Chamaebatia
(from chamai, on the ground, dwarf, and batos, a bramble; referring to its low growth and bramble-like flowers). ORD. Rosaceae. A very pretty half-hardy evergreen shrub, thriving in a cool frame or greenhouse, in light loam, to which may be added a little peat. Cuttings should be struck in sand, in a cool frame.
C. foliolosa (leafleted).* fl. white, about 3/4in. in diameter; cymes four to five-flowered, terminal. l. broadly-ovate, about 2in. long, tripinnately dissected. Young shoots clothed with a glandular pubescence. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Sierra Nevada, 1859. (B. M. 5171.)