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calyx -tube sometimes najEea. Newcastle, Yorkshire, Antrim. VAE. 5, 

 fhiiit/t'ii, Baker; stunted, mature leaflets glabrous above hairy and eglan- 

 dular below, serratures sharp and close, flowers solitary, calyx-tube densely 

 aciculate, sepals simple. It. involu'ta, Sm. Arran, Yorkshire. VAR. 6, 

 laviffa'ta, Baker ; leaflets of Sabini, petioles villous and glandular rarely 

 bristly, peduncle and calyx-tube glabrous, sepals simple eglandular, fruit 

 depressed globose. Yorkshire, Antrim and Derry. VAE. 7, Moor'ei, Baker ; 

 prickles very stout J in., leaflets densely glandular beneath, petiole 

 peduncle and calyx-tube densely setose and glandular the larger prickles 

 curved, sepals slightly pinnate. Derry. Approaches R. rubiginosa. VAR. 

 8, occidenta'lis, Baker ; near Wilsotii, but leaflets smaller and petioles and 

 peduncles glandular and bristly, calyx-tube globose. Ireland, locality 

 unknown. VAR. 9, Wilso'ni, Borrer (sp.); tinged with purple, prickles as 

 in Sabini, leaflets often cordate terminal large glabrous above, ribs thinly 

 hairy and subeglandular beneath, serratures simple, calyx-tube almost 

 glabrous, sepals nearly simple, fruit subovoid. Meuai Straits ; Derry. 

 Approaches R. rubella. 



Sub-sp. HIBER'NICA, Smith (sp.) ; prickles stout curved, leaflets glabrous above 

 glaucous slightly pubescent beneath eglandular simply serrate, petiole 

 pubescent, flowers 1-3 (rarely 4-12), sepals pinnate glabrous, fruit erect 

 subglobose naked, disk moderate. R. jmbescens, Baker. N. of England, 

 Scotland and Ireland, ascending to 1,000 ft. Unknown on the Continent. 

 VAH. 1, yla'bra, Baker; leaflets glabrous, serratures sharper, peduncle 

 naked. Resembles R. canina.- VAR. 2, cordifo'tia, Baker ; prickles more 

 slender and denser, leaflets almost glabrous below, terminal 1J in., ser- 

 ratures more open and obtuse, peduncle bristly and glandular. Northum- 

 berland. 

 2. R. vUlo'sa, L. ; bush large, erect, or branches elongate and 



arching, prickles uniform scattered slender nearly straight, leaflets very 



hairy eglandular or nearly so beneath, sepals more or less persistent densely 



glandular, fruit globose or turbinate densely prickly rarely naked. 



Hedges and thickets, especially in the N. of England and Ireland, ascends 

 to 1,500 ft. in Yorkshire ; fl. June-July. Chiefly distinguished from R. 

 iphiosissima by its larger size, equal prickles, fewer very downy leaflets, 

 which are more constantly doubly serrate, and the more glandular fruit ; 

 and from R. canina by the straight prickles, and globose glandular fruit. 

 DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), W. Asia. 



Sub-sp. POMIF'BRA, Jferm. (sp.); branches arching, sepals copiously pinnate 

 quite persistent, corolla often ciliate and glandular, fruit ripening early, 

 disk 0. Stafford and Gloucestershire ; not indigenous, common in 

 gardens. 



Sub-sp. MOLLIS'SIMA, Willd. (sp.) ; branches erect, leaflets softly pubescent, 

 sepals sparingly pinnate quite persistent, fruit ripening early, disk 0. 

 R. mollis, Sm. ; keterophylla, Woods. From Derby northwards, N. Wales, 

 Derry, Antrim. VAR. 1, cceru'lea, Baker ; glands and bristles few on the 

 petiole, ovary glandular, fruit broad glabrous, peduncle naked or with few 

 bristles. VAR. 2, pse u'do-rubigino'sa, Lejeune (sp.); leaflets nearly glabrous 

 above glandular below, petiole and calyx-tube densely bristly. 



Sub-sp. TOMENTO'SA, Sm. (sp.); branches long (6-10 ft.) arching, prickles 

 sometimes curved, leaflets pubescent, sepals copiously pinnate not quite 

 persistent, fruit not ripening early, disk distinct. Common ; extends into 

 Arctic Europe. VAB. 1, subylobo'sa, Sm. (sp.); (R. Sherardi, Davies),- -- 



