216 Mr. Woods on the British Species of Rosa. 



19, Rosa bractescens. 



R. receptaculis globosis, aculeis uncinatis, folioHs simpliciter ser- 

 ratis subtus tomentosis, bracteis fructus superantibus. 



Frutex 6 — 7-pedalis. Eami diffusi, nunc fusci, nunc olivacei, aculeati ; aculei falcato-unci- 

 nati, binato-stipulares. Petioli tomentosi, nee glandulosi, aculeisque falcatis muniti. 

 Slipulce lineares, subintegerriniae, vel apicem versus serrulatae, subtus tomentosse ; ece 

 floribus propiores inulto majores, demum foliis deficientibus in bracteas magnas ova- 

 tas, acuminatas, fructus superantes immutatae. Foliola 5 vel 7, par superius et foliolum 

 impar ceteris majora, elliptiea, supra liirta, subtus tomentosa, interdum nervo aculeata, 

 simpliciter serrata. PedimcuU 1 — 4, plerumque glabri, rarius setis sparsis debilibns ar- 

 mati. Receptnculum globosum, olivaceo-fuscum, glabram. Cahjris Jbliola triangu- 

 lari-elliptica, pinnata, pinnis integerrimis. Flores incarnati, concaviusculi. Styli sub- 

 inclusi ; stigmata in conura porrecta, villosissima. Fructus globosus : maturi colorem 

 nescio. 



Hedges about Ulverston, Lancashire. 



;8. Stipulae nearly smooth ; calyx-leafits glandular. At Ambleside 

 in Westmoreland. 



I am not aware that this Rose, though presenting a very striking 

 character, has been noticed by any preceding botanist : from 

 that character the present name is adopted ; but my choice was 

 confined by the use of names previously introduced fiom charac- 

 ters somewhat similar. Tl. hracteata is the well-known name of a 

 very different species; and Thuilliers has given the name of sti- 

 ptilaris, which would have been the most appropriate, to a Rose 

 ■with which I am unacquainted, but which cannot be confounded 

 with the present. 



From R.dnmetorum, independently of certain marks which will 

 be pointed out in the description of that species, R. bractescens 

 may be known by the rounder receptacle, the mass of woolly 

 styles, and the immense bracteoe. This latter is an important cha- 

 racter by which it may be distinguished from the other Roses with 

 hooked prickles and simple serratures ; from most of which it 



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