94 THK NATURALIST. 



and consequently the lower part more robust than in any of the previous 

 groups, The flowers are from one and a half to two inches across, gener- 

 ally pale pink, and the measurement of the leaf and leaflets about the same 

 as in R. molUssima and tomentosa. 



Subsection I. eu-canin^. Leaves not glandular beneath, peduncles 

 naked or very nearly so, fruit stone-hard when green, not ripening till 

 October or the latter part of September, the sepals reflexed after the petals 

 fall, and deciduous before the fruit changes colour. 



(A) Ijeaves g-lalbroixs on both, sides. 



1. jR. lutetiana, Leman. R. canina, Boreau and Deseglise. Leaves full 

 green or somewhat glaucous green, not flat, firm in texture, glabrous on 

 both sides, the terminal leaflet ovate, narrowed or somewhat rounded at 

 the base, the serratures numerous, simple, sharp, and connivent, the 

 petioles naked or nearly so, but furnished with three or four hooked aciculi. 

 Stipules and bracts naked on the back, not at all or only the auricles 

 setoso-ciliated. Peduncles naked. Calyx tube and fruit varying from 

 ovate-urceolate to subglobose, the sepals leaf-pointed, and fully pinnate, 

 naked or slightly hairy on the back towards the edge, hardly setoso- 

 ciliated. Sepals reflexed after the petals fall, the fruit ripening in October 

 or late in September, before which the sepals fall. Styles slightly hairy. 



3. R. dumalis, Bechst. R. canina, Leman. R. sarmentacea, JVoods. 

 B. glaucophylla, Winch. Habit of growth and prickles of the normal plant. 

 Leaves full green or glaucous green, not flat, firm in texture, glabrous on 

 both sides, the terminal leaflet ovate, narrowed or somewhat rounded at 

 the base, the serratures neither so numerous nor so close as in the preced- 

 ing, each or several furnished with from one to three gland-tipped teeth, 

 the petioles more or less setose, but not hairy or only very slightly so, but 

 furnished with three or four hooked aciculi. Stipules and bracts naked on 

 the back, but closely setoso-ciliated. Peduncles naked. Calyx tube and 

 fruit varying from ovate-urceolate to subglobose, the sepals leaf-pointed 

 and fully pinnate, naked or slightly hairy on the back towards the edge, 

 more or less densely setoso-ciliated. Fruit as in the preceding. Styles 

 hairy, sometimes a little protruded. Very common. 



(33) Leaves g-labroTis above, liairy on tlie veins beneath.. 



3. JR. urhica, Leman. R. colUna, /3 Woods. R. Forsteri, E. B. S. 

 Habit of growth and prickles of the normal plant. Leaves full green or 

 glaucous green, not flat, firm in texture, glabrous above, liairy on the ribs 



