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ROSACES. XXII. ROSA. 



cescens, Desv. in Mer. fl. par. 192. R. canina glauca, Desv. 

 journ. hot. 1813. p. 116. 



J'ar. iv-, Schottiana (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 116.) branches 

 rugged, unarmed ; stipulas and petioles glabrous and hispid ; 

 leaflets ovate, acuminated, glabrous, glaucescent beneath; fruit 

 ovate, smooth ; peduncles hispid. ^ . H. Native of Podolia. 

 R. glauca, Schott, ex. Besser. enum. 64. 



I'nr. \, pilosiu.mda (Desv. journ. bot. 1813. p. 115.) branches 

 prickly ; petioles tomentose and hispid ; leaflets ovate, acute, 

 puberulous beneath and smoothish above; fruit ovate, smoothish ; 

 peduncles hispid. R. humilis, Bess, suppl. cat. crem. 4. 

 R. nitidula, Bess. enum. p. 20. and 61. R. Friedlanderiana, 

 Besser. enum. 46. 60. 63. R. collina, Ran, enum. no. 163. 



J'ar. fi, fasligiata (Desv. journ. bot. 1813. p. 114.) prickles 

 strong ; petioles puberulous ; leaflets ovate, acute, puberulous 

 beneath ; fruit ovate, smooth ; peduncles hispid. (7 H. Na- 

 tive of France. R. fastigmta, Bast, suppl. ,'iO. D. C. fr. 5. 

 p. 535. Red. ros. 2. p. 3. with a figure. R. stylosa /3, Desv. 

 journ. bot. 2. p. 317. Styles approximate, but not joined. 



J'ar. i', hitpida (Desv. journ. bot. 1813. p. 114.) branches 

 prickly ; petioles smoothish ; leaflets ovate, acute, about the 

 same colour on both surfaces, glabrous; fruit ovate, and are as 

 well as the peduncles hispid. R. canina, var. lanceolata grandi- 

 dentata and ovoidalis, Desv. 1. c. p. 114. and p. 115. R. An- 

 degavensis, Bast. ess. 189. suppl. 29. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 539. 

 Red. ros. 2. p. 9. with a figure. R. sempervirens, Bast. ess. p. 

 188. Ran, enum. 120. Lindl. ros. p. 142. but not of Lin. 



J'nr. , microc&rpa (Desv. journ. bot. 1813. p. 115.) leaflets 

 oblong-lanceolate, velvety beneath ; fruit smaller, ovate, gla- 

 brous. Jj . H. Native of France. 



J'ar. o, Meratlana (Ser. in D.C. prod. 2. p. 614.) prickles 

 strongly arched, and are as well as the petioles glabrous ; leaflets 

 broad, biserrated, glabrous ; flowers usually solitary ; fruit large. 

 '? . H. Native about Paris. R. biserrata, Mer. fl. par. 190. 

 Red. ros. 3. p. 27. with a figure. Perhaps the same as JR. canina 

 vulgaris. 



Var. TT, ambigua (Desv. journ. bot. 1813. p. 114.) prickles 

 straight ; leaflets ovate-roundish, and are as well as the petioles 

 glabrous ; flowers solitary or tern ; fruit ovate-globose, and is 

 as well as the peduncles smooth. Ij . H. Native about Mal- 

 medy, in France. R. Malmundiariensis, Lejeune, fl. spa. 1. p. 

 231. Red. ros. p. 34. with a figure. 



Far. p, sqitarrosa (Ran, enum. 77.) petioles and primary 

 nerves of leaves glandular ; prickles straightish, strong, and 

 much crowded ; leaflets doubly serrated. fj . H. Native of 

 Germany. R. canina ft, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 400. ex Rau, 1. c. 



J'ar. a, rubijJura (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 614.) prickles 

 strong, and are, as well as the petioles, rather puberulous, rarely 

 hispid ; leaflets large, the same colour on both surfaces, smooth, 

 and simply serrated ; flowers usually solitary, about the size of 

 those of RiLbus Idee us; peduncles and fruit smooth. Pj . H. 

 Native about Geneva. 



Common Dog Rose. Fl. June, July. Britain. Sli. 6 to 8 ft. 



116 R. FORSTE'RI (Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 392.) prickles scat- 

 tered, conical, hooked; leaflets simply serrated, smooth above, 

 but hairy on the ribs beneath ; sepals doubly pinnate ; fruit el- 

 liptical, smooth, like the aggregate flower stalks. Vj . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe, in hedges; plentiful in England. Borr. in engl. 

 bot. suppl. 2611. R. collina (3 and y, Woodv. in Lin. trans. 12. 

 p. 392. Flowers pale red. 



