10$^ 



»RiriSM SPKCITilS Ot^DftOSERA. 



first disiin- 

 giiislied by 

 Hudsyii. 



ConsMc-ed a 

 *i)<*cies by 

 Withering 

 and Smiih. 



)^e^^;ons for 

 flo.itt ihU^ 



Nu-m'ber of 

 styles, variable, 



as. welt as that 

 i^ iha valves 

 «f tke cay- 



Cfe-blY two Bri- 



55oreV]aof 



. I conir' next to treat of the flrosera anglica. , Hudson I 

 believe vas the lirst wlio *^ave bliis species its trivial name^ 

 and who«8hignC:d thespeeitic charHCters^ by which we were 

 to cliscriiniuate it from the d. longifoiia, of which previous 

 to his time it was only reckoned a variety. 



VViiherini^ and Smith seem to coincide in 9pinfon wxtlx 

 Hudtion, for in their wokIcs^ Uefore. noticed, tliey have 

 fallowed bis urraageroent. It-is tli«refwe unwillingly, and 

 with due deference to thw authority of such superior bota- 

 uibls, thatl venture to entertain a different seulitDeut. 



Amo\ig ,my ;last y<?ars uat^a^^ 1 find 4he faUovifing*/*S)b 

 the d.,}inglica a distinct species, qr merely a variety of d. 

 longifolia? 1 have found plants^ corresponding" to the 

 description of the d. angiica ,«;iv.en, in Smith's Flor. Bri- 

 tain vv-c, and with the figure pt Morrison there refecred to, 

 which had only six styles and. a three valved capsule,*' 



lu July last, I carried home a nuiuber of plants of drow 

 sera, some of whichx; agreed with Morrison's first figure, 

 and others with his second fi.gure,' of; plate 4tb, in size» 

 shape, ^c. ; and when 1 examined the largest plants very 

 iwrticiilarly,. 1 discovered, that one flower hud six styles* 

 ^d another nine, though they belonged to the same scape 

 r^that twQ ftowerb from another scape had each seven styles,^ 

 7— while an^ttbpr couple iVom a third scape possessed only 

 ^jc styles euch, .The styUsrlJ9und^|l^o. ypied as-^ iM^;* 

 Ijfr ijj, the. i^maller plants*... ,, ^..■. ^ ... ^ /., =/ 



0(ij,the unifprQjity pf lhe:yalj{es of the ^agsulcs I could 

 place no dependance ; for in the larg.e.as vvf;ll as tliej>ii\allei' 

 phmts^tljey vitried from three to four in nuyob^r. 

 , rI^S>t b/iog bXAm to ptiKc^iv^ ap^ 4if}Vrep<c"**v *P ■ tb*i^9j(he'* 

 pffcit^, as the leaves &c. of the different plants, exqe^t ii^ 

 si^e, I C!«ij*^Uuled, thajt what has Iw^en flengaiipatcd the,c/r<w, 

 Qj^gii^u i^,^iwj3/^.a yanety, 9^' d/oseJ^;^ long^tx)lia. 

 ^y,jMjj, conclusion thep, be ju^t,,it toUQw^, .that we have 

 QX)}.y, j^wo, British, sp^cjes , of, xl roser^^ which, ruay. easily be 

 discriminated by the characters before given. , |, , ^^, j^^ 

 r. M^y'^ IP^^*. ^o«gj/b//a. w?a.r^«,a justJy^beion«^& ta^dljoi^^^^ 

 folia, and is^ what was denominated d, anglica. Jlis rorf/Z^f 



' • * It i^ vjdrtfe notic^^,thAt "m the^'ttfosttS' nmhmf. ^i^t \uimliitt of 



9ijles-i»t..likcwise, subject to variation. - ' ■• ^ 



0f,\:/ I rotundi/olia 



