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ROSA. 
The ROSE-BUSH. 
Clafs 12. Order 5. Icofandria Polygynia. 
4 T 1 HE Empalement is of one leaf. The tube bellied; narrow-, 
ed at the neck; the border fpreading, five parted and glo~ 
bous : the divifions long, narrow and pointed. 
The Corolla is compofed of five petals, h ear t-lh aped, the length 
of the empalement, and inferted in its neck. 
The Stamina are very many, capillary, very fhort, and inferted 
in the neck of the empalement. The Stigmas obtufe. 
The Seed-veJJel is fleihy, top-£haped, coloured, and of one 
cell. 
The Seeds numerous, oblong, hairy, and joined within on all 
tides of the Seed-vefTel. 
The Species, native with us, are \ 
1. Rosa carolmenlis, Wild Virginian Rofe . 
This rifes with feveral flalks to the height of five 
or fix feet, fomewhat pricldy, as are alfo the foot- 
flalks of the leaves and flowers. The leaves are 
compofed of four or five pair of lobes terminated 
with an odd one, which are fomewhat fpear-fhaped 
and fawed on their edges. The flowers are fingle, 
©f a red colour and late coming. 
2. Rosa paluftris. S%vamp Pennfylvanian 
Rofe. 
This grows generally in fwamps; rifmg to the 
height of four or five feet, with ered, and very 
prickly ftems, branching out at top in a regular 
head. The leaves are compofed of three pair of 
lobes, terminated by an odd one, of an oblong, oval 
