218 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. [CL. XII. 



hill, in Ayrshire : certainly introduced. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 374. Brit. 

 Fl. p. 224. 748. 



3. R. rubella. Red-fruited Dwarf Rase. Fruit globular ; flower- 

 stalks bristly ; prickles of the stem straight, scattered ; leaflets elliptical 



or roundish, smooth, generally with simple serratures. Stem bushy, 



two or three feet high, round, branched, spreading, covered with very 

 slender prickles, and glandular bristles : stipules glandular at the margin : 

 leaflets from seven to eleven, paler beneath : petals white, tinged with 

 pink : fruit bright-scarlet. Flowers in May : grows on the sandy sea- 

 coast of Northumberland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxvi. pi. 3521. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 375. 749. 



4. R. spinosissima. Bumet Rose. Fruit globular ; flower-stalks and 

 calyx nearly smooth ; prickles of the stem straight, unequal, numerous, 

 intermixed with glandular bristles ; leaflets roundish, smooth, with simple 

 serratures. Stem bushy, two or three feet high, covered with nume- 

 rous, unequal, straight, slender prickles, interspersed with glandular 

 bristles : stipules fringed with glands : leaflets seven or nine, smooth : 

 petals cream-coloured, yellow at the base : fruit purplish-black. Flowers 

 in July : grows on sandy heaths and dry banks : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. iii. pi. 1817. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 376. 750. 



5. R. Hibernica. Irish Rose. Fruit nearly globular, smooth, as are 

 the flower-stalks ; prickles scattered, unequal, slightly curved ; leaflets 



elliptical, simply serrated, hairy beneath on the ribs. Stem from three 



to six feet high, copiously branched, reddish-brown: leaflets five or seven, 

 egg-shaped or roundish, acute, the upper surface slightly glaucous : sti- 

 pules smooth : flowers rather small, pale-pink. Flowers from June to 

 November : discovered by Mr. Templeton, in the counties of Down and 

 Derry, Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2196. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 394. 



751. 



6. R. involuta. Prickly Unexpanded Rose. Fruit globular, bristly ; 

 flower-stalks bristly; stem very prickly and bristly; leaflets elliptical, 

 doubly and acutely serrate, their veins hairy beneath ; petals involute. 



Stem bushy, about three feet high, covered with innumerable 



crowded, slender, very unequal, nearly straight prickles, intermixed with 

 glandular bristles: stipules fringed with glands: leaflets five or seven : 

 petals pale-red. Flowers in June : found in various parts of Scotland. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxix. pi. 2068. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 378. 752. 



7. R. Sabini. Sabine's Rose. Fruit globular, bristly ; flower-stalks 

 and pinnated calyx bristly; prickles scattered, straightish; leaflets doubly 



serrate, nearly smooth, with hairy ribs. Stem from five to eight feet 



high, with brown branches, covered with nearly straight prickles and 

 glandular bristles : stipules finely glandular at the edges : leaflets five or 

 seven, broadly elliptical : petals large, rose-red : fruit scarlet. Flowers 

 in July : grows in thickets in Scotland and the north of England. Eng. 

 Bot. Suppl. pi. 2594. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 381. 753. 



** Branches almost destitute of bristles ; prickles nearly straight. 



8. R. villdsa. Soft-leaved Round-fruited Rose. Fruit globular, 

 bristly ; calyx slightly pinnate ; prickles nearly straight ; leaflets 



rounded, bluntish, downy all over. Stem about six feet high, covered 



with scattered, slender, nearly straight prickles : stipules downy, thickly 

 fringed with nearly sessile minute glands: leaflets five or seven, 



