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rounded : flowers pink : fruit scarlet. Flowers in July : grows in 

 thickets in Scotland, Wales, and the north of England. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxxv. pi. 2459 : R. mollis. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 382. 754. 



9. R. tomentosa. Downy-leaved Dog Rose. Fruit broadly elliptical, 

 bristly ; calyx copiously pinnate ; prickles slightly curved ; leaflets egg- 

 shaped, acute, downy. Stem from four to six feet high, branched, 



bristly, with round prickly branches: prickles slender, awl-shaped : 

 stipules linear, downy, densely fringed with glands : leaflets five or 

 seven, with double serratures : petals pink, white in the lower half: 

 fruit scarlet, sometimes smooth. Flowers in June and July : grows in 

 hedges and thickets : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 990. Eng. Fi. 

 vol. ii. p. 384. 755. 



*** Branches destitute of bristles ; prickles hooked, compressed; 

 styles distinct. 



10. R. rubiginosa. Eglantine. Sweet-briar. Fruit inversely egg- 

 shaped, bristly towards the base; calyx pinnate; prickles hooked, com- 

 pressed, with smaller straighter ones interspersed ; leaflets elliptical, 



doubly serrate, hairy, covered beneath with rust-coloured glands. 



Stem bushy, about four feet high : prickles scattered, hooked, conical, 

 interspersed with others of a smaller size : stipules narrow lance-shaped, 

 closely fringed with glands, as are the leaflets : petals bright-pink : fruit 

 scarlet. Flowers in June and July : grows in dry bushy places : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 991. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 386. 756. 



11. R. micrdntha. Small-flowered Sweet-briar. Fruit elliptical, some- 

 what bristly, contracted above ; calyx pinnate, deciduous ; prickles scat- 

 tered, hooked, nearly uniform ; leaflets egg-shaped, doubly serrated, 

 hairy, glandular beneath. Stem from five to eight feet long, strag- 

 gling, slender, arched : leaflets flat, pale-green above, more hairy beneath : 

 flowers pale-pink, small : fruit soft, scarlet, or coral-red. Flowers in 

 June and July : grows in various parts of England and Scotland, as well 

 as in the south of Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxv. pi. 2490. Eng. FL vol. ii. 

 p. 388. 757. 



12. R. niodora. Slightly-scented Sweet-briar. Fruit elliptical, or 

 globular, smooth ; calyx copiously pinnate, deciduous ; prickles- hooked, 

 uniform ; leaflets egg-shaped, doubly serrated, hairy, mostly glandular 



beneath. Stem from six to eight feet long, stout, arched : leaflets flat, 



broadly egg-shaped, dark-green above, paler and more hairy beneath, 

 more or less glandular, as are the stipules : flowers pale-pink, rather 

 small : fruit soft, deep-red. Flowers in June and July : found in various 

 parts of England and Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxvi. pi. 2579. Rosa 

 Borreri. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 232. 758. 



13. R. cx'sia. Glaucous-leaved Rose. Fruit elliptical, smooth ; flower- 

 stalks smooth, solitary ; calyx distantly pinnate ; prickles hooked, uni- 

 form ; leaflets elliptical, doubly serrate, glaucous, hairy beneath, without 



glands. Stem bristly, four or five feet high, stipules oblong, acute, 



fringed with glands: leaflets five or seven : flowers pale-pink, sometimes 

 white. Flowers in July : grows in some of the Highland valleys of 

 Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2367. Eng. FL vol. ii. 

 p. 390. 759. 



14. R. canina. Common Dog Rose. Fruit egg-shaped, smooth, or 

 somewhat bristly ; calyx pinnate ; prickles strongly hooked ; leaflets 



