REVISION OF SECTION TOMENTOSA OF THE GENUS ROSA. 37 
base, straight, horizontal ; petioles tomentose, above with some scattered, 
small, stipitate glands, prickly below ; 5-7 petiolate leaflets, the termi- 
nal more or less rounded at the base, oval, elliptic, greyish, pubescent 
or tomentose on both surfaces, and without glands below, doubly dentate, 
with glandular ciliated teeth; stipules lanceolate, glabrous above, pu- 
bescent below, fringed with glands, points acute, divergent ; peduncles 
terminal, solitary or 2-4, hispid glandulose, with oval acuminate bracts 
at their base, glabrous above, tomentose below, and as long as the pe- 
duncles; calyx-tube ovoid, hispid; segments glandulose, spathulate at 
the apex, 2 entire, 3 pinnatifid, with appendages fringed with pedi- 
cellate glands, as long as the corolla, reflexed during flowering, not 
persistent; styles short, brush-like, or glabrous (R. insidiosa, Grenier), 
disk plain; flowers bright rose; fruit ovoid, more or less elongated, 
orange-red when ripe. 
June, July. Hedges, thickets, and woods. Alston, Cumberland 
(Miss Unthank in Herb. Baker) ; Westmoreland (Watson) ; Heaton, 
Yorkshire (Baker); Northumberland (Baker). The specimens from 
this locality differ from our type, in having the stipules and bracts 
glabrous on both sides, the petioles are glandular and prickly, but not 
villose. I do not know the form of the fruit, my specimens having only 
unopened buds. France. Belgium. 
In the * Journal of Botany/ Vol. III. p. 10, I asked, "Does Rosa 
tomentosa, Sin., exist in France, or only in England ? Do not the 
English botanists confound this species with others ?" • I have since 
been trying to clear up this matter, not only by the examination of 
published descriptions but also by observing the living plant, and ex- 
amining numerous dried specimens. Mr. J. Gh Baker has kindly helped 
me by examining the authentic herbaria in London, by comparing my 
types with the specimens there, and especially by supplying me with 
specimens of Woods's species, collected by himself. Unfortunately the 
examination of Smith's specimens does not throw any light on this 
intricate question, seeing he unites what nature separates. 
Mr. J. G. Baker sends me the following information; — Smith's Her- 
barium contains, under the name of R. tomentosa, seven specimens: 
1st. "Ehrhart, arb. 45 ; R. villosa, L. Hanover (printed ticket), 
herb. Davall, 1802. 
"Petioles covered with a soft down, glands numerous; terminal 
leaflet typically oval, grey, hairy on its upper surface ; bracts hairy on 
