ROSA. 



often doubly ferrated ; downy, fomewhat hoary, glandular 

 and vifcid on both fides, as are alfo the leaf-flalks. Flowers 

 fmall, pale blufh, terminal, folitary, on (hort, brillly, vifcid 

 Jlalks. Fruit globofe, fcarlet, covered with rigid glandular- 

 pointed brillles, its diameter full half an inch, which nearly 

 equals the length of the permanent, upright, converging, 

 hifpid calyx. 



23. R. hibernica. Irifh Rofe. Sin. Engl. Bot.-t. 2196. 

 Ait. n. 14. — Fruit nearly globofe, fmooth as well as the 

 flower-ftalks. Prickles of the Mem (lightly hooked. Leaf- 

 lets elliptical, fmooth ; their ribs hairy beneath. — Dif- 

 covered by John Templeton, efq. in the county of Down, 

 about Belfaft harbour, where it grows abundantly, flower- 

 ing from the early part of June, till the middle of Novem- 

 ber. The difcoverer thus became entitled to the liberal 

 premium of fifty pounds, offered by the patrons of botany 

 at Dublin, for the detection of any new Irifh plant. The 

 above characters readily diftinguifh this fpecies, from every 

 other defcribed rofe. The Jlem is fix feet high, ereft, 

 much branched, and very prickly. Leaflets broadly ovate, 

 deeply and acutely ferrated, fmooth, except the back of 

 their ribs and veins, which are hairy. Sometimes a few 

 coarfe hairs occur on the upper furface. Flower-flalks 

 often folitary, fometimes two or three together. Petals 

 pale blufh-coloured. Fruit fcarlet, fmooth, accurately 

 globofe when young, but in ripening fometimes elongated 

 at the fummit, fo as to become flightly ovate. 



This is not the only new Irim Rofe that has been dif- 

 covered of late ; Dr. Taylor having favoured us with in- 

 complete fpecimens of what will certainly prove two or three 

 others, hitherto nondefcript ; one of them with remarkably 

 large, twin, hooked, ftipulary prickles, unlike any other 

 fpecies with which we are acquainted. 



24. W.Jinica. Three-leaved Chinefe Rofe. Linn. Syft. 

 Veg.ed. 13.394. Ait. 11. 15. — "Fruit nearly globofe, fmooth. 

 Flower-ftalks prickly, hifpid. Stem and leaf-ilalks prickly. 

 Segments of the calyx lanceolate, fomewhat (talked. " — 

 Native of China. Cultivated by Miller in 1759. A hardy 

 ftirub, flowering from May to July. Aiton. We adopt 

 this entirely on the authority of the Hortus Kewenfis, hav- 

 ing never feen the garden plant ; nor have we any authentic 

 fpecimen to prove what R.ftnica of Linnaeus really is ; he 

 having mentioned it only, under the above characters, in 

 his Syjlema Vegetabilium. There occurs in his herbarium, a 

 fpecimen from the Upfal garden, marked China, which 

 anfwers to the above characters ; efpecially in the para- 

 doxical account of the (talked leaves, or fegments of the 

 calyx, they being here in a deformed or monftrous (late. 

 But the leaflets are five, not three, as Mr. Alton's Englifh 

 name implies ; and the very young fruit, though " nearly 

 globofe," has all the appearance of being truly oval when 

 perfeftly formed. Indeed we believe this fpecimen to be 

 not effentially different from R. itulica, the Pale China Rofe, 

 now fo common in gardens. 



25. R. rugofa. Rugofe Japan Rofe. Thunb. Jap. 2 13. 

 Willd. n. 13. — " Fruit globofe, fmooth. Flower-ltalks, 

 leaf-ftalks, and ftcm prickly. Leaflets obtufe with a point, 

 rugofe, downy beneath." — Native of Miaco in Japan, 

 flowering in May and June, and known by the name of 

 Ramanas. — Stem fhrubby. Branches fomewhat downy, 

 armed with larger and fmaller, very denfe, fpreading, white 

 prickles. Lea/lets nine, an inch long, ovate, blunt, with 

 a point, ferrated ; green and rugofe above ; downy, veiny 

 and rugofe beneath ; their common Jlalk downy, befet with 

 fcattered, fpieading, white prickles. Flowers folitary, on 

 downy Jlalks, furnifhed alfo with copious, very (lender, 

 fpreading, white prickles. Calyx downy within ; hairy 



without. Young fruit globofe, deilitute of prickles or 

 pubefcence. Thunbcrg. 



26. R. provincialis. Provins Rofe. Mill. DicL ed. 8. 

 n. iS. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. n. 11. ed. 2. n. 16. 

