МЕ. J. HOGG ON THE ROSA RUBELLA OF*WINCH. 199 
exhibit was one. The second flower I sent to Newcastle ; and 
very near this bush, I found a second plant with three buds—not 
expanded—but evidently of the same rose, as the flower-buds were 
tinted at the ends, and in lines on the back of the folded petals 
with deep pink. The bud also exhibited is from this second shrub. 
I gathered all the flowers and buds, and thus I was unfortunately 
prevented from ascertaining this autumn the colour of the fruit. 
One of the chief differences between the R. spinosissima and 
R. rubella, is that the fruit of the former, at first red, becomes 
when mature black, whilst that of the latter is said to continue 
red when ripe (see fig. 3. plate 2601, English Botany); this last 
is likewise distinguished by some botanists as being pendulous. 
Having last week examined the specimens of the R. rubella pre- 
served in Mr. Winch's herbarium, I must say that the fruit there 
_ dried presents neither of these characters, but it is black, or pur- 
lish-black, and its stalk is straight, and by no means drooping or 
pendulous. I also noticed that my specimen was less set with 
glandular bristles on the flower-stalks than that of Mr. Winch's 
specimens; but the size and shape of the petals appeared much 
the same. Further, some of the leaflets, as in mine, have simple 
,Serratures, while others show a doubly serrated margin; and in 
both, the insides of the sepals are downy. | 
The flowers in my specimens when fresh were of a lovely pink, 
and in size are larger than the flowers of the 2. spinosissima, with 
the petals more notched ; but the colours of the flowers of B. spi- 
nosissima I have never seen other than white, or yellowish-white. 
My specimens seem, from the fewer bristles on the flower-stalks, 
to be rather intermediate between R. spinosissima, whose flower- 
stalks are smooth, and the R. rubella of Winch’s herbarium. Com- 
pare also the figures in plate 187 and plate 2521 of the ‘ English 
Botany.’ a: 
I willleave for the consideration of those who are more familiar 
with the Rosacee, whether the R. rubella be really a distinct 
species, 
