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]5. Rosa miceaxtiia. 

 K. fructibusampiillacco-ellipticis, aculeis acluncis siibEcqualibus, 



foliolis hirsutis subtus glandulosis duplicato-serratis. 

 E. micranllia. Engl. Bof. xxxv. t. 2490. 



Frutex 5— Spediilis. Eami diffusi, virides vel fusco-viridcs, acukati; aculei adunti, 

 nunc sparsi, nunc binato-stipulares. Petinli toinentosi, glandulosi, aculeisquc rec- 

 4iusculis vel falcatis muiiici. Slipiila; lineares, glaiidiiloso-serratoe, interdum subtus 

 .glanduloscB, es floribus prapiores solitaria; vix ceteris iatiores, cymarum tandem foliis 

 deficientibus iu bracteas hnceolatas acuminatas immutatae. Foliola 5 vel 7 par supe- 

 rius et fobolum impar ceteris majora, elliptica, dupiicato-serrata, supra vix birta, subtus 

 pilisgbindiilisquc odoriferis vestita. VedancuU 1 — 11, setis obsiti, quavurn nonnuilffi 

 rm-issinie tanien, aculeiformes. Receptaciiliim eliijjticum, fuscum, setis sparsis prae- 

 cipue basi munitum. Calycis foliola glandulosa, pinnata. pinnis lauceolalis glandu- 

 loso-ciliatis. Flores eyatl)iformes, rubescentcs. Sit/li inclusi ; stigmata planiuscula. 

 Fnic/us parvus coccineus, interdum e'.lipticus, sed saepius plus niiuusve urceolatus. 



Hedges and bushy places in the soutliern and midland counties. 



This species was first established by Sir J. E. Smith in English 

 Botanij. Its closest affinity is certainly to B. Eglanleria ; and 

 I have aheady pointed out under that Rose the characters by 

 which these species are best discriminated. I may add, that the 

 present plant uniformly wants the strong seta3 at the base of the 

 fruit, which I have constantly found in R. Eglanteria, except in 

 the rare variety /3, which in most other respects assumes an ap- 

 pearance directly opposite to B. micrantha. The habit of this 

 epecies is indeed so loose and straggling, that an inattentive ob- 

 server might pass it over as a variety of B. canina. 'J"he fruit is 

 always small, and never has the pear-shaped form of the primor- 

 dial fruit of B. Eglanteria ; the flowers are also generally smaller, 

 but this is an uncertain mark. The scent varies exceedingly, 

 being sometimes very weak, at other times not to be distin- 

 guished from that of Ji. Eglanteria, and once or twice I have ob- 

 served the turpentine flavour which is generally to be perceived 



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