 Willd. n. 14. Lawr. Rof. t. 8. t. 22. t. 1. t. 4. t. 43. 

 t. 21. 



2. R. mufcofa ; Ak. n. 25. Willd. 11. 22. Curt. 

 Mag. t. 69. Lawr. Rof. t. 14. (R. rubra plena fpino- 

 (iffinia, pedunculo nuilcolo ; Mill. 1c. 148. t. 221. f. I. 

 R. provincialis fpinoliffima, pedunculo mufcofo ; Hort. 

 Angl. 66. t. iS. ) 



y. Leaves and flowers much fmaller. Rofe de Meanx, 

 &c. ; Lawr. Rof. t. 31. t. 50. t. 71. Curt. Mag. t. 407. 

 To which are moft akin Lawr. Rof. t. 88 and t. 76 ; 

 mere evanefcent varieties. 



Fruit roundifh. Flower-ftalks and leaf-ftalks hifpid. 

 Prickles of the branches fcattered, fomewhat hooked. 

 Leaflets roundilh-ovate ; hairy beneath ; with glandular 

 ferratures. — Native of the fouth of Europe ; at lead it is 

 fo confidered ; though a plant too generally cultivated for 

 any thing to be averred on this fubjett. With us it is hardy, 

 flowering in June and July. Moft of the varieties are in- 

 creafed by roots or layers, and remain tolerably diftinft ; 

 the different forms of variety -, are leaft permanent. Stems 

 ufually three or four feet high, ftraight, very prickly. 

 Leaflets five, of a rounded bluntifti figure, veiny and rugofe. 

 Stipu/as linear-lanceolate, acute, undivided ; moft entire in 

 their lower part. Flowers two or three, or more, at the 

 top of each branch, large, delightfully fragrant, of that 

 peculiar bright crimfon hue popularly termed a rofe-colour, 

 with broad brown ftains on the backs of the outer petals, 

 which are permanent in the otherwife white variety, repre- 

 fented in Mifs Lawrance's t. 4. In all our cultivated va- 

 rieties the flowers are double, with (light remains of Jlamens 

 ovjlyles ; fo that the fruit never ripens. We have however 

 feen, in the ample colleftion of rofes at Meffrs. Lee and 

 Kennedy's, perfectly fingle flowers of the Mofs Rofe, 

 which thofe experienced cultivators have proved to be only 

 a variety of the Common Provins Rofe. Indeed we have 

 been told in Italy, that this variety lofes its moffinefs, 

 almoft immediately, in that climate. 



27. R. ferox. Hedge-hog Rofe. Ait. n. 17. Lawr. 

 Rof. t. 42. — Fruit globofe, hifpid. Leaflets elliptic- 

 oblong, rugofe, four pair with an odd one. Stem, leaf- 

 ftalks, and young branches, very denfely fpinous. — Native 

 of mount Caucafus. Introduced about 1796, by Lee and 

 Kennedy. Hardy, flowering from June to Auguft. — A 

 flout bufhy Jhrub, very remarkable for its copious, long, 

 ftraight prickles. The leaflets are recurved, convex, and 

 rugofe, of a glaucous hue. Flowers large, crimfon, on 

 (hort (talks. 



Section 2. Fruit ovate, or oblong. 



28. R. gallica. Red Officinal Rofe. Linn. Sp. PI. 704. 

 Willd. 11. 16. Ait. n. 19. Ehrh. Off. 324. Woodv. 

 Med. Bot. t. 141. Lawr. Rof. t. 16. t. 13. t. 57. t. 7, 

 and t. 49. (R. rubra; Ger. Em. 1261. Bauh. Pin. 481. 

 Rofa; Matth. Valgr. v. 1. 168. R. milefia rubra, flore 

 fimplici ; Hort. Eyft. vern. ord. 6. t. 6. f. 3. R. pri- 

 neftina variegata ; ibid. t. 2. f. 2. Mill. Ic. 148. t. 221. 

 f. 2. 



B. R. centifo/ia. Linn. Sp. PI. 704. Willd. n. 15. 

 Ait. n. 18. Lawr. Rof. t. 11. t. 40. t. 85. t. 44. t. 51. 

 t. 2. t. 35. t. 46. t. 67. t. 20. t. 59. t. 47. t. 55. t. 39. 

 t. 73. t. 82. t. 87. t. 79. t. 89. (R. centifolia rubra; 

 Hort. Ey It. vern. ord. 6. t. 2. f. 1. R. hollandica* five 

 batava; Ger. Em. 1262.) 



Fruit ovate, hifpid as well as the flower-ftalks. Stem 



hifpid 



