378 
fhort 
ferted 
in the calyx, and furnifhed with triangular anthera : 
the germens are numerous, in the bottom of the calyx, fupplied with 
equ 
mber of ftyles, which are villous, fh 
comprefTed in 
neck of the calyx, inferted in the fide of the gennen, and 
minated with obtufe ftigmata : the fruit is a flefhy fmooth oval berry 
of a deep fiefh 
formed of the tubular part of the caly 
containing many long rough feeds. It is a native of B 
monly growing in woods and hedges, and flowering in J 
, and 
com- 
The flowers of 
ful appearance in the hedges, and though by fome botanifts 
frequently make a confpicuous and b 
they 
are faid to be inodorous, yet their fragrance is often very perceptibl 
The fruit, called heps or hips, has a fourifh tafte, and obtains a place 
the London Pharmacopoeia, in the form of a conferve ; for this 
purpofe the feed 
d 
chaffy fibres are to be carefully removed 
for if thefe prickly fibres are not entirely fcraped off from the interna! 
furface of the 
eps, th 
nfei 
ve is 
abl 
e 
the primas 
to prod 
fiderabl 
fuppofed to poffefs any med 
This officinal preparation of the fruit 
b 
it 
the tafte, and we 
g 
Materia Medica 
fluted to give form to the more active articles of 
F 
complaints, dyfenteries, haemorrhages, &c. 
dropfi 
Djfi de Rofc 
for various difeafes 
Gendorni 
ifbatologia, p. 136. fqq. 
repute 
ROSA CENTIFOLTA. 
