short glabrous peduncles; segments of the calyx entire, shorter than the
corolla, often glandular, the tube glabrous and glaucous; fruit globose,
crowned with the persistent at length connivent calyx-segments.__Ait. Kew.
(ed. 1.) 2. p. 202 Jacq. fragm. t. 105 ; IVi.ltd. 1. c. ,* Lindl. Ros. v . 25 ;
Hook. ! Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 199. R. Pennsylvania, Michx. 1. c. (partly, ex
spec-!) R. gemella, IVilld. enum. 1. p. 344. (partly, ex spec.!); Smith!
%n Rees, cycl. R. fraxinifolia, Seringe, in DC. 1. c. R. Lindlevi, Svreng.
syst. 1 Seringe, l.c .? r s
0. leaflets 7-9, smaller.—R. Woodsii, var. Borrer, in Hook.! 1. c.
Newfoundland! Hudson’s Bay, Saskatehawan! (as far north as Bear
Lake, Richardson!) to the northern portions of the New England States !
New York! and Pennsylvania (on rocks). May-June.—Stems 1-3 feet
high. Flowers rather large, rose-color : petals obcordate.—This cannot
readily be confounded with any other American species (at least on
this side of the Rocky Mountains) except, perhaps, with R. cinnamomea.
From that species it is distinguished by the smaller bracts, shorter sepals
as compared with the petals, and in having no stipular prickles ; the more
persistent ones moreover being always straight. It is often almost entirely
unarmed. It is the earliest-flowering indigenous species in the Northern
States.
7. R. fraxinifolia (Bork.): stems armed with scattered bristly prickles, or
at length unarmed ; the branches strict, naked, somewhat glaucous ; leaflets
5-7, oval, not shining, sharply and rather coarsely serrate, slightly hairy
beneath, or glabrous; stipules dilated, sometimes serrulate and glandular;
flowers corymbose, on short glabrous peduncles ; segments of the calyx a
little glandular, appendiculate, entire ; the tube glabrous and a little glaucous
; fruit (large, red) ovoid, crowned with the persistent calyx-segments.__
“ Bork. holz. 301” ; Seringe, l. c. (excl. a. blanda); Bot. reg. t. 458 ; Hook. !
Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 199. R. megacarpa, Nutt. mss.
Oregon, near the sea, Menzies ! Dr. Seouler ! Nuttall.—This is doubtless
distinct from R. blanda, and is, we suspect, confined to the Pacific coast.
The petioles in the younger shoots are sometimes a little prickly, and the
teeth of the leaflets serrulate.—To this species apparently belongs the Rosa
blanda? Hook. 8p Am . lot. Beechey, suppl. p. 338, from California; but
the R. Califomica indicated by Chamisso & Schlechtendal is probably
different.
8. R. Woodsii (Lindl.) : armed with numerous straight and weak prickles
; leaflets 7-9, oblong, obtuse,'’approximate, glabrous, shining; the petioles
often leafless at the base ; _ stipules connivent, distant from the lower pair of
leaflets, glandulose-fimbriate on the margin; sepals short, naked, ovate ?
Seringe, l. c.—Lindl. Ros. p. 21, <$• lot. reg. t. 976.
On the Missouri River. Sepals connivent. Allied to R. cinnamomea.
Lindl.—We have no authentic specimens of this species. The so-called
variety of Mr. Borrer, with opaque leaves quite downy beneath, we refer to
R. blanda.
9. R. foliolosa (Nutt.! mss.) : branches slender, glabrous, armed with
very weak scattered deciduous bristly prickles, and sometimes with persistent
short and nearly straight stipular prickles ; leaflets 7-11, linear-oblong,
glabrous, shining above, sharply serrate, crowded, the lower pair close to the
narrow glandular-ciliate stipules; the petiole and midrib often setose and
pubescent; flowers mostly solitary and almost sessile; calyx glandular-
hispid ; the segments reflexed, often with lateral appendages; fruit sub-
globose, somewhat hispid.
