64— ROSA HU MI LIS Marsh 
/y^os(r Jimuilis : caulibus decumbentibus ; aculeis parvis, niodice robustis, hand 
falcatis, saepe geminis stipularibus, aciculis paucis, interdum additis ; foliolis 5-9, 
oblongis, acutis, simpliciter serratis, facie glabris, dorso parce pubescentibus ; rhachi 
glabra, hand glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, apice libero ovato ; floribus solitariis vel 
paucis ; pedunculis brevibus, saepe aciculatis ; calycis tubo globoso, parvo, saepe 
aciculato, glanduloso ; lobis lanceolatis, apice elongatis, dorso glandulosis, majoribiis 
saepe parce pinnatifidis ; petalis rubris, magnitudine mediocribus ; stylis pilosis, 
liberis, hand exsertis ; fructu parvo, globoso, riibro, saepe aciculato ; sepalis patulis, 
deciduis. 
R. hninilis Marshall, Arbitst. Aniey. p. 136 (1785). — S. Watson in Suiit/i- 
sonian Misc. Coll. vol. xv. p. 312 (1878). — Dippel, Hancibitch Laiibholzk. vol. iii. 
p. 580 (1893). — Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1554 (1902). 
R. parvijlora Bhrhart, Beitr. zur Naturk. vol. iv. p. 21 (1789). — Pursh, FI. 
Amey. Sept. vol. i. p. 344 (1814). — -Lindley, Ros. Moriogy. p. 20 {excl. syn) (1820). 
R. cayolina Alton, Hoyt. Kew. vol. ii. p. 203 {ex payte) (1789). 
R. Lyofii Pursh, FI. Amey. Sept. vol. i. p. 345 (1814). 
R. liicida A. Gray, Man. Bot. N. States, p. 127 {ex payte) {non Ehrhart) 
(1848). — Meehan, Native Flowers, ser. i, vol. ii. p. 33, t. 9 (1879). 
R. hninilis, var. payvijloya Koehne, Deutsche Dendyol. p. 293 (1893). — Keller 
in Ascherson &: Graebner, Syn. Mitteleiiy. FI. vol. vi. p. 292 (1902). 
R. viyginiana, var. huniilis C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch Laiibholzk. vol. i. 
p. 570 (1906). 
Stems usually low and spreading ; prickles small, moderately stout, not hooked, 
frequently in stipular pairs, often with a few aciculi. Leaflets 5-9, oblong, acute, 
simply serrated, i in. or more long, glabrous on the upper surface, slightly pubes- 
cent beneath ; petioles glabrous or pubescent, not glandular ; stipules adnate, with 
ovate free tips. Floweys one or few ; peduncles short, often aciculate ; byacts small. 
Calyx-tube globose, small, often aciculate and glandular ; lobes lanceolate, long- 
pointed, glandular on the back, the largest usually sparsely pinnatifid. Petals 
bright red, i in. long. Styles pilose, free, not protruded beyond the disc. Fyuit 
small, globose, red, often aciculate ; sepals spreading, deciduous. 
Rosa huinilis ranges from Canada and Newfoundland through 
the eastern United States to Florida. The oldest specimen known 
is that collected by Bartram in 1764, but it was first described by 
Marshall in 1785. By Aiton, and perhaps also by Linnaeus, it was 
confused with Rosa Carolina L. 
Next to Rosa Carolina it is the commonest Rose in Virginia, 
eastern Tennessee and Carolina. The double form had never been 
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