230 Mr. Woods on the British Species of Rosa, 



25. Rosa systyla. 



R. stylis unitis, receptaculis oblongis, aculeis uncinalis subajqua- 

 libus siirculorum confertis, foliolis simpliciter serratis. 



R. systyla. Bastard Flore d' Anjou, as quoted by Desvaux, Jouni. 

 de Bot. Ji. 113. 



R> stylosa. La?n. et Dec. Tl. Fr. vi. 586. Desv. Journ. de Bot. ii. 

 113. pL 14. 



R. brevistyla. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Fr. vi, 537- 



R. leucochroa. Desv. Journ. de Bot. ii. 113. pL 15. 



R. collina. Engl. Bot. xxvii. t. 1895. 



Frulex gracilis, 8 — r2-pedalis. Rami vagi, olivacei, aculeati ; aculei uncinati, subsequalcs, 

 ramuloiuin minores pleruinque binato-stipiilares, surculorum niaxiini instar Psitta- 

 corum rostri, PetioU tomentosi, saepe glandulosi, aculeisque parvis falcatis niuniti. 

 Slipulce iineares, seirulata;, glabriusculse, eas floiilms solitariis propiores vix ceteris 

 latiores, ad cymas, foliis deficientibus, tandem in bracteas lanceolatas acumiiiatas 

 immutatae. Foliola 5 larius 7) par superius et foliolum impar ceteris majora, el- 



liptica, vel lanceolato-elliptica, carinata, acuminata, simpliciter serrata, supra gla- 

 bra, subtus venulis hirsuta. Peduncidi \ — 8, glandulosi, elongati. lieceplaculum 

 oblongum vel elliptico-oblongum, fusco-olivaceum, glabrum. Calycis Jhliola ovato- 

 triangularia, pinnata; piniise inciso-glaiidulosae. Flores cyathiformcs, petala pul- 

 cherrime rubescentia, basi parum in aurantiacum vergentia, sed iuterdura flores pal- 

 lidiores et etiam albi inveniuntur. Styli in columellam porrecti ; stigmata in conuu* 

 congesta. Fruclus elliptico-oblongus, glaber^ coccineus. 



At New-Timber, Henfield, and many other places in Sussex 

 abundantly. Mr. Borrer. At Walthamstow and Quendon in 

 Essex, and at Clapton in Middlesex. Mr. E. Eorster. At Don- 

 nington-Castle in Berkshire. Mr. Bicheno. Near Penshurst in 

 Kent, and near Hornsey in Middlesex. 



/3. Leaves entirely smooth on both sides. 



I cannot hesitate in referring to one species the synonyms above 



quoted. R. brevistyla and R. leucochroa are said to differ in having 



a shorter column of styles than R. stylosa; but this circumstance 



1 have 



