Mr. Woows on the British Species of Rosa. %93 
Frutex tripedalis, ied stricti, fusci, aculeati; aculei uncinati vel faleati, sübbinato- 
sstipulares, hic illic minoribus rectioribus sparsim intermixtis. Petioli pilosi, aculeis 
-glandulisve plerumque expertes. — Stipulee lineares, subglanduloso-serratæ, ez flori- 
bus propiores etiam solitariæ, ceteris multo latiores; cymarum tandem, foliis deficien- 
tibus, in bracteas ovatas acüminatas immutate. Foliola 5 vel 7, par superius et folio- 
lum impar ceteris majora, elliptica, simpliciter serrata, supra glabra glaucescentia, 
subtus precipue nervo pilosa. Pedunculi 1—5, glabri, bracteis plerumque breviores, 
Receptaculum subglobosum, fuscum. | Calycis foliola triangulari-elliptica, acuta, peta- 
lis breviora, pinnata, pinnis lanceolatis i integerrimis. Styli subinclusi ; stigmata villosa, 
conica. Fructus nunc globosus, nunc fauce parum elongatà : maturum non vidi. 
In Ireland, Mr. Templeton. Engl. Bot. 
I haye never seen this plant in a wild state. The curvature of 
the aculei is generally less than in other Roses of this tribe,—a 
character in which it agrees with R. bractescens; but the simple 
serratures will readily distinguish them both from all the varie- 
ties of R. tomentosa; and the aculei rest on a longer base than is 
found on that plant. From R. bractescens and R. collina this spe- 
cies may be known by its dwarf rigid habit; but the most im- 
portant character is derived from the mixture of small straight 
prickles on the branches. It is true that R. Aibernica has this 
character in common with R. Eglanteria ; but the entire want of. 
glands, the simple serratures, and the shape of the fruit, render it 
impossible that any mistake should arise between them. 
23. Rosa CANINA. 
R. inia duiisictiad subi caulinis: uncinatis. peti 
-= = foliolis carinatis simpliciter serratis. glabris. . i 
R. canina. Linn. Sp. Pl. i704. Willd. ii. 1077. Fl. Brit. 
. 540. Engl. Bot. xiv. t. 992. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Fr. iv. Me 
Fl. Dan. t. 555. 
Rosa sylvestris res seu canina. Raw Syn. 454. 
Frutex laxus, 6—8-pedalis. Rami diffusi, ue. aculeati; aculei uncinati, subbinato- 
«ind Petioli pubescentes ; aculeis falcatis, atque hic illic glandulis sparsis mu- 
od niti, 
