226 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
This is distinguished from all the preceding Dog-roses by the 
leaflets being quite glabrous both above and beneath. 
21. Rosa lutetiana. Leman. 
Baker, in Nat. 1864, p. 94. 
X. canina, Déséglise, Essai Monogr. de Rosiers de la France, p. 61. 
Woods, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 992. 
Stem arching ; prickles stout, hooked. Leaflets oval or elliptical, 
rather firm, not flat, green or glaucous-green and glabrous on both 
sides, closely deeply sharply and irregularly but simply serrate, 
the serratures without gland-tipped setz ; petioles glabrous, nearly 
destitute of gland-tipped setze, but with a few small hooked prickles. 
Stipules and bracts glabrous, usually not ciliated with gland-— 
tipped setee. Pedicels short, naked. Styles slightly hairy. Fruit 
urceolate-ovoid or subglobose, ripening in October. Sepals leaf- 
pointed, copiously pinnate, sub-glabrous on the outside, more or less — 
ciliated with gland-tipped sete, falling before the fruit ripens. 
In hedges and thickets. Very common throughout the kingdom. 
This is distinguishable from the last by the leaves having the 
serratures closer and simple, i.e. without small gland-tipped teeth — 
upon them. From all the other Dog-roses the leaves glabrous on 
both sides is sufficient to separate it. 
It is utterly impossible to give any accurate distribution of — 
these forms of the Dog-rose ; many of them will, no doubt, be found 
to be much more widely spread than has been indicated. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 
The greater number of the plants included under R. canina have 
arching stems 6 to 10 or 12 feet high, with very large uniform 
mostly curved prickles. Leaves and leaflets about the size of those — 
of R. tomentosa; the flowers generally 2 or 3 together, 15 to 2 — 
inches across, most commonly pale pink. 
Common Dog-rose. 
French, Rosier Eglantier. German, Hunds Rose. 
The Wild Rose of our hedges is of the same family as many of our most attractive 
garden favourites ; and although these have a more rich and striking beauty, there are 
those who prefer the simple charms of the common Dog-rose. All the numerous 
varieties of double Rose cultivated in our gardens possess the same properties 
as this plant. The fruit of the Dog-rose, or “hips” as they are called, has long — 
