ROSA Indica rubra.
Red Indian Rose.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Rosa germinibus subrotundis, pedunculisque leviter hispidis, glabris, et nitidis: floribus rubris, magnis, odoratis: foliis glabris, nitidis, et atro-purpureo-viridibus: petiolis aculeatis: foliolis oblongis, et margine serratis: caule viridi, glabro, ad basin spinis rubris.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Rose with roundish seed-buds, and peduncles slightly hispid, smooth, and shining: flowers red, large, and sweet-scented: leaves smooth, shining, and of a dark purply green colour: petioles prickly: leaflets oblong, and sawed at the edges: stem green, smooth, with red thorns on the lower part.