ROSA CAUCASEA. IT 
Diy. IX. Cine’ Aculei aquales adunci. Foliola 
ovata eglandulosa, serraturis conniventibus. Sepala 
decidua. Discus incrassatus faucem claudens. 
Surculi majorum arcuati. 
e disunion of styles will prevent any individuals ea this 
Mad being confounded with the next. 'The e 
feng which distinguish it from the preceding Divisions have | 
been explained under their respective heads. Mr. Sabine has a 
plant of &. canina which produces sete ; but this is a solitary ex- 
ception and cannot affect the general importance of the character 
I have assigned to the section. 
54. ROSA caucasea. Tab. 11. 
& 
R. foliolis mollibus om. ovariis 50-60. 
R. caucasica Pall. ross. 62. Bieb. taur. cauc. 1. 400. 
Ait ! kew. ed. alt. 3. 266. Smith in Rees in l. 
ab. in Iberia (Steven.) (v. v. Cc) 
This has so great a resemblance to many states of 
the next species, that I almost doubt whether they 
really be distinct. The present plant may be usually 
distinguished by a very robust habit, broad and soft 
leaves, and flowers growing in bunches. The fruit is 
very large and its flesh is soft. R. canina, it is 
true, sometimes has the greater part of these peculiari- 
ties, but its leaves are not soft; on the contrary, their 
“pubescence is harsh. The most certain test, however, 
of the species seems to be its unusually numerous 
ovaria, which it in the central flower are not less than 50 
but frequently more than 60; while canina has aged 
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