ROSA.

Div. I. Simplicifolia. Folia simplicia exstipulata. (Re-ceptaculum impube Pall.)

1. ROSA berberifolia.

R. simplicifolia Salisb. hort. allert. 359. Parad. lond.

101. c.flg. Olivier voy. 5. 49. atl. t. 43.

R. berberifolia. Pall, in nov. act. petr. 10. 379. t. 10.f 5. IVilld. sp. 2. 1063. Ait. kew. ed. alt. 3. 258.Smith in Rees, in l. Redout, ros. 1. 27. t. 2.

Hab. prope Amadan abunde solo salito, Michaux (Oli-vier) ; in campis infra jugum montium Elvind,(Olivier); deserto Songarico, (Sievers). (v. s. sp.herb. Banks.)

Two or three feet high, (a foot high, Olivier,) verycsesious. Branches slender, pubescent, covered withsetae, which disappear on the branchlets; pricklesslender, falcate, with a remarkably elongated base,slightly downy, sometimes compound; placed belowthe leaves, which are sessile, erect, simple, narrow,obovate, simply toothed towards the end, densely pu-bescent, unarmed, almost veinless; stipulae none;flowers solitary, without bractese, cupshaped (sweet-scented, Olivier); tube of the calyx downy, nearlyvound, and covered with needle-shaped, pale, unequal

B