Mr. Woods on the Britisii Species of Rosa, 231 



I have observed to vary considerably. R. dchracteata. Lam. ct 

 Dec. Fl. Fr. vi. 537, ought also probably to be referred to this 

 s|jecies : it has the styles connected, and differs from R. arveitsis 

 in its greater size and upright stem. Tiie "flore d'Anjoti" of 

 Bastard I have not been able to meet with, I therefore trust to 

 Desvaux : but the character of the plant is so distinct, as ap- 

 plied to a Rose having nearly the habit of R. canina, that there 

 can be no doubt of the accuracy of the reference. Desvaux has 

 thought proper to alter the name ; but I have preferred retaining 

 that originally proposed by Bastard, not only as being prior to 

 the other, but also very decidedly better. ']'he name in English 

 Botany <vas given with the idea that this species coincided with 

 the R. collina of Jacquin ; from which, however, it may readily be 

 distinguished by its elegant habit, cup-shaped flowers of a much 

 more glowing hue, long fruit and peduncle, narrow bracteae, and 

 above all by its connected styles, which separate it from all Roses 

 of the canina family. The difference in the size and strength of 

 the aculei of the branches compared with those of the surculi 

 may sometimes also be a useful character. The habit of R. 

 systyla will to the practised eye keep it abundantly separate from 

 Rj. ai'vensis. In artificial character they are more nearly allied; 

 but in R. systyla the surculi, though weak and gracefully bending, 

 rise upwards, unlike the long, rambling, decumbent shoots of 

 R. arvensis : they are also thickly covered with large prickles ; 

 Avhereas those of the latter Rose have the aculei neither very large 

 nor very numerous, but rather the contrary. 



In some states this is a Rose of no very conspicuous appear- 

 ance ; but when it produces its root-shoots long and gently curved 

 downwards by the weight of the numerous clustered flowers, it is 

 hardly jiossible to conceive any thing more beautiful. 



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