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THE NATURALIST. 



Banmiculus acris, like one I found last 

 summer at Harrow Weald, Middle- 

 sex, growing in a dry ditch there ? 

 It had not the smallest vestige of 

 stamens or seed vessels, and the 

 petals were also remarkably small, 

 of a pale yellow hue, and about 

 the size of R. hederaceus. The 

 leaves and stalk had no apparent 

 malformation existing in them. — 

 J. C. Melvill, The Grove, Harrow, 

 June, 1864. 



I have some fine specimens of 

 N. lucina, T. rubi, S. tilice, S. populi, 

 P. statices, C. iilantaginis (bred), L. 

 ynonacha, S. carpini, G. trilinea, 

 and A. ornata, which I should be 

 glad to exchange. I wish to replenish 

 my series of many of the common 

 and local species, so that my desi- 

 derata will be very numerous. — W. 

 E. Parsons, New Koad, Aylesbury, 

 June 7, 1864. 



REVIEW OF THE BRITISH ROSES, 

 ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



By J. G. Baker, Esq., of Thirsk. 



Part III.— RUBIGINOS^. 



Bushes of various size and habit with suberect or arching stems. 

 Prickles uniform or intermixed withaciculi and a few setae, the full sized ones 

 falcate or uncinate, with the lower part moderately robust. Leaves doubly 

 serrated, glabrous or slightly hairy above, more or less covered with hairs 

 and viscous often odorous glands beneath. Peduncles aciculate and setose 

 or occasionally naked. Sepals more or less glandular or setose upon the 

 back, spreading upon the fruit, deciduous or subpersistent. Styles free, 

 moderately hairy or glabrous. 



VI. — R. RUBiGiNosA. Linn. A shrub four or five feet in height, 

 with hardly arching main stem and comparatively short more or less 

 compact branches. Mature stem furnished with numerous large prickles, 

 plentifully intermixed with either setaceous or slightly curved aciculi and 

 sometimes a few sette, but not passing down into them gradually as in the 

 Spi?wsissimcp. Large prickles with narrowly elliptical bases about a quar- 

 ter of an inch deep, the prickle from three-eighths to half an inch long, 

 falcate or even uncinate, moderately robust below but the point long and 



