182 = Mr. Woops on the British Species of Rosa, 
of his R. majalis, of which he declares, * Rami ramulique in ma- 
turo frutice sæpius toti inermes, rarius aculeis stipularibus paucis 
rectis gracilibus armati." The principal, or rather, I believe, the 
only ground on which this reference is supported is, that the 
place of growth of R. majalis agrees with that pointed out by 
Linnæus for R. spinosissima, and that no other Rose grows in simi- 
lar situations. : | 
Dr. Afzelius, in his Tonteimin primum de Rosis Sine, p: 3, 
remarks, * that Linnæus himself was at last inclined to unite 
R. spinosissima with R. pimpinellifolia ; but that in earlier times he 
certainly was of a different opinion: because R. pimpinellifolia 
is not a native of Sweden, much less is it a idis growing * ad 
agrorum margines eorumque acervos passim; nor has it soft 
fruit. Therefore,” continues he,“ we cannot doubt that Linnaeus 
at first intended some other species, which he afterwards seems 
to have forgotten; at first substituting in its place a Rose * ger- 
minibus ovatis, and afterwards confusing both with R. pimpinet- 
lifolia." A little further on, Dr. Afzelius adds, that from an exa- 
mination of the places pointed out by Linnæus, it a ppears clearly 
that the species of Rosa called by him spinosissima, is one of the 
many varieties of Rh. cinnamomea, ff rene he mn rt Shee . 
dulces, rubidos." This account, if 1 Br right, agrees 
with that of Dr. Wahlenberg: but if this is the case, some diffi- 
culty is introduced by the expression “ caulibus junioribus spino- 
sissimis;" as the young stems of R. cinnamomea are sometimes 
densely covered with sete, and in the usual language of bo- 
tany, as applied to Roses, might be called rough; but it seems 
a considerable license to call them thorny. Another unfortu- 
nate circumstance with respect to this passage is, that we do not 
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