Mr. Woods o« the British Species of Bosa. 205 



their own R. tomentosa, two vciy different plants. " Aiguillons un 

 pea courbcs" is a character hardly inconsistent with any variety 

 of this plant; tliough in some they are frequently to be met with 

 quite straight. The fruit is said to give a foetid smell when rubbed ; 

 a quality I have never had the opportunity of observing. 



To the same variety, or to y, we may perhaps refer Rosa ancle- 

 gavensis of the same work, vi. 539- It agrees very well with the 

 usual appearances of this species, except in the pubescence. 



13. Rosa nuda. 



R. receptaculis globosis, calycibus compositis, aculeis rectiuscu- 

 lis, foliolis simpliciter serratis. 



Frulex 5 — Z-pedalis. Rami diffusi, e fusco glaucescentes, aculeati ; aculei subcequales, 

 rectiusculi, sparsi, vel l)inato-stipulares. Pelinli nunc glabri nunc glandulosi, abs- 

 que aculeis vel tomento ; pili tamen, ad axillas foliolorum siti, sunt in hac specie per- 

 conspicui. Slipulce lineares, apice serratae, eae Horibus etiam solitaiiis propiores cete- 

 ris multo niajores. Foliola 5 vel 7, par superius et foliolum iinpar ceteris majora ellip- 

 tica, acute et irregulariter sed simpliciter serrata, utiinque glabra. Pedunculi pauci, 

 breves, glabri. Receptaculum globosum, viride, glabrum. Calycis foliola divisa, 

 pinnis integerrimis. Flores rubescentes. Styli vix iiiclusi^ stigmatibus in conum col- 

 lectis, J?rj/c<ai globosus : maturum non vidi. 



Near Ambleside in Westmoreland. 



No Rose hitherto published can be quoted as a synonym of this 

 species ; or at least its most remarkable peculiarity, the union 

 of straight aculei unmixed with seta;, with smooth leaves fur- 

 nished only with simple serratures, has never been noticed. Per- 

 haps, however, I shall hardly be considered justifiable in ad- 

 mitting it in the enumeration of species, since I have only one 

 specimen, which was gathered without particular notice among 

 others from the hedges on the side of the road between Amble- 

 side and Clappersgatc. Had I known with what speces t-D join 



it, 



