6 3 — ROSA VIRGINIANA Mill. 
Rosa virginiana ; caule erecto ; ramis floriferis saepe inermibus ; aculeis 
inaequalibus, rectis vel leviter falcatis, saepe ad basim foliorum solitariis vel geminis; 
foliolis 7-9, oblongis, obtusis, rigidulis, conspicue simpliciter serratis, facie lucidis, 
viridibus, dorso interdum leviter pubescentibus ; rhachi glabra vel pubescente, haud 
glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, apice libero, parvo, deltoideo ; floribus paucis, corym- 
bosis vel solitariis ; pedunculis nudis vel leviter setosis ; bracteis lanceolatis ; calycis 
tubo globoso ; lobis elongatis, apice foliaceis, dorso glandulosis, simplicibus, vel 
exterioribus parce pinnatifidis ; petalis rubellis ; stylis liberis, pilosis, haud protrusis; 
fructu parvo, globoso, rubro, serotino ; sepalis reflexis, deciduis. 
R. virginiana Miller, Card . Diet . ed. 8, vol. ii. No. 10 (1768). — Keller in 
Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. FI. vol. vi. p. 297 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, 
III. Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 570 (1906). — Robinson & Fernald, Gray s New 
Man. Bot. ed. 7, p. 497 (1908). 
R. Carolina Linnaeus, Sp. Plant, vol. i. p. 492 (ex parte) (1753). — Aiton, Hort. 
Kew. vol. ii. p. 203 (ex parte) (1789). 
R. lucida Ehrhart, Beitr. zitr Naturk. vol. iv. p. 22 (1789). — Guimpel, 
Willdenow& Hayne, Abbild. Deutsch. Holzart. vol. i. p. 1 1 7, t. 93 (1815). — Thory 
in Redoute, Roses, vol. i. p. 45, t. (1817). — Savi, FI. Ital. vol. i. p. 71, t. 23 (1818). — 
Nouv. Duhamel , vol. vii. p. 17, t. 7, fig. 2 (1819). — Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 17, 
No. 11 (1820). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 602 (1825). — A. Gray, 
Man. Bot. N. States , ed. 5, p. 158 (ex parte) (non Lawrance, Roses, t. 84) (1867). — 
S. Watson in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. vol. xv. p. 31 1 (1878). — Rehder in Bailey, 
Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1554 (1902). 
R. humilis , var. lucida , Best in Bull. Torrey Bot. Chib, vol. xiv. p. 276(1887). — 
Britton & Brown, Illust. FI. N. States and Can . vol. ii. p. 231 (1897). 
An erect bush, reaching a height of 4-6 feet ; branches red-brown in exposure ; 
flowering shoots often unarmed. Prickles unequal, straight or slightly hooked, 
often solitary or in pairs at the base of the leaves. Leaflets 7-9, oblong, obtuse, 
moderately firm, middle-sized, simply deeply toothed, green and glossy above, 
glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath ; petioles glabrous or pubescent, not glandular ; 
stipules adnate, with small deltoid free tips. Flowers few in a corymb or solitary ; 
peduncles naked or slightly setose ; bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube globose ; lobes an 
inch or more long, leafy at the tip, glandular on the back, all simple or the outer 
slightly compound. Petals bright pink. Styles free, villous, not protruded beyond 
the disc. Fr'mit globose, bright red, i in. diameter, late in ripening ; sepals reflexed, 
deciduous. 
Rosa virginiana in a wild state extends in the neighbourhood 
of the coast from Newfoundland to Pennsylvania. It may be easily 
distinguished by its deeply toothed, glossy leaves. It was the first of 
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