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PARSONS OX THE ROSE. 



— R. odoratissima, Swt ; R. Indica fragrans, Hed, — Has 

 semi-double flowers, of a most delicious fragrance, strongly- 

 resembling the scent of the finest green tea. There are 

 numerous subvarieties. 



H. Laurenciaiia is placed as a species by some authors, 

 but it is probably only a variety of i2. Indica. 



SYSTYLiE. 



(From swn, together, and stulos^ a style ; in reference to the styles be- 

 ing connected.) 



Sect Char. — Styles cohering together into an elongated 

 column. Stipules adnate. The habit of this section is 

 nearly the same as that of the last. The leaves are fre- 

 quently persistent. 



sempervirens, Hn, — Evergreen Rose. — Syn. 

 R. scandens, Mill. ; R. Balearica, Desf. ; R. atrovirens, 

 Viv.; R. sempervirens globosa, Med. — Evergreen. Shoots 

 climbing. Prickles pretty equal, falcate. Leaves of 5 to 

 7 leaflets, that are green on both sides, coriaceous. Flow- 

 ers almost solitary, or in corymbs. Sepals nearly entire, 

 longish. Styles cohering into an elongate pilose column. 

 Fruit ovate or ovate-globose, orange-colored. Peduncles 

 mostly hispid with glanded hairs. Closely allied to H. 

 arvensis^ but diflfering in its being evergreen, in its leaves 

 being coriaceous, and in its stipules being subfalcate, and 

 more acute at the tip. I^ative of France, Portugal, Italy, 

 Greece, and the Balearic Islands. A climbing shrub, 

 flowering from June to August. 



Used for the same purposes as the Ayrshire Rose, from 

 which it difiers in retaining its leaves the greater part of 

 the winter, and in its less vigorous shoots. This species is 

 well adapted for rose carpets made by pegging down its 

 long, flexile shoots. Its glossy, rich foliage forms, in this 

 way, a beautiful carpet of verdure enameled with flowers. 



* R. multiflora^ Thunh. — Many-floweree Rose. — Syn. 

 R. flava, Donn. ; R. florida, Poir. ; R. diflusa, JRoxb. — 

 Branches, peduncles, and calyxes tomentose. Shoots very 

 long. Prickles slender, scattered. Leaflets 5 to 7^ ovate- 



