Mr, \VooDs on the British Species of Rosa. 223 



Fiuiex tripedalis. Rami strict!, fusci, aculeati ; aculei uncinati vel falcati, subbinato- 

 atipulares, hie illic minoribus rectioribus sparsim intermixtis. Pelioli pilosi, aculeis 

 glanduiisve plerum(|ue expertcs. Slifju/ce lineares, subglanduloso-serratte, ea; flori- 

 bus propiores ctiain solitaiise, ceteris multo latiores ; cymaiuni tandem, foliis deficien- 

 tibus, in bracteas ovatas acuininatas immutatae. Foliola 5 vel 7, par superius et folio- 

 lum impar ceteris majora, eliiptica, simpliciter serrata, supra glabra glaucescctitia, 

 subtus praecipue nervo pilosa. Pedwiculi 1 — 5, glabri, bracteis plerumque breviores. 

 Receptacvlnm subglobosum, fuscum. Calycisjoliolu triangulari-elliptica, acuta, peta- 

 lis breviora, piiinata, pinnis lanceolatisintegerrimi-.. S/y/i subinclusi ; stigmata villosa, 

 conica. Fnictus nunc globosus, nunc fauce parum elongata : maturum non vidi. 



In Ireland, Mr. Templeton. Etigl. Bat. 



I have never seen this plant in a wild state. The curvature of 

 the aculei is generally less than in other Roses of this tril>e, — a 

 character in Avhich it agrees with R. bractcsccns ; but the simple 

 serratures will readily distinguish them both from all the varie- 

 ties of R. tomentosa; and the aculei rest on a longer base than is 

 found on that plant. From R. bractescens and R.collina this spe- 

 cies may be known by its dwarf rigid habit; but the most im- 

 portant character is derived from the mixture of small straight 

 prickles on the branches. It is true that R. hibernica has this 

 character in common with R. Eglanleria ; but the entire want of 

 glands, the simple serratures, and the shape of the fruit, render it 

 impossible that any mistake should arise between them. 



23. Rosa canina. 



R. stylis distinctis, aculeis caulinis uncinatis peliolinis falcatis, 



foliolis carinatis simpliciter s( rratis glabris. 

 R. canina. Linn. Sp. PL i. 704. JVilld. ii. 1077. Fl. Brit, ii, 



540. Engl. Bot. xiv. t. 992. Lam. tt Dec. Fl. Fr. iv. 447. 



Fl. Dan. t. 555. 

 Rosa sylvestris inodora seu canina. Raii St/n. 454. 



Fr«/ei laxus, G — 8-pcdalis. i?ami diffusi, olivacei, aculeati; aculei uncinati, subbinato- 

 stipulares. Pelioli pubescentes ; aculeis falcatis, atque hie illic glandulis sparsis niu- 



niti. 



