly ferrated and glandular at the edges, finely dowRy 

 and hoary on both fides, aromatic or pungent, in fome de- 

 gree, when rubbed. Flowers one or two at the end of 

 each branch, lightly fcented, of a fiue pale pink. Fruit at 

 every period armed with ftrong thorns, and crowned when 

 ripe with the hifpid, involute, twilled calyx, which then 

 hardly exceeds it in length. 



21. R. mollis. Soft -leaved Round-fruited Rofe. Sm. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 2459. (R. villofa ,S; Fl. Brit. 538. Relh. 

 Cant. 193. R. fylveftris, folio molliter hirfuto, fru&u 

 rotundo glabro, calyce et pediculo hifpidis ; Dill, in Raii 

 Syn. 478.) — Fruit globofe, halt as long as the fegments 

 of the calyx, briftly as well as the flower-ltalks. Prickles 

 of the ftem ftraight. Leaflets elliptic-ovate, downy on 

 both fides. — Native of bufhy places, in England, Scotland, 

 and Wales, flowering in June or July. A much more 

 humble fhrub than the villofa : the leaflets lefs oblong, and 

 more ovate ; petals of a deeper red ; ripe fruit much fmaller, 

 purplifh, not fcarlet, its length or diameter not above half 

 the length of the permanent calyx, one fegment of which, 

 and no more, is often very diftin&ly pinnated. The Rev. 

 H. Davies has found the fruit variable in Anglefea, from 

 perfedt fmoothuefs, as mentioned by Dillenius, to every 

 degree of roughnefs. The prickles of theflem vary in fize, 

 and are frequently hooked. 



22. R. glutinofa. Clammy Cretan Rofe. Sm. Prodr. 

 Fl. Graec. Sibth. v. 1. 348. Fl. Gra:c. t. 482, unpublifhed. 

 ( R. cretica montana, foliis fubrotundis glutinofis et villofis ; 

 Tourn. Cor. 43. R. pumila alpina, piinpintll.e exactc 

 foliis fparfis, fpinis incurvis, aquate purpurea ; Cupan. 

 Panphyt. cd. I. v. I. t. 61.) — Fruit globofe, hifpid as 

 well as the flower-ftalks. Prickles of the item copious, 

 hooked. Leaflets roundifh ; downy and glandular on both 

 fides. — Native of the Sphaciote mountains of Crete, and, 

 from Cup.mi's fynonym, of the mountains of Sicily. By 

 a fpecimen lent to Limueus, the plant feems to have been 

 cultivated in the French gardens, but we know it not in 

 England. The fiem is low, bufhy, with numerous fteut 

 branches, armed with many, fcattered, ftrong, hooked 

 prickles. Leaflets feven, roundifh and obtufe, ftrongly and 



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