42 GENUS ROSA IN WAR^NaCKSHIRE. 



The Caninffi, -whicli Mr. Baker considers to be only varieties of one species, 

 are divided into three series, and each of these scries into several varieties, 

 by means of their fruit characters, the margiuation and clothing of their 

 leaves, &c. My space is too hmitcd to allow all these details to be noticed, 

 and I can only i-efer the student who wishes to make a special study of 

 the genus to Mr. Baker's excellent monograph, or to Dr. Hooker's 

 ♦' Student's Flora of the British Islands." 



In all cases in which I have seen and collected specimens in the 

 stations cited I have indicated it by this sign (f ) ; where I only possess or 

 have seen di-ied specimens, thus (J). The initials A. B. and H. B. after 

 a locality indicate that the plants have been found in those stations by 

 the Rev. A. Bloxam or Mr. H. Bromwich, as the case may be ; in all 

 other cases the localities given are from my own note book. 



Group 1. — Spinosissim^. 



RoBA Spinosissima, (L.) Local. Arrow, near Alcester f , Billesley f , 



Hazelerf, Oakley f, H. B., near Warwick. 

 Var. b, a form with aciculate fruit and peduncles is rare. Chesterton 



Wood +, H. B., Little Alne f. 

 B. iNvoLUTA var. Sabini, (Wood$.) Rare. Oakley +, H. B., Chesterton 



Wood I, H. B. 

 Yar. Gracilis, (Woodi.) A more robust form occurs, rarely, which 



Mr. Bromwich refers to this variety ; to me it seems only a local 



form. Tachbrook f, H. B. 

 Tar. DoN-iANA, nFoods.j Rare. Woodloes f, H. B., near Warwick, lane' 



from Hampton to Meriden f, near Allesley t, (T. Kirk.) 



Group 2. — V1LL0S.E. 

 E. MotLissiMA (Willd.) Rare. Grove Parkf, near Hatton, Star Lanef, 



near Claverdon, lane from Solihull to Sharman's Cross f, Athorstone 



Road, near Over Whitacre f, Oakley f, H, B. The Warwickshire plant 



seems to bo var. ca3rulea, (Woods.) 

 R. ToMENTosA, (Sm.) A very variable plant, closely approacliing the 



above through some of its varieties. 

 Var. «! SuBGLOBOSA, (Smith. ) Seems to be a froquentform in the connty. 



Sutton Park f, Anstey f, Packwood f , near Exhall | , Chesterton Wood, 



H. B. A very hairy glandular form occurs in Arrow Lane f , Tyboum 



Lane, near Umbcrslade \, Coleshill Heath f. 

 Var. Deseglisei, (Bor.) Mr. Bloxain's fasciculus from Rugby J, is A 



form with eglandular sepals, and leaves thinly hairy above. I find a 



similar form at Ro-wdngton f and Moukspath f. 

 Var. CuspiDATA, (Bich.) Bloxam's fasciculus, Atherstone +, is a fonn 



with small naiTow acute leaves, with open compound serrations, and 



strongly glandular beneath. I also find it by Yaruingal Common f . 

 Var. ScABRiuscuLA, (Smith.) Tachbrook, H. B., J, Trickley Coppice •}•. 

 R. Sti.vestbis, (Woods.) Rare. Near Harboro Magna, A. B., J, Chesterton 



Wood, H. B., |.* 



Group 8. — EuBiGiNosiE. 

 R. RuBioiNOSA (L.) Rare. Near Billesley, H. B., Bentley Heath f , 



Cracldoy Wood, H. B. 

 R. MicRANTHA, (Smith.) Local. Oakley t, H.B., Ladies' Wood, Eagley f, 



Whe%vpoi-ridgo Lane f, near Shustoko f, lane frona Coleshill Heath f , 



lane fi-om Anstey to Arley Station f . 

 Var. Bbiggsii, (Baker.) A cultivated plant in tho Churchyard at 



Harboro Magna f. 



Mr. T. B. Archer Briggs refers the plant from this station to B. scabriuscula. 



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