Linnean Class and Order. IC O S A N D R IA P O L Y G Y N IA .
Natural Order. RO SA C E Z E . Juss. gen. p . 334.
R O S A . Supra fol. 158.
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R . indica, foliolis ellipticis acuminatis glabris crenato-serratis subtùs glau-
cis, ovariis 40-50. Lin d l. monogr. p . 106.
Rosa indica. Linn. sp. pi. p. 705. Lawr. ros. t. 26. Willd. sp. pi. 2.
p. 1070. A it. hort. kew. ed. 2. p. 266. Redout, ros. 1. t. 14. et 2. 1 .15.
Decand. prodr. 2. p. 600.
t. nivea, foliolis glabris nitidis, floribus copiosè corymbosis plenis niveis.
Stem erect, from 2 to 3 feet high, sparingly armed with
hooked prickles, dilated at the base. Branches round, smooth
and purplish. Leaflets from 5 to 7, ovate, acute, equally .serrated,
with rather adpressed teeth, tipt with a dark-red gland,
rounded, and rather oblique at the base, smooth and shining
on both sides, but especially beneath, convex and bright
green above; midrib and veins mostly smooth. Footstalks
and Rachis narrow, semi-cylindrical, pubescent, and copiously
furnished with stalked glands, and, occasionally armed
with a few short hooked prickles. Stipules narrow, lanceolate,
acuminate, bordered by stalked glands. Flowers copious,
corymbose, snow-white, the petals very full, and
rather crumpled, the outer ones and buds of a deep red colour.
Peduncles filiform, straight, minutely pubescent, as
well as the tube of the calyx, which is pear-shaped, thickly
dotted, and of a glaucous hue, with ovate, acuminate segments,
woolly at the edges.
For the opportunity of publishing a figure of this very
handsome Rose, we are indebted to Mr. Dennis, in whose
Nursery, at Chelsea, it flowered in July last. It had been
imported by him from France, under the name of Amie Vihert,
and is, doubtless, a hybrid production; most probably originated
between Rosa indica and moschata. It requires a rich
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