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7. R. ruliginosa (Sweet-briar), prickles hooked, leaflets rugose 

 opaque, calyces and peduncles hispid. Lindl. p. 86. 



a. vulgaris, prickles strong very unequal, styles hairy, fruit ovate 

 or oblong. Lightf. p. 262 (R. suavifolici) . R. rubig'mosa, 

 E.B.t.99l, R. e giant eria, Woods. 



3. inodora, prickles very much hooked nearly equal, leaflets less 

 glandular, segments of the calyx, deciduous before maturity. 

 R. dumetorum, E.B.t. 25/9 -.'el R. Borreri, Woods. 



HAB. a. Hedges about Red Hall, Dr. Parsons. Sea-side between 

 Caroline Park and Crammond, Mr. Greville. &. Near Edinb., Mr. 

 Borrer. Fl. June. Tj . 



Much branched, 3 or 4 feet high, with a more compact habit than 

 R. canina. Branches bright green, flexuose, armed with numerous, 

 hooked, unequal, scattered, strong prickles , on the rootshoots some- 

 times very small, and tipped with a gland. Leaves dull, rugose, 

 green, very sweetscented, covered beneath with numerous brown 

 glands ; stipules dilated, toothletted, hairy beneath ; petioles with 

 a few strong, unequal prickles ; leaflets 5 7, roundish or ovate, 

 pointed, doubly serrated, somewhat spoonshaped, usually naked 

 above, covered with hairs, and very pale and rugose beneath. Flow- 

 ers 1 3 together, concave, pale blush coloured ; bractete pale, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, concave, slightly hairy and glandular j peduncles and 

 calyx hispid, with weak setae ; tube ovate j calycine segments reflex- 

 ed, pinnate; petals obcordate j disk much thickened; germens30 

 40 ; styles hoary, distinct. Fruit orange-red, roundish, oblong or 

 obovate, hispid or smooth ; crowned by the ascending segments of 

 the calyx. 



Of the 8 European vars. of this species mentioned by Mr. Lindley, be- 

 sides the two abovem entioned, two others are given as natives of 

 Britain (R. micrantha of Woods, and umbellata of Leers), to which 

 a third (R. sepiutn of Thuill) has "since been added by the Rev. Mr. 

 Bree 5 but I am not aware that they have been found in Scotland. 



" The more common appearance of this plant is a compact, much branch- 

 ed bush, with pale red flowers in threes, bristly scarlet fruit, and 

 bright green but not shining leaves, which are powerfully and grate- 

 fully fragrant. All these characters are, however, liable to consi- 

 derable variation, and have been the foundation of a multitude of 

 supposed species. $. is a very remarkable plant, and seems al- 

 most to unite R. rubig. with R. can." L. 



**** CANINE. Prickles equal, hooked. Leaflets ovate, without glands; 

 serratures connivent. Segments of the calyx deciduous. Disk incras- 

 sated, closing over the mouth of the tube. The larger shoots bent. 



S. R. canina (Dog Rose], leaflets rigid ovate, germens 20 30. 

 Lindl. p. 98. TUghlf. p. 262. E. B. t. 992. R. surculosa, 

 sarmentacea, et nuda, (Poods. 



g. dumetornm, leaves hairy on both sides, segments of the cal. 

 and peduncles smooth. R. dwnetoiurfi, Woods. 



. ccesia, leaflets caesious hairy on both sides, tube of the calyx 

 elliptical. R. c&sia, E. B. t. 23(17. H r oods. 



