Mr. Woons on the British Species of Rosa. 179 
- watra minore, plerumque . glabra, interdum pilis raris ad nervum instructa, saturate 
. . Viridia, nitoris expertia, subtus pallidiora. Pedunculi solitarii, superne incrassati, 
.* glabri. Receptaculum. globosum, glabrum. Calycis foliola triangulari-lanceolata, 
acuminata, simplicia, petalis breviora. Flores planiusculi, petala alba, basi lutes- 
centia, rarius pallide rubescentia, vel venis rubescentibus, vel alba gemmá rubellà. 
Styli inclusi ; stigmatibus planiuseulis. Fructus glaber, globosus vel depressus, ni- 
_ tidus, atro-purpureus, demum niger, interdum etiam maturus, sanguineus, 
In borders of fields and bushy places in a gravelly or sandy soil; 
frequently abundant on sand-hills by the sea-shore. 
. In old specimens growing in barren and exposed situations, the 
branches are occasionally destitute of prickles. The flowers are 
sometimes red, and sometimes with veins of that colour. I have a 
specimen of the latter variety, gathered near Cartmell in Lanca- 
shire, with elliptical acute folioles. In the R. ciphiana of Sibbald 
they are variegated with red and white. 
The ripe fruit is in some countries preserved, and brought to 
table in that state. In its natural state it is every where eaten by 
children. It has a grateful sub-acid taste. The juice of it di- 
luted with water, dyes silk and muslin of a peach-colour; and 
with the addition of alum, of a deep violet: but it has very little 
effect on woollen or linen.” With. ii. 4.65. | 
B. Fruit-stalk rough, with pedunculated gumas The flowers are 
sometimes very large. - 
— R. pimpinellifolia æ. moe et — F1. Fr. iv. 450: Sussex, 
Mr. Borrer. — iy i 
2 aculeatissima. Fruit very large; peduncles and Fruit sometimes 
smooth, sometimes armed with aculei rather than seti: 
both appearances may be seen on the same plant: the fruit 
is generally attenuated at the base. Sussex, Mr. Borrer. _ 
R. pimpinellifolia y. Desvaux Journ. de Bot. ii. 119. 
3. pusilla. Peduncle very short; fruit large, depressed, 2st 
buried among the leaves. Ireland, Mr. Sabine. 
242 s Pe- 
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