192 Mr. Woods o?j the British Species of Rosa. 



Though ver}' downy, the leaves of this Rose are generally green 

 above ; but I have specimens which are considerably gray. Mr. 

 Sabine has a plant from Mr. G. Don, which differs from this 

 only in a harsher pubescence. 



(B. carulea. Fruit and peduncle nearly smooth ; flowers blush- 

 red. The glaucous waxincss of the young shoots is very 

 conspicuous and very beautiful in this variety : the leaves 

 are more glandular, the bracteae are in general smaller, and 

 the habit is more slender than in «. The plant from whence 

 I have taken this account was sent from Scotland, by Mr. 

 G. Jackson, to Mr. Vere's garden, and from thence received 

 by Mr. Sabine ; but I have specimens nearly similar collected 

 by Mr. Robertson near Newcastle, and by Mr. D. Turner at 

 Killin ; and I have met with it myself in Friar's Wood, near 

 Ingleton. 



y. cojicavij'olia. Leaflets remarkably concave, or conduplicate 

 and hoary. Bractete lanceolato-ovate ; receptacle globose. 

 Scotland, Mr. Borrer. 



i. suberecta. Fruit globose, that and the petiole furnished with 

 strong setae; flowers deep red. Stems stiff and upright; 

 leaflets 7, sometimes 9j elliptic, concave; stem, petioles, sti- 

 pulae, young prickles, and midrib, of a vinous red. The 

 general appearance of this variety is such as to make me wish 

 to consider it as a distinct species ; but I have not been able 

 to fix on any good character. In smell, in the abundance of 

 glands underneath the leaves, and even in habit, it ap- 

 proaches somewhat to R. Eglanteria ; it is not however en- 

 tirely free from the turpentine flavour which accompanies 



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