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and the leaves are hairy on both sides, sometimes hoary. Peculiar 

 to Scotland." L. 



4. R. Sabini {Sabine's Rose), bristles few and prickles unequal 

 distant, leaflets doubly serrated tomentose, segments of the 

 calyx compound. Liii'dl. p. 59. JVoods in Limi. Trans, v. 12. 

 p. 188. 



^. Doniana, bristles scarcely any, prickles nearly straight. 



Hab. Found in Scotland by Mr. G. Jacksun. Dunkeld, Mr. Borr. 

 and Hook. /3. Mountains of Clova, G. Don; and water of Leith, 

 near CoUington, Mr. Borr. Abundant in Orkney, Dr. Gillies. 

 Fl. June. T^ . 



" Shrill) 8 — 10 feet high. Branches erect, stout, dark brown, armed 

 with distant, falcate prickles and a few setcE. Leaves grey, distant; 

 stipules narrow, fringed with glands ; petioles downy, glandular, 

 armed with little prickles ; lea/lets 5 — 7, oval, doubly serrate, flat, 

 hairy on both sides, a little glandular beneath. Flowers usually 

 solitary, sometimes in great bunches ; peduncles and calyx very his- 

 pid ; the tube round; calijcine segments compound. Fruit round, 

 scarlet, hispid with setce." L. 



Mr. Lindley doubts whether this may not be, after all, a production 

 of R. tomentosa, var. mollis. 



** "N'lLLOS.E. Root-shoots straight, prickles nearly so. Leajlets ovate or 

 oblong, with their serratures spreading. Leajlets of the calyx conni- 

 vent, persistent; disk of the calyx thickened, closing over the mouth. 



5. R. villosa {Apple Rose), leaflets elliptical obtuse, fruit very 

 large with numerous rigid crowded bristles, segments of the 

 calyx viscid hispid. LindL p. 74. E. B. t. 583. R. gracilis. 

 Woods, 



Hab. Killin, Breadalbane, and coast of Fife^*, Lighff Woods at 

 Crossbasket, near Glasg., scarcely wild, Hook. Common in some 

 parts of Scotland, Sm. in E. B. Fl. June. V^ . 



" The largest of the genus, sometimes forming a small tree, with a 

 trunk as thick as a man's arm. Br a}iches duW, very glaucous, fre- 

 quently without any tinge of red, armed v-^ith strong, straight, or 

 somewhat falcate, equal prickles, either scattered or under the sti- 

 pules; branchlets with a few setae or none. Leaves usually very large 

 and gray, densely downy every where ; stipules spreading, acute, 

 finely serrated and fringed with glands ; petiole glandular, with 

 pale, falcate, unequal prickles 5 leajlets about 5, very unequal, 

 elliptical, flat, rugose, with a turpentine smell when bruised, very 

 coarsely and doubly serrated, the senatures diverging. Flowers in 

 pairs, either blush coloured, or deep red, of a middling size ; brac- 

 tecc large, ovate, concave, rugose, hoary, nearly smooth above ; 

 veduHcles very short, they and the calyx protected by rigid unequal 

 setee, and clammy with glands; tube ovate, glaucous; calycine 

 segments narrow, compound, spreading; pefa/s obcordate, a little 

 crenate at the edge ; disk elevated, not very thick ; styles hairy, di- 



* These stations may belong to the following species, R. tomentosa, wlilc h 

 has been often taken for the present one. 



