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  Ri-dberg: 
  Notes 
  on 
  Rosaceae 
  

  

  New 
  York: 
  South 
  Beach, 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  Burnham 
  746; 
  

  

  wr 
  Dorp, 
  Kearney; 
  Eastport, 
  Schrenk. 
  

  

  Virginia: 
  Marion, 
  N, 
  L. 
  & 
  E. 
  G. 
  Britton 
  & 
  A. 
  M. 
  Vail. 
  

  

  13. 
  Rosa 
  nanella 
  Rydberg 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  Martha's 
  Vineyard. 
  Massachu 
  

  

  setts, 
  which 
  was 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  Flora 
  under 
  

   this^name. 
  It 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  R. 
  Carolina, 
  but 
  smaller, 
  has 
  smaller 
  

   leaflets, 
  smaller 
  fruit, 
  and 
  short, 
  usually 
  curved 
  prickles. 
  It 
  also 
  

  

  resembles 
  

  

  more 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  are 
  different. 
  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  belong 
  here: 
  

  

  Massachusetts: 
  Chappaquiddick 
  Island, 
  Bickne^ 
  

  

  New 
  York: 
  Peconic 
  River, 
  Long 
  Island, 
  N. 
  Ta 
  

  

  Point, 
  Fire 
  Island, 
  E. 
  L. 
  Morris: 
  Oak 
  Island. 
  N. 
  Tavl 
  

  

  14. 
  Rosa 
  virginiana 
  Mill. 
  

  

  synonym 
  

  

  Miller 
  

  

  vtrgtntana 
  

  

  one 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  on 
  which 
  R. 
  blanda 
  was 
  originally 
  based 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  here 
  treated. 
  Another 
  character 
  assigned 
  

   to 
  R. 
  virginiana 
  by 
  Miller, 
  viz., 
  " 
  the 
  shining 
  leaves,*' 
  does 
  not 
  very 
  

   well 
  apply 
  to 
  R. 
  blanda 
  as 
  usually 
  understood. 
  The 
  name 
  R. 
  

   virginiana 
  Mill, 
  was 
  substituted 
  for 
  R. 
  lucida 
  Ehrh. 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  

   Gray's 
  Manual 
  by 
  Robinson 
  and 
  Fernald. 
  I 
  therefore 
  wrote 
  to 
  

   Professor 
  Fernald, 
  asking 
  him 
  kindly 
  to 
  let 
  me 
  know 
  the 
  reasons 
  

   for 
  the 
  change 
  made. 
  In 
  answer 
  I 
  received 
  the 
  following 
  letter, 
  

   which 
  I 
  take 
  the 
  liberty 
  of 
  publishing: 
  

  

  fine 
  

  

  sheet 
  in 
  the 
  herbarium 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  marked 
  "Rosa 
  virginiana 
  Mill- 
  

   Diet. 
  No. 
  10 
  1" 
  James 
  Britten 
  and 
  J. 
  G. 
  Baker 
  who 
  called 
  my 
  attention 
  to 
  it 
  say 
  

   there 
  is 
  absolutely 
  no 
  question 
  about 
  its 
  authentity. 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  fruiting 
  

   branches 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  perfectly 
  good 
  R. 
  lucida 
  Ehrh. 
  Crepin 
  recognized 
  it 
  and 
  has 
  

   written 
  on 
  the 
  sheet 
  "R. 
  lucida 
  Ehrh. 
  Cr." 
  and 
  J. 
  G. 
  Baker 
  (Jour. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  XXXVII. 
  

   74) 
  in 
  his 
  Revised 
  Classification 
  of 
  Roses 
  so 
  treats 
  it. 
  I 
  took 
  a 
  photograph— 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  one 
  nearly 
  life-size— 
  and 
  it 
  shows 
  the 
  characteristic 
  broad-base 
  and 
  

   curved 
  infra-stipular 
  prickles 
  at 
  two 
  pomts. 
  

  

  