SPECIES DUBL#. 141 
entire, a little glandular beneath. This fine Rose 
grows in-hedges and thickets in the neighbourhood of 
Briangon, especially below the town and along the val- 
ley _—s to Lantaret. It flowers in July.. De- 
cand. I. e. 
Is this distinct from rubiginosa or is it a variety 
of tomentosa with smooth leaves? 
96. R. arborea Pers. syn. 2. 50. 
R. caule arboreo, foliis pinnatis, foliolis ovatis. 
Hab. in Persia, Olivier. 
Plantulas juveniles e seminibus apportatis tantum- 
modo vidi. Pers. 1. c. 
97. R. farinosa Rau annie 147. 
R. calycis tubo oviformi pedunculisque superne glabris; 
foliolis ovalibus utrinque villosis mollissimis, du- 
plicato-serratis; petiolis tomentosis cauleque acu- 
leatis: aculeis rectiusculis Raw l. c. 
R. farinosa Bechst. forstb. p. 243. n. 159 et p. 1646. 
Hab. circa Wirceburgum, Rau. 
Three or four feet high. Prickles strong, straight. 
Young branches armed with slender, straightish, some- 
what deflexed prickles; towards the extremities un- 
armed. Petioles hoary and glandular. Leaflets on 
both sides hoary and soft, above shining like silk, be- 
neath glandular atthe midrib. Peduncles 1-3, naked 
upwards, downy at the base. Sepals compound with- 
out glands. Flowers pale red. Fruit turgid, dull red. 
Rau l. ec. 
Can this be a good species? Or is it not rather a 
stunted R. tomentosa? or perhaps the same as our 
hoary Sussex variety of R. Sabini @? 
