CHAP. XLII. ROSACEJE. 7iO v SA. 773 



1 jc R. a. 2 ayreshirea Ser. R. eapreolata Neill in Edin. Phil. Journ., 

 No. 3. p. 102. Cultivated in British gardens under the name of the 

 Ayrshire Rose. — Prickles slender, very acute. Leaflets ovate, sharply 

 serrate, thin, nearly of the same colour on both surfaces. Peduncles 

 hispid with glanded hairs, or wrinkled. A vigorous-growing climber, 

 producing shoots sometimes 20 ft. in length in one season, and 

 flowering profusely from the middle of May to the middle of Sep- 

 tember. One of the hardiest of climbing roses, and particularly 

 useful for covering naked walls, or unsightly roofs. It is supposed 

 by some to be of American origin, and to have been introduced into 

 Ayrshire by the Earl of Loudon. 



1 j{ R. a. 3 hybrida Lindl. Ros., 1 13., has semidouble flowers, of a most 

 delicate flesh-colour, and is called, in the nurseries, the double hip 

 rose ; the term hip rose being applied by gardeners to the commonest 

 wild roses. 



L *- 70. R. (a.) sempervi v rens Lin. The evergreen (Field) Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 704. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 597. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 583. 



Synonymes. R. sc&ndens Mill. Diet., No. 8. ; R. balearica Desf. Cat. Pers. Ench., 2. p. 49 ; R. 



atrovirens Viv. Fl. Ital.. 4. t. 6. ; R. sempervirens globosa Red. Ros., 2., with a fig. ; R. semper- 



virens var. « scandens Dec. Fl. Fr., 5. p. 533. 

 Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 45. ; Bot. Reg., t. 459. ; and our fig. 511. 511 



Spec. Char., S?c. Evergreen. Shoots climbing. 



Prickles pretty equal, falcate. Leaves of 5 — 7 



leaflets, that are green on both sides, coriaceous. 



Flowers almost solitary, or in corymbs. Sepals 



nearly entire, longish. Styles cohering into an 



elongate pilose column. Fruit ovate or ovate- 

 globose, orange-coloured. Peduncles mostly 



hispid with glanded hairs. Closely allied to R. 



arvensis, but differing in its being evergreen, in 



its leaves being coriaceous ; and in its stipules 



being subfalcate, and more acute at the tip. 



(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 597.) Native of France, 



Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balearic 



Islands. A climbing shrub, flowering from June 



to August. Introduced in 1629, and used for 



the same purposes as the Ayrshire rose; from which it differs in retaining 



its leaves the greater part of the winter, and in its less vigorous shoots. 

 Varieties. Several varieties are enumerated in De Candolle's Prodromus, and 



Don's Miller; but those only which we have seen, and consider worth 



mentioning, are, — 



1 jk R. («•) s. 2 Russellmna, raised from seed by Mr. Sinclair of the New 

 Cross Nursery ; a very strong-growing variety, quite deciduous, with 

 blush flowers. 

 1 J: R.(a.)s.3Cldrei Bot. Reg., t.1438. The Rose Clare. — An elegant variety, 

 with deep red flowers. Both these varieties are as much entitled to be 

 considered species, as many so designated in this enumeration. 

 ll^R. (a.) s. 4 Leschenaulti&na Red. et Thor. Ros., iii. p. 87. ic. — Germens 

 ovate, and, with the peduncles, hispid with glanded hairs. Stem and 

 petioles prickly, and having a violaceous bloom. Leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate. Stem 60 ft. to 70 ft. long. A native of Neelgherry 

 Mountains, in Asia. This Seringe seems to consider as likely to be 

 a distinct species. 



1 71. R. multiflo v ra Thunb. The many-flowered Rose. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., 214. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 598. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 583. 

 Synonymes. R. flava Donn Hort. Cant., ed. 4. p. 121. ; R. florida Foir. Suppl. ; R. diffusa Roxb. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1059.; Bot. Reg., t. 425.; and our./Zg. 512. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches, peduncles, and calyxes tomentose. Shoot* 

 very long. Prickles slender, scattered. Leaflets 5—7, ovate-lanceolate 



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