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at the base ; offsets of the calyx-leafits remarkably short and 

 broad ; petals white with red blotches ; leaves somewhat 

 concave. Highlands, Mr. W. Borrer. 



V. 'Receptacle elliptical, attenuated at each end ; peduncle longer 

 than the bracteae ; aculei falcate ; leaflets narrower than in 

 «, with a few hairs abovci hairy and glandular beneath like the 

 variety rj. This seems to have some affinity with R. micrantha, 

 but in a different way. The principal peculiarities are in the 

 long peduncles, in the aculei, which, though never uncinate 

 as in R. micrantha, are yet more constantly curved than iu 

 most of the preceding varieties of R. tomentosa, and in the 

 narrow leaflets. It sometimes approaches in scent to R.Eglan- 

 teria ; and the first time I gathered it in this state I did not 

 doubt that I had found the American sweet-briar, R. suaveo- 

 lens of Rees's Cyclopedia, The upper surface of the leaves is 

 sometimes almost smooth, at others quite soft and downy ; 

 both sides are occasionally densely pubescent. Near Hen- 

 field in Sussex, Mr. W. Borrer. Kent, Surrey, and Middlesex. 



|. differs from v only in the want of glands on the under surface 

 of the leaves, excepting occasionally on the nerve. Like that 

 variety it is sometimes almost smooth, sometimes densely pu- 

 bescent. Near Durham, Mr. Robertson. Lancashire, West- 

 moreland, and Middlesex. 



0. incana. Receptacle elliptical, smooth; calyx-leafits downy, 

 without glands ; peduncle with only a few hairs ; aculei fal- 

 cate ; young shoots purple-gray ; leaflets narrower than in «, 

 with a hoary pubescence, without glands ; "but the colour is 

 less striking than that of the variety «. Stipulae also downy 

 and without glands. Sent from Scotland by Mr. G. Don to 



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