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ROSA. 



The R O S E - B U S H. 

 Clafs 12. Order 5. Icofaiidria Polygyiiia. 



T^HE Empalement is of one leaf. The tube bellied; narrow- 

 ed at the neck; the border [pyezdlng, five parted and glo- 

 bous: the divifions long, narrow and pointed. 

 ThQ Corolla is compofed of five petals, heaa-t-lTiaped, the length 



of the empalement, and inferted in its neck. 

 The Stamina are very many, capillary, very Ihort, and infcrtcJ 



in the neck of the empalement. The Stigmas obtufe. 

 The Seed-vejjel is fielTiy, top-iibaped, coloured, and of one 

 cell. 



The Seeds numerows, oblong, hairy, and joined within on n.'^ 

 fides of the Seed-vefTeL 



The Species 5 native with iis^ are^ 



1. Rosa carolinenfis. Wild Virginian Ro;'^. 



This rifes with feveral ftalks to the height of five 

 or fix teet, fomewhat prickly, as are alfo the foot- 

 ftalks of the leaves and flowers. The leaves are 

 compofed of four or five pair of lobes terminated 

 with an odd one, which are fomewhat fpear-fhaped 

 and fawed on their edges. The flowers are fingle, 

 of a red colour and late coming. 



2, Rosa palviflris. Swmnp Pennfylvanian 



Rofc. 



This grows generally in fwamps; rifing to the 

 height of four or five feet, with ereft, and very 

 prickly ftems, branching out at top in a regular 

 head. The leaves are compofed of three pair of 

 lobes, terminated by an odd one, of an oblong, oval 



