ROSA ARVENSIS. WHITE FIELD ROSE.
ROSA arvensis; surculis flagelliformibus, acul'eis inosqualibus falcatis, foliolis subtus glaucis.
ROSA arvensis. Linn. Mant. ml. 3. p. 245. H u d s.A n g l. p. 219. Light/. § g H |
With. Bot. A r r . cd. 4. ml. 3. p. 458. B cffm. Germ. cd. 3 ml. l . P . l . p . 228. WMi.i'ip.
FI m l 3. p. 1066. Smith FI. B r it. ml. 3. p. 5S8. Engl. Bot. 1. 188. Decand. FI.FY. eel 3.
ml. 4. p. 438. FI. Gall. Syn. p. 531. Pars. Syn. P I. ml. 2. p. 47. Alton Hort. K m . cd. 3.
ml. 3. p. 9,59. B o t.Mag. t. 2054. Lindl. Monog. Ro s.p . 112. Hook. 11. Scot. P . l . p . 158.
ROSA spinis recurvis, foliis glabris septenis, calycibus tomentosis,segmeutis subpinnatis, tubis longis
barbatis. Hall. Helv. n. 1102.
ROSA sylvestris altera minor, flore albo, nostras. White-flowered Dog-Rose. R ail Syn. p. 455.
Dut. Witte Akkerroos. Germ. Die toaste Ackerrose. Welsh. Cyrosgxyn.
Class a n d Ord e r . ICO SA N D R IA POLY G Y N IA .
[N atural Or d e r . ROSACE.®, Juts., Decand., Hook.]
Ge n Ch ar. Calytis tubus urceolatus, carnosus, achenia plnrima hirsnta includens. Receptaculum villosum.
Ge n . Ch ar. Tube of the calyx urceolate, fleshy, including many hairy achenia (or small closed pericarps).
Receptacle hairy. ,
D iv . X. SYSTYLiE. Styles united into an elongated column. Stipules adnate. Lindl.
R ami flagelliformes, procumbentes, graciles, obscure
glaucescenti-purpurascentes, aculeis sparsis falcatis
vel subrectis asqualibus albicantibus vel in ra-
mis junioribus rubescentibus armati.
F olia distantia, lurido-viridia, in solo cretaceo flavi-
cantia; stipulis angustis, planis, nudis, ad mar-
ginem glandulosis, medio rubris; petiolis pube-
scentibus, glandulis sparsis, aculeis minutis falcatis
dorsalibus; foliolis quinque ad septeni, planis,
ovatis, subundulatis, simpliciter serratis, subtus
insigniter glaucis, nervo hirsute.
F lores ramulis solitarii, flagellis numerosi, albi, basi
flavescentes subodorati, primum cyathiformes, de-
mum magis expansi.
P ed u n cu l i glandulis setisque perpaucis scabri.
Calycis T ubus ovatus, nudus ; foliolis abbreviates con-
cavis subdivisis, atque func glandulis scabris.
P e tala obovata, emarginata.
Stamin a persistentia.
D is c o s elevates, carnosus.
Ovaria quindecim ad viginti-quinque. Styli in colum-
nam elongatam gl.abram cohjerentes.
F ructus coccineus, rotundatus vel oblongus.
Branches flagelliform, procumbent, slender, dull glaucous
purple, armed with scalterea, falcate, or
straightish, equal, whitish prickles, which are
smaller and red on the younger branches.
Leaves distant, dull-green, or, on a chalky soil, yellowish
; stipules narrow, flat, naked, fringed with
glands, red in the middle; petioles pubescent,
with scattered glands and little falcate dorsal
prickles; leaflets five to seven, flat, ovate, somewhat
waved, simply serrated, remarkably glaucous
beneath, the nerve hairy. •
F lowers solitary on the branchlets, numerous on the
root-shoots, white, yellow at the base, slightly
scented, a t first cyathiform, afterwards more expanded.
P eduncles rough with glands, and a very few sette.
T ube of the Calyx ovate, naked; leaflets short, concave,
subdivided, those which are so, rough with glands.
P etals obovate, emarginate.
Stamens persistent.
Disk elevated, fleshy. .
Ovaries fifteen to twenty-five. Styles united into a long
smooth column.
I F ru it scarlet, round or oblong.
Fig. 1. Fruit of Rosa ai'vensis.—nat. size.
This nlimt i, verv common in many parts of England, adorning the hedges during the summer months with its
elegant s^owv'bloom. The flowers are much more cup-shaped than those of Rosa systyla, or indeed of any other
B,| e this from
from which it differs in having long trailing shoots, not stout assurgent ones which are of a glaucous g ee ,
as has
already been done by Dr. Sims m the Botanical Mugnanc , , , a„d adopted by Haller and Villars.
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