Prairies of Arkansas, Nuttall! Dr. Pitcher ! Dr. Leavenworth ! Texas,
Drummond ! East Florida ?—A remarkable species, with the leaves much
crowded on the flowering branches and often fascicled : leaflets sometimes
only half an inch in length. Flowers small, apparently rose-color; the peduncles
an inch in length.
10. R. gymnocarpa (Nutt.! mss.): “ branches glabrous, furnished with
scattered slender and straight weak deciduous prickles; leaflets 5-9, glabrous,
rather distant, oval, sharply doubly serrate ; the serratures, as well as the
petioles and peduncles, glandular; stipules broad and short, glandular-serrulate
; flowers (very small) solitary or sometimes in pairs ; segments of the
calyx ovate, with a simple acumination, deciduous ; the tube glabrous; fruit
oval (red), smooth and naked.”
Oregon, in shady woods, common, Nuttall! Douglas!—This species
belongs to the Dog-Rose section. The flowers are remarkably small, red;
and the fruit about the size of a small pea. The slender petioles are often
slightly bristly.
11. R. stricta (Lindl.): much branched ; stems armed with numerous
setaceous scattered, often deciduous prickles; flowering branches mostly
naked ; leaflets 7-9, oval, firm, glabrous, not shining, the petiole glandular-
hispid ; stipules lanceolate, mostly glandular-ciliate ; flowers 1-3, on glabrous
or glandular-hispid peduncles ; calyx-segments spreading; fruit ovoid,
pendulous. Lindl.! Ros. p. 42, t. 7 ; Seringe, in DC. 1. c. R. pendulina,
Ait. ?
0. lower surface of the leaves pubescent. Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 200.
On the Saskatehawan (/?.), Drummond.—This species is perhaps tooclosely
allied to R. alpina. We are confident that it has never been found within
the limits of the United States. For this species Lindley quotes Muhlenberg’s
Catalogue: but Muhlenberg seems not to know the plant (giving no
locality or observation), and refers to Donn for the name. The species was
established on garden specimens, which may or may not have been of
American origin. It is uncertain whether the plant figured by Dillenius
(Elth. t. 245, ƒ. 317) belongs to R. alpina or the present species. On it R.
pendula of Linnteus (who states it to be a native of Europe), is founded,
and doubtless R. pendulina, Ait., which Seringe considers a variety of r !
alpina. J
t Naturalized Species.
12. R. ruliginosa (Linn.) : branches (yellowish-green) armed with scattered
very strong somewhat recurved prickles; leaflets 5-7, roundish-oval
or obovate, sharply serrate, the margins, with the lower surface and stipules,
more or less clothed with ferruginous glands; flowers mostly solitary, on short
bristly-hispid peduncles; fruit ovoid or obovate (reddish-orange when mature),
somewhat hispid or unarmed when young.—Linn.! mant. p. 564;
Jacq. fi. Austr. t. 50 ; Willd. ! spec. 2. p. 1073; Engl. lot. t. 991 ; DC. !
1. c. R. suaveolens, Pwrsh, Jl. 1. p. 346.
In waste places, road sides, and cultivated grounds throughout the United
States ; perfectly naturalized in many places. June-July.—Leaves somewhat
viscid, and very fragrant. Calyx-segments either laciniate or entire.
Petals pale red, turning white, emarginate.—The R. suaveolens is only a
variety of this species with nearly straight and more slender prickles.__
Eglantine. Sweet Brier.
13. R. Uvigata (Michx.): very glabrous; branches armed with very strong
often geminate curved prickles; leaves 3- (sometimes 5- ) foliolate ; leaflets
coriaceous, shining, sharply serrate ; stipules setaceous, deciduous; flowers
solitary, terminal; tube of the calyx ovoid, muricate with long pricklv
bristles.—Michp.! Jl. 1. p. 295; Ell. sk. 1. p. 566. R. Sinica, Ait. Kew.