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ROSA sempervirens. 
_ Evergreen Rose. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNL4. 
Nat. ord. RosacEx. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. I. Rose. 
ROSA. Supra fol. 458. 
Div. X. Systyle. Styli in columnam elongatam coherentes. Stipule ad- 
nate. Lindley monogr. 111. 
R. sempervirens, surculis scandentibus, aculeis subzqualibus falcatis, foliis 
sempervirentibus, Lindley monogr. 117. n. 64. 
Rosa sempervirens, Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1. 704, Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 9. 
Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1072. iss Lawrance’s roses. t. 45, Persoon syn. 2. 
49. Decand. i frang. 4. 446. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 263. Decand. 
monsp. 138. Smith in Rees’s cyclop, in loco. 
Rosa scandens. Mill. dict. ed. 8.n. 8.  Brotero fl. lus. 1. 341. 
Rosa balearica. Desfont. cat. h. par. Persoon syn. 2. 49. 
Rosa atrovirens. Vaviani fl. ital. 4. t. 6. 
Rosa capreolata. Neill in Edinb. philos. journ. 3. 104. 
(8) microphylla, foliolis suborbiculatis. Lindley 1. c. 
Rosa microphylla. Desfont. atl. 1. 401. L 
Frutex scandens surculis productissimis, gracilibus, lucido-virentibus, 
nultoties divisis, altero latere subrubescentibus, aculeisque tenuibus rubris 
subuncatis armatis. Folia plerumque deflexa, nitidissima, sempervirentia 
omnind sine pube; stipule anguste, rubre, fine reflere, glandulis raris ad 
marginem; petioli aculeolis curvatis armati; foliola 5-7, ovalia v. ovato- 
lanceolata, plana, simplicitér serrata, utrinque lucido-virentia, subtus verd 
plurimim pallidiora. Flores valdé numerosi, Eucagranies, albi; bracter 
nude, lanceolate, reflexre, rubedine tincte; pedunculi nudi vel glandulosi; 
tubus calycinus ovatus, nudus vel glandulosus; sepala (foliola calycina) de- 
cidua, ovata, acuminata, subsimplicia, petalis breviora, glandulis scabrata ; 
petala obcordata, concava; stamina 138-140, caduca; discus conicus, admo- 
dim crassus; ovaria 30; styli in columnam longam pilosam coagmentati. 
Fructus globosus, aurantiacus, parvus. Lindley loc. cit. (Ex anglico versum). 
«A climbing plant with very long, slender, bright 
green, much divided shoots, reddish on one side, and armed 
with slender, somewhat hooked red prickles. Leaves usu- 
ally defiexed, very shining, evergreen and without any sort 
of pubescence; stipules narrow, red, reflexed at the end, 
with a few glands on their edge; petioles armed with little 
curved prickles; leaflets 5-7, oval or ovato-lanceolate, flat, 
simply serrated, bright green on both sides, but much paler 
beneath. Flowers very numerous, white and fragrant; 
bractee naked, lanceolate, reflexed, stained with red; 
peduncles naked or glandular; tube of the calyx ovate, 
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