206 Mr. Woods on the British Species of Rosa. 



it, it would not have obtained a place by itself: its nearest affi- 

 nity is probably R. tomentosa, from which however the peculi- 

 arities above remarked separate it widely. The petiole and the 

 midrib of the leaflets are usually of a reddish or purplish hue; and 

 in these circumstances, and perhaps also in habit, it is somewhat 

 allied to the R. riibrifoUa of Villars. That Rose, however, claims 

 a nearer affinity with R.casia; but I should suppose, from the 

 descriptions I have met with, that the aculei are straighter and 

 the serratures more simple than in that species. 



This Rose concludes the account of the British Roses of this 

 family, consisting of six species ; viz. R. villosa, R. heterophylla, 

 R. scabriuscula, R. pidchella, R. tomentosa, and R. nuda : it is cha- 

 racterized by the want of setae on the stems; the stipulae chan- 

 ging more or less into bracteae ; and by aculei nearly straight, or 

 at least not uncinate. 



14. Rosa Eglanteria. 



R. fructibus obovatis, aculeis inaequalibus majoribus uncinatis, 

 foliolis hirsutis subtus glandulosis diiplicato-serratis. 



R. Eglanteria. Sp. PL ed. i. 491. Hudson, 218. Encyd. Metho- 

 dique, 286. 



R. rubiginosa. Mant. ii. 564. Wiild. ii. 1073. Flora Br. ii. 540. 

 Engl. Bot. iv. t. 991. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Fr. iv. 445. Roth 

 Fl. Germ. i. 218. & ii. 558. Jacq. Fl. Aust. i. 31. t. 50. 



R. suavifolia. Fl. Dan. t. 870 1 



R. sylvestris odora. Raii Synops. 454. 



Frutex 4 — 7-pedalis. Rami suberecti^ virides, juniores fuscescentcs, aculeati ; aculei 

 valde insequales, majores uncinati, minores rectiores, minimi rectissimi, sed nun- 

 quam ut credo insetas immutati; aculei majores interdum binato-stijjulares,ceteri sem- 

 per sine ordiiie sparsi. Pelioli tomentosi, glandulosi, aculeis falcatis instructi : defi- 

 ciunt setae. Stipulce lineares, glandulis tenerrime serratas, vel potius ciliatae, eK flo- 



ribus 



