206 BRITISH BOTANY. 



Midland counties. Shrub. June. 



For area^ etc., of this and the two following, see R. rubiginosa. 



R. inodora, Fr. Scentless Briar. — e.b. 2759. l.c. 348. 



Stout shrub. Prickles equal, hooked, with very broad bases. 

 Petioles and stipules bristly, the former prickly, the latter with a 

 short, abrupt point. Leaflets 5-7, slightly glandular, doubly and 

 deeply serrated. Bracts leaf-like and piunatifid. Peduncles 

 bristly and prickly. Divisions of the calyx pinnatifid, with linear, 

 serrated lobes. Fruit ovate-oblong, smooth, with a short neck, 

 not croivned by the calyx-divisions. 



Hedges. June, July. 



R. micrantha, Sm. Small-flowered Sweet-Briar. — e.b. 2490, 

 L.c. 349. 



Very similar to the last described, in stem, prickles, and leaves. 

 Divisions of the calyx and segments longer and more leafy. 

 Fruit elliptical-ovate, without a neck. Leaves sprinkled with 

 rusty glands. 



Hedges. Shrub. June, July. 



R. rubiginosa, L. Sweet-Briar. — e.b. 991. l.c 350. A. 16. 

 C. 50. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 51-47°. 



Shrub densely branched with straight shoots ; prickles nume- 

 rous, unequal, the larger curved. Leaflets 5, hairy, glandular 

 beneath and on the margin. Stipules broadly lanceolate. Divi- 

 sions of the calyx elongated, persistent. Fruit obovate (pear- 

 shaped), slightly bristly, crowned by the persistent calyx. Closely 

 allied to the two preceding species. 



Shrub. June, July. 



§ 3. VlLLOS^. 



R. villosa, Linn. Hairy-leaved Rose. — e.b. 583. Sup. l.c. 

 346. 



Stems stout, with slender, nearly straight prickles. Leaflets 

 5-9, rounded, with double, acute, nearly glandular serratures, 

 downy on both sides. Tube of calyx furnished with glandular 

 bristles. Fruit large and globular, crowned ivith the leaf-like 

 sepals. 



Yorkshire, West Riding. Common. Fruit, September. 



Var. mollis.— ^.^. 459. A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 

 0-560 yds. Tem, 51-41°. — Fruit smaller. Sepals narrower and 

 more pointed than in the type. 



