| + | Rosa virginiana, Mill. (R. lucida, Ehrh. R. humilis var. lucida, Best). Shrub, 6 ft. high, with few or no suckers: prickles sometimes hooked: lfts. 7-9, elliptic to obovate-elliptic. dark green and shining above, thickish, often slightly pubescent beneath, 1/2 -1 1/2 in. long; stipules somewhat dilated: fls. usually few or solitary, about 2 in. across; sepals usually entire: fr. like that of the preceding. June, July. Newfoundland to N. Y. and Pa. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:285. Gn. 55, p. 428; 71. p. 493. Gt. 56:1564, fig. 2. W.R. 63.—Well adapted for borders of shrubberies, handsome in summer with its shining foliage and bright pink fls.; ornamental in winter with the brownish red sts. and red frs. remaining plump until the following spring. Var. alba, Willmott. |