Rosa canina. Dog Rose. 



JtOSA Lin* Gen* PL Icosandrta Polygynia. 



Cat. urceolatus, quinquefidus, carnofus, colio coarclatus» Petala 5. Sent, plu- 

 rima, hifpida, calycis interiori lateri affixa. 



Raii Syn> Arbores Et Frutices 



ROSA canina germinibus ovatis, pedunculifque glabris, caule petiolifque aculeatis. Lin. SyJL Vegetab. p* 

 394. Sp.Pl. p. 704. FL Suec. n. 441. 



ROSA fpinis aduncis, foliis feptenis, calycibus tomentofis, fegmentis pinnatis et femipinnatis, tubis 

 breviffimis. Bailer. Hiji. 11. lior. 



ROSA canina. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 604. 



ROSA fylveftris vulgaris flore odorato incarnato. Baub. Pin. p. 483* 



ROSA fylveftris inodora f. canina. Park. p. 10 17. fylveftris alba cum rubore folio glabra, i". B. II. 

 p. 43. Rati Syn.-p. 454. Cynofbatos et Cynorrhodon Officinarum. The common wild Briar 

 or Dog's Rofe, the Hep-tree. Hudfon. FL Angl. ed. 2* p. 220* Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 262. 



FRUTEX fepedalis et ultra, aculeatus, fcandens, fer- ? A SHRUB fix feet or more in height, prickly, climb - 

 penfve. | ing or creeping. 



CAUL1S teres, viridis, feu purpureus, ramofus, acu- f STALK round, green, or purple, branched and prickly, 

 leatus, aculei vaUdi, recurvi, juniores ruberrimi, | prickles ftrong, crooked back, the young ones 



fenefcentes cinerei. - y bright red, the old ones afh-coloured. 



FOLIA alterna, pinnata, plerumque feptena, inodora, | LEAVES alternate, pinnated, cohfifting for the moft 

 foliolis feffilibus, ovatis, acutis, ferratis, fu-| part of feven folioli, which' are fcentlefs, ovate, 



perne nitidis, inferne pallidioribus, inferiori- f pointed, ferrated, the upper fide mining, the 



bus fenfim minoribus, nervo medio fubtusf . lower fide paler, the lowermoft ones gradually 



aculeato. ¥ fmalleft, the mid rib prickly underneath. 



STIPULiE denticulate, denticulis apice rubris, capi- 1 STIPULiE finely toothed, the teeth tipped with red, 

 tatis. % and terminated by a globule. 



FLORES terminales, bini feu terni, etiam feni, pedun- 1 FLOWERS terminal, growing two or three, even 

 culati, pedunculis teretibus, nudis. fometimes fix together, ftanding on foot- 



t ftalks, which are round and naked. 



CALYX : calycis foliola lanceolata, longe caudata, duo | CALYX : the folioli lanceolate, and long-tailed, two or 

 fimplicia, duo utrinque pinnata, pinnis latef- t them fimple, two pinnated on each fide, the 



centibus, acutis, unum ab altera tantum latere I , pinna? broadifh and pointed, and one pinnated 



pinnatum, Jig.- 1. % only on one fide, fig. 1. 



COROLLA: Petala quinque, obcordata, remotiuf- 1 COROLLA : five Petals inverfely cordate, a little 

 cula, camea, ad bafin pallidiora. % remote from each other, pale red, fainteft 



* towards the bafe. 



STAMINA: Filament a plurima, lutea, fetacea. An- | STAMINA: Filaments numerous, yellow, taper-» 

 THERiE incumbentes, ovatae, Jig. 2. t ing. Antherje incumbent, and ovate, fig. 2. 



PISTILLUM : Germina plurima, intra tubum calycis, | PISTILLUM : Germina numerous, within the tube of 

 Jig. 3. oblonga, lanata. Styli filiformes. f the calyx, fig. 3. oblong and woolly. Styles 



Stigmata plurima, ardte conniventia in capi- | filiform. Stigmata numerous, clofely uni- 



tulum, fig. 3. , $ tin g an ^ rcrmm g a lit:1:le nea( k fi&> 3- 



PERICARPIUM: Bacca ovalis, nitida, coccinea, uni-l SEED-VESSEL: an oval, mining, fcarlet Berry of 

 locularis. | one cavity. 



SEMINA plurima, lutefcentia, fubovata, lanata, apice ? SEEDS numerous, yellowifh, fomewhat ovate, woolly, 

 barbata. * bearded at top. 



We remember fomewhere to have feen an attempt to verfify the Genera Plantarum : mould fucha plan ever be 

 ferioufly agitated, we might recommend' the following lines, written perhaps before any true notion was enter- 

 tained of genus or fpecies, as expreffive of the Rofe : 



" Quinque fumus fratres, fub eodem tempore nati, 



" Bini barbati, bini fine crine creati, 



" Quintus habet barbam, fed tantum dimidiatam." 



On examination it will appear, that this defcription, however quaint, accords exactly with the calyx in moft, it 

 not all, the fpecies of this genus. 



In fome parts of Europe, particularly Auftria and Carniola, the Rofes are much more numerous than with us ; 

 and appear to create difficulties in determining the fpecies to which we are happily grangers. Scopoli thus 

 exclaims : " Fungum et Rofam quifque nofcit, fpecies vera genuinas utriufque generis ne Botanici quidem confum- 

 «« mati." The prefeht fpecies, without fome little attention, may however be miftaken for the alba, efpecially 

 when its flowers are whiter than ordinary. 



The Dog Rofe is well known to produce the Hep, a fruit agreeable enough when ripe and mellowed by the frolt. 

 Of thefe a conferve is made, and kept in the mops, where it is more ufed as a vehicle for other medicines than for 

 any virtue of its own. . . f , . 



A very finsrular mofly protuberance is often found on various parts of this Rofe, which is occasioned by an miect, 

 the Cynips Rofie of Linnjeus. Formerly this fubftance, under the name Bedeguar, was ufed medicinally; but is 

 now with much propriety rejected. . , 



Its lively bloflbms decorate our hedges in the month of July. The fruit is late before it ripens. In the winter 

 it is much fought after by many birds, efpecially the Pheafant. 



The water dlflilled from the wild Rofe is faid to be infinitely more fragrant than the cornmon Rofe water. Haller 

 fays of it, " Fragrantia ejus olei omnia alia odoramenta fuperat, ut inter regia dona lit." 



The ftrong thorns with which this fhrob is furnifhed make it valuable either for forming hedges of itfelf, or for 

 planting with others of ftronger growth. The beft way of railing plants for this purpofe will be from feeds. 



