60 24. ROSACES. 



similar. Leaflets ovate or elliptical, doubly serrate, hairs above 

 close, gray; paler, more hairy, and glandular beneath. Cal. 

 segments nearly equalling the cor. , leafy, pinnatifid, sub-persistent, 

 with gland-tipped setae. Not so downy as the preceding. 



Common. In hedges and borders of woods. (B) Sh. 67. Kilbride road; 

 around Cambuslang; Kittoch-side ; Kilmun; Curnbrae, &c. 



Var. scabriuscula, Winch. Terminal leaflet with a long petiole, 

 elliptical, rounded or tapering at the base, acute at the apex. 

 Petioles with numerous prickles and setae intermixed with hairs, 

 principal serratures ending in a hardened point. 



Paisley Canal bank ; Flemington road, beyond Cambuslang. 



C. Rubiginosce. Shoots intermixed with a few setae, prickles 

 various. 



5. R. RUBIGINOSA, ~L. True Sweetbriar, Eglantine. Prickles 

 curved, rather unequal, numerous, smaller ones slender, inter- 

 mingled occasionally with a few gland-tipped setae. Leaflets 

 doubly serrate, rounded at the base, glandular beneath, Sep. 

 sub-persistent, leaf-pointed, pinnate, with gland-tipped setce on 

 the back. Fruit obovate-globose, scarlet ; foliage sweet-scented. 



Not common. In hedges and bushy places. (E) Sh. 67. Near Hamilton; 

 Uddingston ; Calder glen; Cambuslang glen and Cumbrae. 



D. Shoots without setae; prickles hooked, with a long 

 compressed base. 



6. R. CAN IN A, L. Common Dog-Rose. Large bushes, often 

 growing to the height of 8 10 ft., with a stem of considerable 

 diameter. Prickles uniform, curved. Leaflets smooth or downy, 

 serratures simple or compound. Cal. segments mostly deciduous, 

 leaf-pointed, pinnate or pinnatifid, generally smooth, styles not 

 united. 



Very common. In hedges and thickets. (B) Sh. 67. 



A. Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. Peduncles not bristly. 



Var. lutetidna, Leman. Prickles curved. Le. ovate or ellip- 

 tical, acute, firm, smooth on both sides, deeply and sharply 

 serrated. Stipules naked, or imperfectly fringed with glands at 

 the apex. Ped. and cal. tube naked. Cal. segments pinnate, 

 reflexed on the fruit, nearly bare of glands. Fr. ovoid-urceolate. 

 Very common. 



Var. dumdlis, Bech. Leaves doubly serrate, with from 1 3 

 gland-tipped teeth, smooth on both sides. Petioles with a few 

 setae. Stipules fringed with glands. Ped. and cal. tube naked. 

 Sep. with leafy pinnae, sometimes downy near the edge, fringed 

 with glands. Fruit ovoid-urceolate or globose. Very common. 



