764 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



the species, nearly smooth, except the ribs, which are hairy. Native 

 near Newcastle. 



* 43. R. SnERA'RD/Davies. Sherard's Rose. 



Identification, Davies Welsh Rot., 49.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 576. 



Synom/mes. R. subglobdsa Smith Eng. Fl., 2. p. 384. ; R. tomentbsa var. e and y Woods in Lin. 

 Trans., 12. p. 201. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles conical, hooked, compressed. Leaflets elliptical, acute, downy on both 

 surfaces. Sepals pinnate. Fruit globular, abrupt, rather bristly. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 576.) Found 

 near Kingston upon Thames, near Tunbridge Wells, and on the Downs in Kent, in Cambridge- 

 shire, and in the Isle of Anglesea Peduncles from 1 — 8, the more numerous the shorter, beset 

 with glandular bristles. Fruit large, and globular. A shrub, growing to the height of 6 ft, and 

 flowering in June and July. 



at 44. R. sylve'stris Lindl. The Wood Rose. 



Identification. Lindl. Syn. Brit. Fl.,p. 101.'; Don's Mill., 2. p. 576. 



Synonymc. R. tomentbsa sylvestris Woods. 



S/h-c. Char., &;c. Stem erect, coloured, flexuous. Prickles hooked. Leaflets oblong, acute, hoary 

 on both sides. Sepals diverging, deciduous before the fruit is ripe. Fruit elliptic, bristly. (Don's 

 Mill. ,il p. 676.) Native of Oxfordshire, in hedges. Growing to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., and 

 flowering in June and July. 



& 45. R. mo'llis Led. The soft-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Led. ex Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 551. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 577. 



Synonymc. R. Ledeboun'i Spreng. Syst, 2. p. 551. 



Spec. Char., S(C. Ovaries ovate, glaucous, and prickly, as well as the peduncles. Branches unarmed 

 and pubescent, as well as the petioles. Leaflets obtuse, doubly serrated, villous on both sur- 

 faces. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 577.) Native of Caucasus. Introduced in 1818; growing to the height 

 of from 4 ft. to 6 ft, and flowering in June and July. 



sk 46. R. a'lba Lin. The common white Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 705. ; Lawr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. 37. ; CEd. Fl. Dan., t 1215. ; Red. Ros. 1. 



p. 97. and p. 17. ; Don's Mill.. 2. p. 577. 

 Synonymc. R. usitatissima Gat. Montaub., t 94. 

 Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 23. 25. 32. 37. ; Cfid. Fl. Dan., t 1215. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 17., and p. 97. ; 



Gat. Montaub., t 94. ; and our fig. 496. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaflets oblong, glaucous, rather na- 

 ked above, simply serrated. Prickles straightish or 

 falcate, slender or strong, without bristles. Sepals 

 pinnate, reflexed. Fruit unarmed. (Don's Mill., ii. 

 p. 577.) Native of Piedmont, Cochin-China, Den- 

 mark, France, and Saxony. Flowers large, either 

 white, or of the most delicate blush colour, with a 

 grateful fragrance. Fruit oblong, scarlet, or blood- 

 coloured. A shrub, growing from 4 ft. to 10 ft. in 

 height, and flowering in June and July. 



Varieties. The garden varieties are very numerous; 

 and some of the most beautiful are the double, 

 semidouble, and single blush ; the celestial, a well-known favourite ; the 

 great, small, and cluster maiden's blush; the double thornless; and the 

 double, semidouble, and single white. The rose blanche a. cceur vert, the 

 bouquet blanc, and the blanche de la Belgique are well-known and beau- 

 tiful French varieties of this species. 



§ vii. Rubiginbsce Lindl. 



Derivation. From rubiginosus, rusty; the leaves of the species being usually furnished with rust- 

 coloured glands beneath. 



Sect. Char.ySrc Prickles unequal, sometimes bristle-formed, rarely wanting. 

 Leaflets ovate or oblong, glandular, with diverging serratures. Sepals per- 

 manent. Disk thickened. Root-shoots arched. The numerous glands on 

 the lower surface of the leaves will be sufficient to prevent anything else being 

 referred to this section ; and although R. tomentosa has sometimes glandular 

 leaves, the inequality of the prickles of the species of Rubiginosae, and their 

 red fhlit, will clearly distinguish them, (l)oiis Mill., ii. p. 577.) This division 

 DU llldef all the eglantine, or sweet-briar, roses. 



