GENUS ROSA IN WAR\\7CKSmRE, 4B 



R. PrLVEBrLENTA, fM. Bieb.) Rare. Field in Cathiron Lane, and 

 by the railway crossing, both near Harboro Magna +, A. B. 



Var. BiLLiETii, ^ Paget.) Allesley +. Introduced here by Rev. Mr. Bree, 

 from near Bidford. 



Group 4. — Canine:. 



" Series 1, EcristatsB. Leaves eglandiilar beneath. 5^epaZs reflexed after 

 the faU of the petals, deciduous before the fruit (which ripens late) 

 changes colour." 



•" Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. Peduncles not bristlv." 



R. Canina, (L.) 



Var. 1, LuTETiANA, (Leman.) A frequent variety. Marston Green +. 



Var. 2, SuRCULOSA, (Woods.) Rare. A more robust form, with 



numerous flowers in a cluster. Eshall f, Arrow Lane f, Marston 



Green +. 

 Var. 3, Sph5:bica, (Gren.) Rare. A form with leaves more rounded 



at base, and globose fruit. Dosthill +, near Moor Hall, near Sutton +. 

 Var. 4, Sexticosa, f AcIl.) Rare. Near Knowle Station f. Coleshill 



Heath +. 

 Var. 5, DuiiALis, (Bechst.) A very frequent variety. 

 Var. 6, BisERRATA, (Herat.) A more glandular form, with open very 



compound serrations, apparently rare. Exhall f, Harboro Magna f. 



*• "Leaves glabrous above, hairy on veins beneath. Peduncles not 

 bristly." 



Var. 7, Uebica, (Leman.) A frequent variety. Solihull f. &g- A small, 

 neat-leaved form, with oblong, (not globose) fruit, occurs in lane from 

 Stonebridge to Coleshill +. A form with glaucous leaves, wedge 

 shaped at base, near Hampton f and near Langley f. 



Var. Aevatica, (Baker.) Local. Lane out of Baker's Lane, near Eoiowle f. 

 Hampton-in-Arden f , Curdworth Bridge f, Baulk Lane, Berkswell +, 

 Draj-ton Bushes +, lane from Minworth to Water Orton f, Harboro 

 Magna f, A. B., Rowington Green f. A small-leaved fonn in Sutton 

 Park t. 



***" Leaflets more or less hairy on both surfaces. Peduncles not 



bristly." 

 Var. 10, DrirETOEUM, (Thuill.) Local. Near Middleton +, Haywoods f, 



Doe bank, near Sutton +, Hampton-in-Arden, near Patrick Bridge t> 



Baker Lane, near Knowle f, Marl Chff, near Bidford f. 

 Var. 11, PRrraosA, (Baker.) A form with glaucous, doubly serrate 



leaves. Rare. Near Springfield House, Over "^\Tiitacre f. 

 Var. 12, IxcAXA, (Woods.) A more pubescent, glandular form. Rare. 



Pinley, near Hatton f . 

 Var. 12a, OBTUSiroLiA, (Desv.,) Local. Lane to Beausal Common +, 



Solihull t, Marstone Green t. Baulk Lane, Berkswell t> Bradnocks 



Marsh, near Hampton. 

 Var. 13, ToiiEXTELLA, (Leman), Local, but not rare. Near SoUhull +, 



Hampton-in-Arden t> Atherstone \, Hartshill \, Kingswood f. 



**** " Peduncles more or less bristly and glandular." 



Var. 14, AxDEVAGENSis, (Bast.) Local, but widespread. Pinley Green f. 



Lane at Mjiion +, Whewporridge Lane, Solihull f , Golden Cross Lane, 



Exhall ti near Castle Bromwich f . 

 Var. 15, VERTicrLLACANTHA, (Merat.) Frequent. This form I have 



foimd in every district, Sohihull, &c. 

 A form having sepals glandular on the back is more rare. Cold 



Comfort, near Alcester +, and in lane from Stonebridge to Coleshill f. 

 A small, neat-leaved form, leaves like those of sepium, and sepals 



glandular on back occm-s in Sutton Park f and near Shustoke f. 



