ROSA MICROPHYLLA.

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ported from the East Indies by Messrs. Whitley andCo. of Fulham, in whose fine collection I have seen itgrowing vigorously, and it proves an highly desirableaddition to our gardens. It cannot possibly be con-founded except with R. bracteata or microphylla , fromboth which its dull narrow leaves, hoary beneath, andlong slender shoots, distinguish it sufficiently; besides,the bracteae are at a little distance from the flowers.From a figure in a collection of Chinese drawingsin the possession of Mr. Cattley it appears to be a na-tive of China as well as India .

6. ROSA microphylla.

R. foliolis ovatis minoribus, bracteis appressis pecti-natis, fructu aculeato.

R. microphylla Roxb ! Jl. ind. ined.

Hoi-tong-hong Sinensium.

Hab. in China , Roxburgh, (v. pict. iconibus Sinens.bibl. cel. Colebrooke.)

Apparently a smaller plant than R. bracteata, fromwhich it differs in having prickly fruit, and ovate, ob-tuse leaves. As I am scarcely acquainted with it ex-cept from a drawing in the possession of Mr. Cole-brooke, it is not possible nor indeed advisable to drawop a detailed description. Specimens however mayprobably exist among the unarranged plants in theherbaria of this country, and may afford materials fora complete account of it at some future time. Itsflowers are double and of a very delicate blush colour,so that in a living state it must be a charming plant.I have seen some fragments of a Rose nearly allied tothe Macartney, obtained from a plant in the collectionof the Right Honourable Lord Suffield at Bliekling,

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