Rosa germinibus globosis, pedunculisque glabris: foliis quadrijugis, cum folio terminali: foliolis ovatis, rugosis, serratis: petiolis aculeatis: caule aculeis numerosis rectis albicantibus armato.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Rose with round seed-buds and smooth peduncles: leaves composed of four pairs, with a terminal leaf: leaflets ovate, wrinkled, and serrate: footstalks prickly: stem armed with numerous straight whitish thorns.
Of this distinct species of Rose we can gain but little information, as it is not enumerated in Willdenow, at least not under our specific title; but we are inclined to think his Rosa rugosa is meant for it, as the description accords exactly with our figure. It is well known to cultivators by the specific appellation of ferox,—we have therefore retained it; although hystrix would have been a much better specific title, as it seems by nature formed to be admired at a distance, from the numerous large thorns with which the stem is surrounded, that appear calculated to express the old adage of ‘Noli me tangere.’
Our drawing was made from a plant in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Brame, in the month of June.
