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ROSA Banksie; 8. flore pleno. 
Lady Banks's Rose; double-flowered variety. 
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ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacem. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. II. Rosm. 
ROSA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 46. 
Div. Fructibus subglobosis. 
R. Banksie, ramis inermibus; stipulis‘liberis caducis, Lindley MSS. 
Rosa Banksiz. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.3. 258-- Curtis's magaz. 1954. 
(+) flore simplici. 
Rosa banksiana. Abel chin. 160. 
(8) flore pleno. Supra. , 
Rami inermes, impubes, debiles, filiformes, altero latere rybicundi. Fol 
erecta, internodiis duplo longiora; stipule lineares, petiolo distinct@, citis- 
simé decidua, margine parcé glandulosa, puis simplicibus inarticulatis ciliate ; 
petioli nudi v. rard pilosi; inermes, foliola 1-5; plana, oblongo-lanceolata, 
obtusa, sepiis undulata, simplicitér serrata, utrinque omnind impubia, nisi ad 
basin coste ubi.densé sunt pilosa: lateralia sessilia, bast pauld o liqua: termi- 
nale pedicellatum. Flores nutantes, umbellis 3-5-floris terminales, albescentes, 
odorem debilem gratissimum spirantes; bractex minima, citissim® emarcide 
et decidue ; pedunculi omnino nudi, secs» calycem versiis pauld incras- 
sati; calycis tubus nudus, depresso-globosus, hinc viridis, ind2 rubro colora- — 
tus, sepala (foliola) ovata, apiculata, omnia simplicia, exttis nuda, intits — 
densé tomentosa, petalis duplo breviora; pet. emarginata, integra, exteriora 
pauld recurva; stamina et apex receptaculi petalorum auctione monstrosa 
evadunt; germina plurima, monostyla, hinc (intis) plana, subnuda, inde 
convexa, pilis longis simplicitbus densissimé vestita: ovulum latere interiore 
appensum, puncto annezionis unico conspicuo; -styli liberi, arcté pilosty sursdm 
incrassati, ultra tubum parim exserti: stigma planum incrassatum. Lind- 
ley MSS. A 
Native of China. Introduced in 1807 by Mr. William 
Kerr. The single-flowered variety was found by Dr. Abel, 
growing on the walls of Nanking. 
The drawing was taken from a specimen with which we 
were favoured by Sir Joseph Banks, in honour of whose Lady 
the species has been named. ‘The shrub is cultivated in the 
garden at Spring-Grove in the open air, being planted at the 
foot of the wall of a hothouse, where it has attained the 
height of 20 feet, or more, and flowers abundantly every 
year about June or July. At present rare; and seldom 
seen in bloom at any of the nursery-gardens; where it is 
usually kept in a pit or frame. 
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