MR. J. G. baker's MOKOORAPII OF BRITISH ROSES. 219 



the peduncles very short and quite hidden b}^ the large sheath- 

 ing bracts, which are nearly naked on the back, but glandular 

 towards the edge ; both the peduncle and glaucous oblong calyx- 

 tube quite naked, and the sepals naked on the back. 



Durham, by the side of the higliroad a little out of Egle- 

 stone going towards Middleton in Teesdale. A connecting link 

 between tomentosa and pulverulenta. 



Group. 3. RuBTGINOSiE. 



8. R. RUBrGiNOSA, Linn, Frutex mediocrisj ramis brevibus ascenden- 

 tibus, aeuleis subsparsis majoribus falcatis modice robustis aeiculis 

 paucis subrectis ina^qualibus intermixtis, foliohs mediocribus copiose 

 duplicato-serratis supra mox glabris, infra leviter pubescentibus et 

 copiose odorato-glandulosis, floribus 1 vol paucis, pedunculis dense 

 aciculatis, sepaHs ascendentibus dorso dense gland ulosis majoribus 

 copiose pinnatis subpersistentibus, stylis villosis, fructibus globosis 

 serotinis plerisque aciculatis, disco angusto. 



R. RUBIGINOSA, Linn, Mant. ii. p. 564; Smith, Eiifj. FL ii. p. 385; 

 Lindl, Mon. p. 86, a et y ; Borrer in Brit, FL edit. 3, p. 23^ ; Fries, 

 Herb. Norm, vi. 41 j Deseglise, Mon. p. 109. 



R. Eglanteria, IVoodSt Linn, Trans, xii. p. 206, Herb, 61-66. 



R. UMBELLATA, Lcers, Herb, p. 117; Deseg. Mon, p. Ill ; Reut. Cat, 

 p. 72; Billot, Exsic. 3596 ; Wirtg, Exs, 4/0. 



R. ECHINOCARPA, Ripart, DSseg, Mon. p. 110; IVirtg, Exs. 742. 



R. COMOSA, Ripart, Sckultz's Archiv. p. 254; Deseg. Mon. p. 113, 

 Exsic. 35 ; Billot, Exsic. 3597. 



A bush 3 to 5 feet high, the main stem scarcely arching, and 

 the branches short and straight. Main prickles scattered, 3-4 

 lines long, falcate and much thickened downwards, often mixed 

 with a few straight slender unequal aciculi. Stipules densely 

 glandular, but nearly destitute of hairs on the back, W^ell-deve- 

 loped leaves of the barren shoot 2|-3 inches long, with seven 

 leaflets, the terminal one broad-oblong or obovate,9-12 lines long 

 by three-quarters as broad ; the serratures open and copiously 

 compound, the upper surface nearly naked or finally quite so, the 

 lower densely covered all over with fragrant glands, thinly hairy 

 on the ribs ; the petiole densely glanduloso-setose and thinly 

 hairy, usually furnished with numerous unequal acicuH,the larger 

 ones strongly hooked. Bracts often | inch broad, nearly naked 

 on the back. Flowers usually 1-4; the peduncles generally 



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