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R. acicularis, and they are described by Fries as occurring 
-in the peduncles of R. carelica. | 
 Lindley’s figure of &. acicularis, taken from a cultivated 
specimen, represents a plant with much larger and paler | 
_ flowers than the Japanese specimen, or than the Finland 
- one, which Fries describes as ‘‘ sanguineo-rosei.”’ 
_ - Seeds of this rose were received at the Royal Gardens, 
_ Kew, in 1894, from the Botanic Garden of Copenhagen, 
under the name. of #&. nipponensis. Plants raised from 
_ these flowered in June, 1898, and fruited in the following 
_ August, The name has been obligingly verified by Mr. 
_Crépin. The only Japanese habitat in the Kew Her- 
_. barium is the mountain Fujiyama, in Nippon, collected by 
| -iechonoski, . oe . . 
--Desev, of var. nipponensis.—An erect bush, trunk naked 
or prickly ; branches slender, and peduncles more or less_ 
covered with glandular bristles. Leaves two to four inches” 
petiole short and slender, rhachis setulose, leaflets” 
rely three, one half to two-thirds of an inch 
iptic, finely serrulate, pale green; stipule 
e, entire. “rs solitary, an inch and 
peduncle very slender, one to one and 
Caly«-tube oblong, glabrous, lobes + 
ender, linear, tips dilated, pubescent 0 
n fruit. Petals rather shorter than 
E=LODG: sp rose-coloured. Fruit sub-erect, abo 
e-fourths of an inch long, ovoid, smooth, crowne 
he lo vent calyx-lobes,—J, D. H. | . 
ee 
é z aie Portion of peduncle; 2, Bene) 3, ovary j 4, ripe achene:- 
