214 Mr. Woops on the British Species of Rosa. 
aculeata, serraturis inæqualibus, plerumque divaricatis, irregulariter serrulatis, Pe- 
dunculi 1—8, glabri, bracteis breviores. Receptaculum anguste ellipticum, fuscum, 
glabrum. Calycis foliola glabra, triangulari-elliptica, acuminata, pinnis lanceolato-li- 
nearibus, inciso-serratis, Flores rubescentes, planiuseuli. Styli inclusi, stigmatibus 
planiusculis. Fructus ellipticus, coccineus, nitidus. 
Common in hedges and bushy places. 
B. nitens.. The leaves, instead of the gray waxy appearance they 
generally have, are of a shining green : this variety has fre- 
quently a few setæ on the fruitstalk. Mr. Borrer finds this 
character also in æ. I have observed one specimen further 
remarkable by its straggling habit and small leaflets, with 
long ragged-looking serratures; perhaps it ought rather to be 
considered as belonging to the variety y. In hedges. 
2. i dwarf variety of very lax and feeble growth, which is occa- 
Sion: dy met with in waste ground and on way-sides: the leaf- 
lets are rarely more than five, elliptico-lanceolate, or even 
sometimes lanceolate; the serratures are narrower and longer. 
It is remarkable that in this variety, while the leaflets are 
always narrower than in æ, the leafits are generally wider. 
à. is a very large plant, which has the fruit and even the imma- 
ture receptacle nearly globose ; the calyx-leafits are also fre- 
quently glandular. At Settle and other places in the moun- 
tainous district of the North of England. 
=s A variety with very small flowers, and a habit not unlike that 
of R. cesia. At Settle. 
€ A large but slender plant, with flowers alwaye solitary. Re- 
 Ceptacle broadly-elliptical. Road-side near Furness Abbey. 
I am disposed to refer to this species R. micrantha, Lam. et 
Dec. Fl. Fr. vi. 587. The name I have adopted is derived from 
the 
