830 | Mr. Woops on the British Species of Rosa. 
25. Rosa sysTYLA. 
R. stylis unitis, receptaculis oblongis, aculeis uncinatis subæqua- 
libus surculorum confertis, foliolis simpliciter serratis. 
R. systyla. Bastard Flore d' Anjou, as quoted by Desvaux, Journ. 
... de Bot. ii. 113. | 
R. stylosa. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Er. vi. 586. Desv. Journ. de Bot. li. 
113. pl. 14. | = =e 
R. brevistyla. Lam. et Dec. FI. Fr. vi. 537. 
R. leucochroa. Desv. Journ: de Bot. ii. 113. pl. 15. 
R. collina. Engl. Bot. xxvii. t. 1895. 
Frutex gracilis, 8—12-pedalis. Rami vagi, olivacei, aculeati ; aculei uncinati, subæquales, 
ramulorum minores plerumque binato-stipulares, sureulorum maximi instar Psitta- 
corum rostri. Petioli tomentosi, sape glandulosi, aculeisque parvis falcatis muniti. 
Stipule lineares, serrulatæ, glabriuscule, ez floribus solitariis propiores vix ceteris 
. Jatiores, ad cymas, foliis deficientibus, tandem in bracteas lanceolatas acuminatas 
x immutatæ. -~ Foliola 5 rarius 7, par superius et foliolum impar ceteris majora, el- 
liptica, vel lanceolato-elliptica, carinata, acuminata, simpliciter serrata, supra gla- 
bra, subtus venulis hirsuta. Pedunculi 1—8, glandulosi, elongati. Receptaculum 
oblongum vel elliptico-oblongum, fusco-olivaceum, glabrum. Calycis foliola ovato- 
-triangularia, pinnata; pinnæ inciso-glandulosæ, Flores cyathiformes, petala pul- 
cherrime rubescentia, basi parum in aurantiacum vergentia, sed interdum flores pal- 
lidiores et etiam albi inveniuntur. S¢y/i in columellam porrecti ; stigmata in conum 
. congesta. Fructus elliptico-oblongus, glaber, coccineus, ; ; 
At New-Timber, Henfield, and many other places in Sussex 
abundantly. Mr. Borrer. At Walthamstow and Quendon in 
... Essex, and at Clapton in Middlesex. Mr. E. Forster. At Don- 
. nington-Castle in Berkshire. Mr. Bicheno. Near Penshurst in 
Kent, and near Hornsey in Middlesex. 
B. Leaves entirely smooth on both sides. 
I cannot hesitate in referring to one species the synonyms above 
quoted. R.brevistyla and R. leucochroa are said to differ in having 
a shorter column of styles than R. stylosa; but this circumstance 
| I have 
