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tinct, shorter than the stamens. Fruit nearly glabrous, globular, 

 somewhat depressed, purplish-black when ripe. 



On sandy heaths. Perennial; flower, June, July; fruit, Au- 

 gust, September. 



Var. /3, hispida. — Peduncles paore or less haiKJj nearly prickly, 



R. rubella, Woods, Trans. Lin. Soc. vol. xii. p. 177. Red 

 Dog-Rose. — e.b. 2521. Area, etc., not given in 'Cybele.' 



Stem 2-3 feet high, bushy; prickles straight, slender, inter- 

 mixed with glandular setce (bristles). Leaflets 7-11, broadly ellip- 

 tical, blunt. Fruit small, globular, scarlet. 



Northumberland seacoast (Mr. Winch). Shrub. July. 



§ 2. CiNNAMOME.E. 



R. systyla, Woods. Close-styled Dog-Rose, — e.b. 1895, 

 A, ? C. ? Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tem. 50-46°. 



In habit and usual habitat like R. canina. Prickles strongly 

 hooked, with broad bases. Leaflets 5-7, serrated, not glandular, 

 downy beneath. Calyx- divisions nearly simple, deciduous. 

 Styles united, smooth. Fruit smooth, elliptical, with a convex 

 disc crowned by the united styles. 



Hedges. Shrub, June. 



R. arvensis, Huds. Trailing Dog-Rose. — e.b. 188. A. 14. 

 C. 60. Lat. 50-56°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 51-47°. 



Stems slender, low, except when supported ; branches divari- 

 cate, long, arching, and sometimes rooting; prickles numerous, 

 conical or compressed, more or less curved, rarely almost straight. 

 Leaves glabrous, of 5-7 leaflets, whitish -green below ; leaflets 

 oblong or roundish, simply serrated, teeth large (sometimes 

 doubly and unequally serrated) ; stipules uniform, slightly glan- 

 dular, with lanceolate spreading auricles. Calyx-tube smooth; 

 segments ovate, pointed, nearly entire. Styles united in a cy- 

 lindrical column, about as long as the stamens. Fruit red when 

 mature, roundish or oblong. 



Heaths and bushy places, etc. Shrub ; June-September. 



Var. jR. stylosa. — Leaves broader and hairier below. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx more acuminate. 



R. cinnamomea, L. Cinnamon Rose. — e.b. 2388. l.c. Ex- 

 cluded Species. Alien. 



Shrub, with brown, erect branches. Prickles strong, slightly 

 curved. Shoots (suckers) densely prickly with setse (bristles). 

 Leaves 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets-k^iceofe^e, serrated, wrinkled, smooth 



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