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7. R. riiMginosa {Sweel-lriar), prickles booked, leaflets rugose 



opaque, calyces and peduncles hispid. Lindl. p. 86. 

 a. vulgaris, prickles strong- very unequal, styles hairy, fruit ovate 

 or oblong. Light/, p. 262 {R. suavifolia). R. r7ibiginosa, 

 E.B.t. 991, R. eglcmleria, Woods. 

 ^. iiwdoro, prickles very much hooked nearly equal, leaflets less 

 glandular, segments of the calyx deciduous before maturity. 

 R. dumetorum, E.B.t. 2579 : et R. Borreri, Woods. 



Hab. a. Hedges about Red Hall, Di . Parsons. Sea-side between 

 Caroline Park and Crammond, Mr. Greville. ■&. Near Edinb., Mr. 

 Borrer. Ft. June. I^ . 



Much branched, 3 or 4 feet high, with a more compact habit than 

 R. camna. Branches bright green, flexuos?, armed with numerous, 

 hooked, unequal, scattered, strong prickles ,- on the rootshoots some- 

 times very small, and tipped with a gland. Leaves dull, rugose, 

 green, very sweetscented, covered beneath with numerous brown 

 glands ; stipules dilated, toothletted, hairy beneath ; petioles with 

 a few strong, unequal prickles ; leaflets 5 — 7, roundish or ovate, 

 pointed, doubly serrated, somewhat spoonshaped, usually naked 

 above, covered with hairs, and very pale and rugose beneath. Flow- 

 ers 1 — 3 together, concave, pale blush coloured; bractece pale, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, concave, slightly hairy and glandular ; peduncles and 

 ccdyx. hispirl, with weak setae ; tube ovate ; calycine segments reflex- 

 ed, pinnate; petals ohcordate ; J/sA" much thickened; germensSO — 

 40; styles ]\oa.vy, distinct. f/-(iii orange-red, roundish, oblong or 

 obovate, hispid or smooth; crowned by the ascending segments of 

 the calyx. 



Of tl\e 8 European vars. of this species mentioned by Mr. Lindley, be- 

 sides the two abovem entioned, two others are given as natives of 

 Britain (R. micrantha of Woods, and umbellata of Leers), to which 

 a third {R. sepium of Thuill) has since been added by the Rev. Mr. 

 Bree ; but I am not aware that they have been found in Scotland. 



"The more common appearance of thisplant is a compact, much branch- 

 ed bush, with pale red flowers in threes, bristly scarlet fruit, and 

 bright green but not shining leaves, which are powerfully and grate- 

 fully fragrant. All these characters are, however, liable to consi- 

 derable variation, and have been the foundation of a multitude of 

 supposed species. ^. is a very remarkable plant, and seems al- 

 most to unite R. rubig. with R. can." L. 



•"*** Canin.e. Prickles equal, hooked. Leaflets orate, without glands; 

 serraturesconnivent. Segments of the calyx deciduous. Disk incras- 

 sated, closing over the mouth of the tube. The larger shoots bent. 



8. R. canina {Dog Rose), leaflets rigid ovate, germens 20 — 30. 

 Lindl. p. 98. Light/, p. 262. E. B. t. 992. R. surculosa, 

 sarmenlucea, et nudn, floods. 



s. dumetorum, leaves hairy on both sides, segments of the cal. 

 and peduncles smooth. R. dumetornin, JVoods. 



^. cteiia, leaflets csesious hairv on both sides, tube of the calyx 

 elliptical. R. ccesin, E. B.t.2'3{\l . JVoods, 



