124 ROSA RUBIFOLIA. 
sparingly armed with scattered falcate prickles. Leaves 
distant; stipules very long, narrow, naked, fringed with 
glands; petiole naked, sparingly prickly ; leaflets about 
5, ovate, acute, simply serrated, serratures diverging; 
bright green, naked and somewhat shining above, 
very much paler and downy beneath. Flowers small, 
pale red, about three together; peduncle and calyx 
without pubescence; the former glandular: sepals 
simple, ovate, hairy, reflexed, deciduous; stamens de- 
ciduous; styles united into a downy, clavate column. 
Fruit about the size of a pea, quite round and naked. 
This has hitherto been considered a very obscure 
plant, depending almost entirely upon the authority of 
the Hortus Kewensis, in the last edition of which it was 
described by Mr. Brown from plants raised from heps 
sent by Masson from North America. It is a very dis- 
tinct species, having little affinity with any other than 
R. moschata. From this its naked branchlets, peduncle 
and calyx will immediately distinguish it without recur- 
ring to other characters. Its habit is the same, but 
size less. The flowers, too, are pale red and very 
small; quite unlike those of moschata. 
The variety fenestralis differs from the true rubi- 
folia in the total absence of pubescence on the leaves, 
in their paler colour and thinner texture. My figure 
was taken from an unusually weak specimen and does 
not present the most common appearance of the plant. 
The flowers grow generally three or four together. 
