9 



64 A LIST OF BRITISH ROSES 



(Prickles long, straightish ; petioles very prickly and aciculate ; sepals 

 long, dark, much pinnate — 8 

 Prickles more or less curved ; petioles not strongly armed ; sepals 

 green or ashy 9 



Q j Leaflets tomentose suherecta. 



(Leaflets glabrous or nearly so glabrata. 



(Peduncles as long as or longer than the fruit; leaflets densely glan- 

 dular; fruit hispid, ovoid or subglobose resinosoides. 

 Peduncles shorter than fruit ; leaflets thinly finely glandular ; fruit 

 smooth or finely hispid, subglobose or obovoid omissa. 



u. Subgroup Tomentose. (See p. 43.) 



(Leaflets eglandular or with few, small, inconspicuous glands 

 1 J tomentosa. 

 [Leaflets with conspicuous glands, at least on primary nerves 2 



{Leaflets oval, thinly glandular ; fruit ovoid ; styles hispid ; flowers 

 pale rose pseudo-cuspidata. 

 Leaflets broadly oval, rather densely glandular ; fruit subglobose ; 

 styles woolly; flowers bright rose cusxnclatoides. 



V. Subgroup Fcetid^. (See p. 44.) 



(Leaflets softly hairy, at least beneath ; styles usually quite glabrous 2 



1 \ Leaflets subglabrous or thinly hairy beneath ; styles often thinly 



{ hispid 4 



(Leaflets very large, suborbicular; prickles large and stout 



2 J Jundzilliana. 

 (Leaflets and prickles medium 3 



„ (Leaflets glandular beneath, rather broad fcetida. 



I Leaflets eglandular beneath, rather narrow, often spaced ... confusa. 



(Leaflets eglandular; prickles straightish scabriuscula. 



4] Leaflets decidedly glandular; prickles falcate or subuucinate 



I sylvestris. 



G. SUBSECTION KUBIGINOS^. 



Key to Groups. 



(Styles hispid or villous; sepals often erect, usually subpersistent ; 



- J bushes small, low, stiff, and compact 2 



j Styles glabrous; sepals reflexed and deciduous; bushes tall, lax, 



i arching 3 



'Stem usually with acicles ; peduncles hispid-glandular, very rarely 

 smooth ; leaflets small, broadly oval or suborbicular, rounded 



2i below GROUP EGLANTERIA (w) 



Stem without acicles ; peduncles smooth ; leaflets oblong, narrowed 



below GROUP ELLIPTICA (y) 



/ Peduncles hispid-glandular ; leaflets oval or elliptical, rarely narrowed 



I below :. GROUP MICRANTHA (x) 



^ I Peduncles smooth; leaflets oblong or narrow-elliptical, always de- 

 ( cidedly narrowed below GROUP AGRESTIS (z) 



w. GROUP EGLANTERIA. (See p. 46.) 



(Peduncles smooth jenensis. 



(Peduncles hispid-glandular 2 



