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slightly adnata, deeply pectinate ; leaves on the flowering 

 branches generally 9-foliolate ; stems erect or a little sarmen- 

 tose ; prickles hooked or straight, regularly geminate, mixed or 

 not with aciculi. 



B. bracteata, Wendland, 1797. — China, Formosa. 



B. clinophylla, Thory, 1817 (R. involucrata, Roxburgh, 

 1820). — India (chiefly the basin of the Ganges). 



B. bracteata crossed with B. moschata has yielded a sarmen- 

 tose hybrid with double flowers, which is often grown under the 

 false name of B. bracteata. 



In its turn B. clinophylla crossed with B. moschata has pro- 

 duced the hybrid described by Lindley under the name of 

 B. Lyellii. 



Sect. XIV. — Lzevigatjs, Thory. 

 (Sect. Siniccs, Crepin olim.) 

 Styles free, included', stigmas forming a sessile head over the 

 orifice of the receptacle ; disc broad, stamens numerous ; sepals 

 entire, erect after flowering, persistent, crowning the receptacle ; 

 inflorescence one-flowered, pedicel bractless ; stipules shortly 

 adnate or almost free, finally caducous; leaves 3-foliolate 

 (sometimes accidentally 5-foliolate) ; stems long -trailing-, prickles 

 hooked, alternate, mixed or not with aciculi. 



B. Icevigata, Mich., 1803 (R. sinica Auct.). — China, Japan, 

 Formosa. 



This large and splendid Rose is naturalised in many parts of 

 the globe, as, for instance, the Cape of Good Hope, Teneriffe, 

 Madeira, and also in parts of America. Its synonyms are nume- 

 rous. It has been quite recently re-introduced from Japan under 

 the name B. Camellia. Crossed with B. Banksice it has, as we 

 have already said, produced B. Fortuneana. 



Sect. XV. — Miceophyll^:, Cr&pin. 

 Styles free, included ; stigmas forming a sessile head over the 

 orifice of the receptacle ; ovaries inserted exclusively at the 

 bottom of the receptacle ; disc broad ; stamens numerous ; 

 sepals erect after floioering, persistent, croioning the ripe fruit, 

 the outer pinnate ; inflorescence generally many-flowered with 

 small and very quickly caducous bracts ; stipules very narrow, 

 with subulate divergent auricles ; leaves on the flowering 

 branches 11- 13- 15-foliolate ; stems erect ; prickles straight, 

 regularly gemmate. 



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