S94 ICOSANDRIA— rOLYGYNIA. Rosa, 



upper ones changed for large, ovate, nearly smooth, pointed 

 bracteas, longer than the smooth Jlower-stalks, which are usually 

 2 or 3 together. Twie of the ca/?/.r elliptical, quite smooth; some- 

 times nearly globular ; segments of the limb externally roughish, 

 but not glandular, irregularly, sometimes doubly, pinnate, with 

 smooth, lanceolate, brown -tipped leaflets or subdivisions. Pe- 

 tals flattish, pale red ; sometimes white. Floral receptacle con- 

 vex. Styles but slightly hairy, distinct, and not very prominent. 

 Stigmas in a round lax head, smooth. Fruit elliptical, occa- 

 sionally nearly globular. 



1 do not perceive any remarkable difference between Mr. Woods's 

 collina /3 and y ; the latter is said to be common all around Lon- 

 don, and indeed throughout England. His a, or supposed type 

 of the species, is R. collina, Jacq. Austr. t. 1 97, which, by a spe- 

 cimen from the author, appears distinctly characterized by its 

 dense habit, hx'xfiXXy Jloicer-stalks, very hairy styles, and rounded 

 leaflets. This latter has not been gathered in Britain. Finding 

 myself obliged to separate it from the plant Mr. Woods has de- 

 scribed, I gladly concur with Mr. Sabine in giving Mr. Forster's 

 name to what thus becomes a new species, totally different in 

 the simple and naked, not glandular, serratures of its leaves 

 from all the preceding, principally R. Borreri, which it other- 

 wise resembles; and from R. canina in its hairy mid-rib. 

 Whether any other characters may be discovered betwixt i^.For- 

 steri and canina, on a comparison of living specimens, must 

 for the present be left in doubt ; for there are many particulars, 

 concerning several of our most common Roses, that still re- 

 quire investigation. 



Of Mr. Woods's 5, an elegant little plant, with small pointed 

 leaflets, I have only seen one dried specimen, which answers to 

 the above specific character. 



19. R. hibernica. Irish Rose. 



Fruit nearly globular, smooth, as well as the flower-stalks. 

 Calyx pinnate, with entire appendages, permanent. 

 Prickles slightly curved, scattered, unequal. Leaflets 

 simply serrated, elliptical; ribs hairy beneath. 



R. hibernica. Engl. Bot. r. 3 1 . /. 2 1 96. Comp. 78. Woods Tr. of 

 L. Sac. V. 12. 222. Lindl. Ros. 82. 



In thickets in Ireland. 



Discovered in the counties of Derry and Down, particularly near 

 Belfast harbour, by Mr. Tcmpleton, who, in consequence of 

 its being judged a new Irish plant, received from a society at 

 Dublin, " exernplo raro et inaudito," a premium of .50 pounds 

 sterling. Tliis gentleman has many more claims to botanical 

 distinction. 



Shrub. Jime — November. 



