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adiiate, rarely free or nearly free, the uppermost narrow ; leaves 

 on the flowering brandies 3- 5- 7-foliolate, very rarely 9-foliolate ; 

 stems sarmentose, climbing or creeping; prickles hooked, 

 alternate, very rarely geminate. 



a. B. microcarpa, Lindley, 1820 (R. indica, Linnaeus, 1753). 



China. 



B. Colletti, Crepin, 1889. — Buraiah. 



b. B. multiflora, Thunberg, 1781 (R. polyantha, Siebold and 



Zucc, 1844, non hort.). — China, Japan, Corea, Isles of 



Formosa and Luzon. 

 B. Lucia, Franch and Rochebr., 1871. — Japan, China. 

 B. Wichuraiana, Crepin, 1887. — Japan, China. 

 B. tunquinensis, Crepin, 1887. — Tonkin, China. 



c. B. anemonaflora, Fortune, 1847. — China. 

 B. Watsoniana, Crepin, 1887. — Japan. 



d. B. setiqera,mcli., 1803 (R. rubifolia, R. Brown. 1811k— North 



America. 



e. B. phoenicia, Boissier, 1849. — Asia-Minor, Syria. 



f. B. moschata, Herrm., 1762 ; Miller, 1768. — Asia, Abyssinia. 

 B. sempervirens, Linnaeus, 1753. — Europe, North Africa. 



B. arvensis, Huds., 1762 (R. sylvestris, Herrm., 1762). — 

 Europe. 



This section, which is quite natural, may be divided into six 

 subsections. 



It has yielded many double -flowered varieties. 



B. multiflora, remarkable on account of its many-flowered 

 panicle of white flowers, and its stipules deeply cut like the 

 teeth of a comb, has given origin to varieties with double rose- 

 coloured flowers. Hybridised with B. indica or B. semper - 

 florcns, it has produced a number of varieties to which has been 

 given the improper name of B. polyantha. These varieties are 

 perpetual flowering. 



B. Lucia, which will probably not be long before it is distri- 

 buted in gardens, may play a part similar to that of B. multiflora. 



B. Wichuraiana, introduced some years ago, will be useful for 

 covering slopes or rocks. Its trailing stems divide into small 

 branches, with small leaves shining as if varnished, and white 

 flowers of average dimensions. 



B. ancmonaflora, with double flowers, is in cultivation. 



It is much to be desired that B. Watsoniana, which is a 



