212 MR. J. o. baker's moxogeapu of eritish roses. 



vibiis dense aciculatis, sepalis ascendentibus dorso dense glandulosis* 

 plene persistentibuSj majorlbus paullulum pinnatis, fruetibus rotuu- 

 datis prsecocibus aciculatis vel nudis, disco nullo. 



R. MOLLissTMA, WUld. Prodv. FL Berol no. 123/ (1787); GmeL FL 

 Bad. ii. p. 409; Borckh. Forsi. ii. p. 1314 ; Fries, Novit. ii. p. 151, 

 Herb. Norm. vii. 42- Gren. Jura, p. 231 ; Reuter, edit. 2, p. 66; 

 Deseg. Mon. p. 125, Toment. p. 36; Dumort. Mon. p. 49; Bakery 

 RevieWf p. 11, Exsic. 5, 6, 



R. VILLOSA, Linn. Sp. Plant, p. 704, ex parte, FL Suec. 1293, Herb. ! 

 Woods, Linn. Trans, xii. p. 189, Herb, 25, 29 ; Borrer, Brit. FL 

 3rd edit. p. 233. 



R. MOLLIS, Smith, Eng. Bat. t. 2459 (1812), Eng. Flora, ii. p. 281. 



R. heterophylla, Woods, Linn. Trans, xii. p. 195, Herb. pp. 34,35. 



R. ciliato-petala, Koch, Syn. edit. 2, p. 253, noii Besser. 



R. Grenierii, Dcseg, Mon. p. 128, Toment. p. 43, Exsic. 38 et bis; 

 Billot, Exsic. 3602 et bis. 



R. RECONDiTA, Paget, Deseg, Toment. p. 46. 



Bush erect, 3 or 4 feet higb, never arcliing, with short ascend- 

 ing branches, bright reddish purple with a glaucous tinge in 

 exposure. Prickles scattered, uniform, those of the main stems 

 3-5 lines long, scarcely at all curved, very little thickened down- 

 wards, the scar of the largest not more than ^ inch deep. Fully 

 developed leaves 4-5 inches long, wnth 7 leaflets, the terminal 

 one ovate-oblong, 15-21 lines long by about three-fourths as 

 broad, the base broadly rounded, or slightly cordate, the serra- 

 turcs open, subdeltoid and copiously compound, the colour 

 generally a paler, greyer green than in any other species, the 

 upper surface always more or less pubescent, the lower more so, 

 and often with a few inconspicuous glands, the petiole densely 

 downy and finely glandular, with a few nearly straight slender 

 aciculi. Stipules copiously gland-ciliated, downy and slightly 

 glandular on both surfaces. Flowers usually 1-3, the pedun- 

 cles unusually short (3-6 lines), densely aciculated and glan- 

 duloso-setose. Calyx-tube round, glaucous, varying from densely 

 aciculate to quite naked. Corolla crimson in bud, deep rose 

 when expanded, rarely white, sometimes gland-ciliated, 15-18 

 lines across when fully open. Sepals 6-9 lines long, the point 

 leafy, the back densely glandular, only the main ones slightly 

 pinnate, ascending after the petals fall, and quite persistent upon 

 the pulpy globuhar bright red fruit, which is |-4 inch broad and 



