40— ROSA LAEVIGATA Michx. 
THE CHEROKEE ROSE 
Rosa laevigata : caulibiis longe repentibus ; aculeis sparsis, parvis, uncinatis, 
sursum aciciilis copiosis intermixtis ; foliolis 3, magnis, oblongis, acutis, rigidc 
coriaceis, nitidis, glabris ; rhachi glabra, aciculata ; stipulis liberis, linearibus ; 
floribus solitariis, calycis tubo oblongo, aciculato ; lobis simplicibus, apice foliosis, 
dense aciculis marginatis ; petalis niveis, magnis, inodoris ; stylis inclusis ; fructu 
oblongo, rubro, dense aculeato ; sepalis patulis, demum deciduis. 
R. laevigata Michaux, FI. Bor. Amer. vol. i. p. 295 (1803). — Nonv. Didiamel, 
vol. vii. p. 23 {excl. syn.) (1819). — Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 125, No. 70 (1820). — 
Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 184 (1823). — Lowe, Man. FI. Madeira, p. 253 
(1862). — Chapman, FI. South U.S. p. 126 (1865). — Crepin in Btdl. Soc. Bot. Belg. 
vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 155 [Priniit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 359) (1875). — S. Watson in 
Smithsonian Misc. Coll. vol. xv. p. 31 1 (1878). — Forbes & Hemsley in Joitrn. Linn. 
Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 250 (1887). — Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 301 (1893). — Rehder 
in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1558, fig. 49 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, III. 
Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 588 (1906). 
R. ternata Poiret in Lamarck’s Encycl. vol. vi. p. 284 (1804). 
R. nivea De Candolle, Cat. Hort. Monsp. p. 137 (1813). — Thory in Redoiite, 
Roses, vol. ii. p. 81, t. (1821). — Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 183 (1823). — 
Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 599 (1825). 
R. sinica Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 126, No. 71, t. 16 {non Murray nee Alton) 
(1820) ; in Bot. Reg. vol. xxiii. t. 1922 (1837). — Hooker in Bot. Mag. vol. Iv. t. 2847 
(1828). 
R. hystrix Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 129, No. 74, t. 17 (1820). — Trattinnick, 
Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 182 (1823).— Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 599 
O825). 
R triphylla Roxburgh ex Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 138, No. 88 (1820). — Seringe 
in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 600 (1825). — Roxburgh, FI. Ind. ed. 2, vol. ii. 
p. 515(1832). 
R. cticumertna Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 18 1 {Ic. PI. Chin, e Bibl. 
Braam. t. 28 \descript. ex icon.]) (1823). 
R. amygdalifolia Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 601 {Ic. PI. Chin, c 
Bibl. Braam. t. 28 \descript. ex iconi^ (1825). 
R. cherokeensis Donn, ex Small, FI. South-Eastern U.S. p. 528 (1903). 
Stems trailing widely ; prickles small, scattered, hooked, mixed upwards with 
copious aciculi. Leaflets always 3, oblong, acute, firm, shining, glabrous, simply 
serrated, the end one 2 or 3 in. long ; petioles glabrous, aciculate ; stipides small, 
linear, free from the base. Flowers usually solitary ; pedicels and oblong calyx- 
tube densely aciculate ; lobes simple, leaf-pointed, about i in. long, pubescent but 
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