MR. J. G. -CAKEli's AIOXOGRAPU OE liRlTISlI EOSKS. 235 



zation. In the irregularity of its prickles this approaches Jiiher- 

 nica, and still more closely the I^. SchiiUzii, Kipart, already re- 

 ferred to ; but the large ones are of the catiina type, and the 

 general habit of the plant is just that of this group. 



Var. IMPLEXA {Gren.J, 



R. IMPLEXA, Gren, MSS. oJim. 



R. soLSTiTiALis, var. DENUDATA, Gren. Jura, p. 238. 



Leaves and general habit ot'urbica, with the fruit of tliis series. 

 Seen only from the neighbourhood of Eichmond in Yorkshire ; 

 gathered by Mr. Jas. Ward. 



Var. coRiiFOLiA (Fries). 



R. CORIIFOLIA, Fries, Novit, edit. 1, p. 33 (1814), Heri. Norm,\\. 

 no, 43; DC.Prodr,i\ p. 623; DeseyLMoji.^. S6, Ea;sic.23 ; Reut. 

 Cat. p. 6.9; Baker, Review, p. 30, Exsic, 24. 



R. CRASsiFOLiA, Wulm, LUJebl, Si\ FL iii. p. 2G8. 

 R. SEpiuM et SEPixcoLA, Swartz, MSS. 

 R. FRUTETORUM, Besser,Hort. Crem. Suppl. iii. p. 20. 

 R. RRACTEscExs, Woods,Linn, Trans, xii. p. 216, Herb. 90& 91; Smith, 

 Eng. FL ii. p. 391 ; Borrer, Brit, FL edit. 3, p. 242. 



R. SOLSTITIALIS, Gren, Jura, p. 237, non Besserl 



R. TEREBiNTHiNACEA, Gren. in Billot, Exsic, 1480 ; non Besser ! 



R. MONTicoLA 8, Rapin, Vaud Guide, 2ud edit. p. 195. 



Combines tlie general habit of diimetorum \\\i\\ the fruit and 

 sepals * of this series. Leaflets greyish-green, and thinly hairy 

 above, paler and softly hairy beneath ; the termlual one ovate- 

 oblong, rovmded at the base ; the serrations simple, blunt, open ; 

 the petiole villose, but scarcely at all glanduloso-setoae. Stipules 

 and bracts hairy on the back, but little gland-ciliated. Peduncles 

 short, hidden by the large clasping bracts. Styles densely villose. 

 Fruit large and generally round. 



In Britain, apparently rare and confined to the hilly tracts of 

 the northern half of the island. I have seen it from Aberdeen- 



* u 



Jam puer a ruricolis nostris banc speciem distinguere didici et ultra 

 viginti annorum quotidiana fere in natura observatione et cultura nisus a priori 

 {canlna) vera distinctam censeo. In agro Femsionensi, ob nisum suum sp*'cie.s 

 ad typum suum rodacendi insigni, tres modo adsunt rosarum formfle ; hcec R. 

 cani7ia, opaca et J?. molUsdma, easque ibidem conjungerc plane impossibile est. 

 Fruticis habitu, fructu globose pra^coci etc. ad B, mollissimam ibidem magiri 

 accedit quam ad B. ca^iinamT - Vxuy.^, Novit. edit. 2. p. 148. 



R 2 



