216 Mr. Woops on the British Species of Rosa. 
19. Rosa BRACTESCENS. 
R. receptaculis globosis, aculeis uncinatis, foliolis simpliciter ser- 
ratis subtus tomentosis, bracteis fructus superantibus. 
Frutex 6—7-pedalis. Rami diffusi, nunc fusci, nunc olivacei, aculeati ; aculei falcato-unci- 
nati, binato-stipulares. Petioli tomentosi, nec glandulosi, aculeisque falcatis muniti. 
Slipule lineares, subintegerrimæ, vel apicem versus serrulate, subtus tomentose ; ez 
floribus propiores multo majores, demum foliis deficientibus in bracteas magnas ova- 
' tas, acuminatas, fructus superantes immutate. Foliola 5 vel 7, par superius et foliolum 
impar ceteris majora, elliptica, supra hirta, subtus tomentosa, interdum nervo aculeata, 
simpliciter serrata. Pedunculi 1—4, plerumque glabri; rarius setis sparsis debilibus ar- 
mati. Receptaculum globosum, olivaceo-fuscum, glabrum. | Calycis foliola triangu- 
lari-elliptica, pinnata, pinnis integerrimis. Flores incarnati, concaviusculi. Styli sub- 
inclusi ; stigmata in conum porrecta, villosissima. Fructus globosus : maturi colorem 
nescio, 
Hedges about Ulverston, Lancashire. 
B. Stipulz nearly smooth ; sens lents glandular. At Ambleside 
in Westmoreland. — 
Tam not aware that this ces though Dréscnitg n very yatriking 
character, has been noticed by any preceding botanist: from 
- that character the present name is adopted; but my choice was 
confined by the use of names previously introduced from charac- 
ters somewhat similar. R. bracteata is the well-known name of a 
very different species ; and Thuilliers has given the name of sti- 
pularis, which would have been the most appropriate, to a Rose 
with which I am unacquainted, but which cannot be confounded 
with the present. ays 
-From R.dumetorum, independently of ce marks "hd will 
bé painted out in the description of that species, R. bractescens 
may be known by the rounder receptacle, the mass of woolly 
styles, and theimmense bractez. This latter is an important cha- 
racter by which it may be distinguished from the other Roses with 
hooked prickles and simple serratures; from most of which it 
also 
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