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ROSA spinosissima; eversa. 
Scotch Rose ; with deflexed prickles. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacem. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. IT. Rose. 
ROSA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 46. 
Div. Rami impubes aculeati setis persistentibus intermixtis. Lindley MSS. 
R. spinostssima, armis valdé inzqualibus, foliolis opacis nudis rotundatis, 
stipulis linearibus, sepalis (foliolis calycinis) inermibus integerrimis, 
disco obliterato. Lindley MSS. ' 
Rosa spinosissima. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1. 705. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 2. 
Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1067. Smith fl. brit. 2. 537. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 3. 259. 
Rosa ‘spinis rectis, confertis foliis novenis glabris, pinnis et petiolis sub- 
spinosis. Hall. helv. n. 1106. 
Rosa campestris odora. Clus. hist. 1. 116. 
te Common scotch rose. Engl. bot. 187. Miss Lawr. ros. t. 48. 
B Striped-flowered scotch rose. Miss Latur. ros. t. 15. 
(y) Red scotch rose. Miss Lawr. ros. t. 62. 
(5) Double scotch rose. Miss Lawr. ros. t. 63. 
(e) Tall scotch rose. Miss Lawr. ros. t. 19. 
(€) Marbled scotch rose. Miss Lawr. ros. t. 78. 
“(n) reversa, pumila, cesia, floribunda, armis tenuissimis inferioribus de 
flexis, sepalis glandulosis fructi ovato nigro, ovariis 40-50. Lind- 
ley MSS. : 
Rosa spinosissima. Jacg. fragm. 79. t. 124? 
“Rosa spinosissima nana. Andrews’s roses ? 
(») Fruticulus 2-pedalis compactus: rami stricti, teretes, impubes, novellé 
virides aculeis gracillimis rectis inegqualibus rubentibus setisque intermixtis : 
adulti rufo-brunnet armis gracillimis innocuis valde inequalibus deflexis. Folia 
minima, densissimé conferta patentia cesia; stipule lineares apice libera, 
glandulis rubidis ciliate; petioli impubes, glandulis minutis raris induti ; 
foliola 3-9 omnind nuda ovata, simplicitér v. duplicato-serrata, supra subglauca, 
‘infra pallidiora, imbricata v. (rard) distantia, concava, hinc sepiiis contorta. 
Flores densissimé in ramis thyrst instar solitarié congesti, odore debili, albi, 
medio flavescentes: bractexe nulle; pedunculi virides, nudi. Calycis tubus 
ovatus viridissimus nudus; sepala (foliola calycina ) simplicia, petalis breviora, 
post anthesin reflexa, intis tomentosa, extis pilosiuscula, passim glandulosa ». 
setosa. Pet. concava, integra v. emarginata; stam. luteo-brunnea numerosa. 
Discus odliteratus. Ovaria 40-50 pilis densis omnind tecta; styli inclusi 
liberi; stigmata ochrea mass depressa. Fructus ovatus niger erectus sepalis 
persistentibus. Lindley MSS. 
The present variety is supposed to be a native of Siberia; 
but we are unable to refer it to any thing of Pallas or 
Gmelin. It is known in some gardens under the name of 
Rosa pimpinellifolia sibirica. 
