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ta 
ROSA fraxinifolia. 
Newfoundland Rose. 
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ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacem. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. IT. Rose. 
ROSA. Calycis tubus urceolatus carnosus achenia plurima hirsuta in- 
cludens, Receptaculum villosum. Lindley monogr. xaai. 
Div. IV. Cinnamomer. Setigera, v. inermes, bracteata. Foliola lanceo- 
lata eglandulosa. Discus tenuis (nequaquam incrassatus). Lindley 
monogr. 18. 
R. fraxinifolia, elatior inermis, ramis strictis glaucescentibus, foliolis opacis 
undulatis impubibus. Lindley monogr. 26. n. 17. 
Rosa fraxinifolia. Bork. holz. 301. Gmel. bad. 2. 413. 
Rosa alpina. 6. Hort. Kew. ed, 2. 3. 265. 
Rosa alpina levis. Redouté’s roses. 1. 57. t. 19. 
Red alpine rose. Miss Lawrance’s roses. t. ‘75. 
Rosa corymbosa. Bose dict. d'agr.? Desfont. cat. hort. paris. 272? 
Rosa blanda; a. Solander MSS. Jacq. fragm, 70, t. 105. 
Rosa virginiana. Mill. diet. ed. 8. n. 10. 
Rami erecti, inermes, fusco-purpuret, rore c@esio cerino obducti; sureuli 
radicales aculeis paucis setiformibus debilibus ad basin muniti. Folia opaca, 
omnind impubia; stipule late, extrema versis plurimim dilatate, plane, 
serrulate; petioli inermes; foliola 5-7 lanceolata, simplicitér serrata, supra 
incanescenti-virentia, infrd glauca. Cymex pauciflore, floribus parvis ru- 
bris; bracter elliptice, nude, fimbriate atque denticulate; pedunculi bre- 
viores foliis, nudi; tubus calycinus depresso-globosus, incanus, nudus; sepala 
(foliola calycina) ovata, integra acumine longo, dorso hispidata; petala ob- 
cordata, subconniventia; discus non distinctus; styli villosi. Fructus par- 
vus, globosus vel ovatus, opace et pallide rubens, nudus, Lindley monogr. 
loc. cit. (ex anglico versum), 
«In appearance and size resembling Rosa cimnamomea. 
Branches erect, unarmed, dark purple, covered with a pale 
blue, waxen bloom; rootshoots with a few weak setiform 
prickles at their base. Leaves opaque, entirely free from 
pubescence; stipulce broad, much dilated towards the ex- 
tremities, flat, serrulate; petioles unarmed; leaflets 5-7, 
lanceolate, simply serrate, greyish green above, glaucous 
beneath. Flowers small, red, in few-flowered cymes; 
bractee elliptical, naked, fringed and toothletted; peduncles 
shorter than the leaves; tube of the calyx depressedly glo- 
bose, grey—these last quite naked; sepals ovate, entire, 
with a long point, hispid at the back; petals obcordate, 
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