Forstcr's Dog-rose. Fl. June, July. Britain. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



117 R. GMELixi(Bungein Led.fl. alt. 2. p. 229.) fruit ovate, 

 glabrous; peduncles hispid ; sepals ovate, acuminated, undivid- 

 ed, glandular, and prickly ; flower-bearing branches almost un- 

 armed, young sterile ones very prickly ; prickles setaceous, un- 

 equal ; petioles clothed with glandular clown ; leaflets 5-7, ob- 



FIG. 76. 



ovate-oblong, simply serrated, pubescent, and glandless beneath. 

 J? . H. Native of Siberia. R. canina, Sievers in Pall. nord. 

 beytr. 7. Petals deep rose-coloured, shorter than the sepals, 

 emarginate. 



Gmelin's Dog-rose. Fl. June, July. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



118 R. DUMETORUM (Thuill. fl. par. 250. Woods in Lin. trans. 

 12. p. 217.) prickles numerous, scattered, hooked ; leaflets sim- 

 ply serrated, hairy on both surfaces ; sepals pinnate, deciduous ; 

 peduncles aggregate, slightly hairy ; fruit elliptical, smooth, as 

 tall as the bracteas, (7 . H. Native of Europe, in hedges. In 

 England in the southern counties, seldom in any abundance. 

 Borr. in engl. bot. suppl. 2610. R. leucantha j3 acutifolia, 

 Bast, in D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 535. R. sepium, Borkh. ex Ran, enum. 

 79. R. solsticialis, Bess. prim. fl. gall. 324. R. corymbifera, 

 Gmel. fl. bad. als. 2. p. 427. Synonymes from Lindl. and Ser. 

 Mowers reddish. 



Thicket Dog-rose. Fl. Ju. July. Britain. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



119 R. BRACTE'SCENS (Woods, in Lin. trans. 12. p. 216.) 

 prickles aggregate, hooked ; leaflets ovate, almost simply serrated, 

 downy beneath ; bracteas rising much above the fruit ; sepals 

 pinnate, deciduous ? peduncles aggregate, occasionally rather 

 hairy ; fruit globose, smooth. Ij . H. Native of England, in 

 hedges, about Ulverton, Lancashire, and Ambleton, Westmore- 

 land. Flowers flesh-coloured. 



Bractescent Dog-rose. Fl. Ju. July. England. Sh. 6 to 7 ft. 



120 R. SARMENTA V CEA(SwartZ, 



inss. Woods, in Lin. trans. 12. p. 

 213.) prickles hooked ; leaflets 

 ovate, doubly serrated, smooth, 

 glandular ; peduncles aggregate, 

 smooth or minutely bristly ; se- 

 pals pinnate, deciduous ; fruit 

 broadly elliptic, naked. >j . H. 

 Native of Europe, in hedges and 

 bushy places common ; plentiful in 

 Britain. Borr. in engl. bot. snpp. 

 2595. R. glaucophy'lla, Winch, 

 geogr. distri. 45. R. canina, 

 Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 560. Curt. 

 lond. fasc. 5. t. 34. Flowers 

 pink, fragrant. Fruit scarlet, as 

 grateful to the palate probably as 

 that of R. canina, with which this 

 equally common plant is generally confounded. 



Sarmentaceous Dog-rose. Fl. Ju. Jul. Britain. Sh. 8 to 10 ft. 



121 R. C/E'SIA (Smith, engl. bot. t. 2367.) prickles hooked, 

 uniform ; leaflets elliptical, somewhat doubly serrated, glaucous, 

 hairy beneath, without glands ; sepals distantly pinnate, decidu- 

 ous ; flower-stalks smooth, solitary ; fruit elliptical, smooth. 1? . 

 H. Native of Scotland, in the highland valleys, but rare ; at 

 Taymilt, in Mid-Lorn, Argyleshire; and in Strath Tay between 

 Dunkcld and Aberfeldie, and by the side of Loch Tay. R. canina 

 pubescens, Afz. ros. suec. tent. 1. p. 2. R. canina f cae'sia, 

 Lindl. ros. p. 99. Flowers of an uniform carnation hue, occa- 

 sionally white. 



Grey Dog-rose. Fl. July. Scotland. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



122 R. BORRE'RI (Woods. Lin. trans. 12. p. 210.) prickles 

 hooked ; leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, hairy, without glands ; 

 sepals pinnate, often doubly pinnate, deciduous ; flower-stalks 

 aggregate, hairy ; fruit elliptical, smooth. J; . H. Native of 

 Britain, in hedges and thickets. R. dumetorum, Smith, engl. 

 bot. 2579. R. rubiginosa 3, Lindl. ros. 88. R. rubiginosa 

 inodora, Hook. lond. t. 117. R. sepium, Borkh. ex Rau, enum. 

 90 ? but not of Thuill. R. afFinis, Rau, enum. 79. R. unci- 

 nella /3, Besser. enum. 64. ? Flowers pale red. Fruit deep 

 scarlet. 



