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oval leaflets frosted all over with grey glands, the flowers solitary pale red, and the fruit ovate 

 hispid. Syn. : R. pruinosa, Locld. Cat. Var. eriocarpa has the fruit smooth (R. pulverulenta, 

 Lyell).—¥\. May to July— Cult. 1817—? Caucasus. 



R. uncinella, Bess, (small hooked Brier). A shrub of 5 to 6 feet high, the branches armed 

 with scattered recurved prickles, the leaflets pubescent beneath, glandular on both surfaces, the 

 fruit oblong glabrous. Syn. : R. uncinata, Bess. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1825 — Volhynia 

 and Tauria. 



R. caryophyllacea, Bess, (clove-scented Brier). A shrub of 5 to 6 feet high, the branches 

 armed with equal, scattered, recurved prickles, the leaflets hoary beneath, glandular on both 

 surfaces, the fruit oblong glabrous. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1825 — Podolia and Iberia. 



R. iberica, Stev. (Iberian Rose). A shrub of 4 to 6 feet high, with scattered hooked 

 prickles, the leaflets broad ovate, glandular on both surfaces, the fruit ovate, smooth, or slightly 

 bristly. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1820 — Eastern Iberia. 



R. cuspidata, Bieb. (cuspidate-sepalled Rose). A much branched shrub of 3 to 5 feet high, 

 the branches with strong hooked scattered prickles, the leaflets 7 ovate-lanceolate, smooth above, 

 hairy beneath ; flowers white, sepals ending in a narrow serrated point ; fruit ovate, hispid, dark 

 purple. — Fl. June and July — Cult. P . . . — Tauria. 



R. glutinosa, Smith (clammy Brier). A low bushy shrub of 2 to 3 feet high, the old 

 branches armed with strong close unequal hooked prickles, the young ones downy with smaller 

 and more slender prickles ; the leaves hoary of 5-7 small roundish leaflets, glandular and 

 viscid on both sides ; the flowers small, pale blush solitary ; the fruit scarlet, covered with little 

 stiff prickles, and crowned by the hoary sepals. Syn. : R. rubiginosa cretica, Red. — Fl. June 

 and July — Cult. 1821 — Mount Parnassus, Sicily, and Crete. 



R. dimorpha, Bess, (variable Brier). A shrub of 5 to 6 feet high, with the prickles of the 

 branches scattered and recurved ; the leaflets are pubescent on both surfaces, and the flowers 

 crowded, with a very glandular calyx. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1821 — Podolia and 

 Volhynia. 



R. willdenovi, Spreng. (Willdenow's Rose). A shrub of 4 to 6 feet high, with the prickles 

 opposite on the branches, a little recurved, the leaflets oblong villous beneath, and full of resinous 

 dots ; flowers solitary ; fruit ovate glabrous. — Fl. June and July — Cult. P . . . — Siberia. 



R. Klukii, Bess. (Kluki's Brier). A shrub of 5 to 6 feet high; the prickles of the stem 

 strong, compressed, recurved ; the leaflets small elliptic acute, villous above, rusty and glandular 

 beneath ; flowers pink ; fruit with glandular bristles. Syn. : R. floribunda, Stev. ; R. balsamea, 

 Bess.— Fl. June and July— Cult. 1819— Tauria. 



R. floribunda, Bess, (bundle-flowered Rose). A shrub of 5 to 6 feet high, the prickles of the 

 stems strong and recurved ; leaflets wrinkled, glandular beneath and on the margins ; flowers 

 aggregate; fruit elliptic oblong with glandular hairs. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1821 — 

 Podolia. 



R. Montezuma, Humb. and Bonpl. (Montezuma's Brier). An unarmed shrub of 4 to 6 feet 

 high ; the leaves consist of 5 oval acute leaflets naked on both sides ; flowers pale red, solitary, 

 terminal. — Fl. June and July — Cult. 1823— Mexico. 



Sect. Canine. Plants with equal hooked prickles ; leaflets ovate, glandless or glandular, toith 



connivent serratures ; sepals deciduous ; disk thickened closing the throat ; larger surculi 



arched. Deciduous or sub-evergreen shrubs, in some instances sarmentose. 



R. caucasea, Pall. (Caucasian Dog-rose). A very robust shrub of 10 or 12 feet high, 



nearly allied to R. canina ; it has remarkably soft ovate leaflets, and the large pale red or 



white flowers grow in bunches ; fruit smooth, with 50 to 60 ovaria. Syn. : R. leucantha, 



Bieb.— Fl. June and July— Cult. 1793— Iberia. 



R. canina, Linn, (common Dog-rose). A straggling bush of 6 to 8 feet high, the branches 

 armed with strong, scattered, hooked, nearly equal prickles, and without setre ; the leaves 

 quite smooth, of 5-7 ovate or oblong leaflets ; the flowers are large, pale red ; fruit ovate or 



