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Differs from R. coriifolia by the flowering branches more 

 elongate and with fewer prickles, by the shape of the fruit, 

 and especially by the sepals not becoming erect. 



It is to be noted that there is a certain amount of varia- 

 tion amongst the different specimens. The leaflets may be 

 more or less glandular on the under surface, or eglandular ; 

 the petioles, backs of the stipules, and backs of the sepals 

 may also be with or without glands, and in one case the 

 peduncles also are glandular. Though the flowers are 

 wonderfully uniform in colour, a very pale pink, in one 

 case they are as deeply coloured as they commonly are in R. 

 coriifolia. The amount of villosity also varies, both as regards 

 the under surface of the leaflets and the backs of the stipules. 



In the " Revision des Rosa de 1'herbier Babington," 

 which appeared in the Journal of Botany for 1896, M. Crepin 

 says that though he had not seen authentic specimens, he 

 had reason to believe that R, cccsia, Sm., is a variety of 

 R. coriifolia, Fr. The specimen in Woods' collection, No. 

 78, which bears on the label " R. ccesia, Sm., Taynuilt, Mr. 

 Borrer," is undoubtedly a form of R. coriifolia, Fr., with slightly 

 compound glandular toothing, and with the pedicels and 

 backs of the sepals eglandular. In the Herbarium of the 

 Natural History Department at South Kensington I found 

 a specimen similar in all respects, also labelled " R. cczsia, Sm., 

 Taynuilt, W. Borrer, June 1810?" 



In the same collection may be seen another specimen 

 named R. c&si'a, Sm., and with the following interesting 

 note pasted on the sheet : " Rosa (ccesia, if new). Highland 

 valleys of Perthshire and Argyllshire. Bush compact, not so 

 tall as R. canina, covered in July with a profusion of flowers, 

 which are usually solitary, sometimes in pairs, generally of 

 an uniform but very beautiful carnation hue (like that of 

 R. collina in English Botany) occasionally white. Calyx 

 sometimes sprinkled with glands, sometimes not. Young 

 twigs and germen remarkably caesious." 



This note is not signed, but underneath is written in 

 pencil " W. Borrer." 



Below are the words : " From Sowerby's Herbarium. 

 Reed. 1859." 



This specimen, which is in flower, is also incontestably 

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