396 ICOSANDRIA-POLYGYNIA. Rosa. 



elliptical, with a small twisted point more or less apparent, 

 sharply and simply, though often unequally serrated, and not 

 glandular ; perfectly smooth in every part ; the upper surface 

 deep green, either opaque or very shining ; under paler. Foot- 

 stalks beset with a few hooked prickles, the upper edge often 

 slightly hairy, rarely bristly or glandular. Stipulas linear, taper- 

 pointed, smooth, with glandular serratures, which are some- 

 times very slight. Bracteas ovate, pointed, serrated and hairy 

 at the margins. Flower-stalks from 1 to 4, or many more, ac- 

 cording to the strength of the shoot or branches, for the most 

 part smooth, but sometimes furnished with weak glandular 

 bristles as well as the elliptical tube, and simply pinnate seg- 

 ments, of the calyx, though both the latter are usually smooth. 

 Flowers of various shades of pink, large, fragrant and beautiful j 

 seldom quite white. Floral receptacle small and flat. St7/les 

 slightly prominent. Fruit ovate, stripped of the segments of 

 the calyx, bright scarlet, of a peculiar and very grateful flavour 

 when ripe, especially if made into a conserve with sugar. How 

 far any of our other Roses, hitherto confounded with this, par- 

 take of the same flavour, 1 have not had the means of knowing, 

 but this much concerns those who prepare Conserve of Hips. 

 I have often been sensible of a great diversity of flavour in these 

 fruits, casually gathered late in autumn. 



Var. /3 differs in having remarkably strong shoots, bearing some- 

 times great plenty of flowers ; but I agree with Mr. Sabine in 

 thinking it a mere variety. Most Roses, if cut down, send up 

 such vigorous shoots the next season. 



7 is more doubtful, having the calyx-tube globose, and the prickles 

 nearly straight ; but no safe judgment can be formed upon the 

 only known specimen, gathered by Mr. Woods at Ambleside. 



The wooden cut in Dodonseus, Pempt. J 86, named R. sylvestris, 

 belongs to this species, though it serves in Gerarde to represent 

 the Sweet Briar, see n. 1 1. 



**** Branches without bristles. Prickles hooked, compressed. 

 Styles combined, 



2 1 . R. systyla. Close-styled Dog Rose. 



Fruit ovate-oblong, smooth. Flower-stalks glandular. Ca- 

 lyx pinnate, deciduous. Prickles hooked. Leaflets sim- 

 ply serrated. Floral receptacle conical. Styles com- 

 bined, smooth. 



R. systyla. " Bastard Flore d\4njou, as quoted by Desvaux, Journ. 

 de Bat. V. 2. 113"? f foods Tr. of L. Soc. v. 12. 230. Lindl. 

 i? 0,9. 111. Hook. Scot. \ 59. 



R. collina. Engl. Bot. i\ 27. t. 1895 ; excluding the syn. 



/3 lanceolata. Lindl. ibid. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate. Fruit sphe- 

 rical. 



