XXVI. ROSA^CEJE I JRO^SA. 



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Prickles slightly curved. Petals white at the base. A rambling shrub. (Don's 

 Mill.) Europe, in hedges and thickets ; plentiful in Britain. Height 6 ft. 

 Flowers pink ; June and July. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



vii. Hvbiyinbsa Lindl. 



Derivation. From rubtginosus, rusty ; the leaves of the species being usually furnished with rust- 

 coloured glands beneath. 



Sect. Char., fyc. Prickles unequal, sometimes bristle-formed, rarely wanting. 

 Leaflets ovate or oblong, glandular, with diverging serratures. Sepals per- 

 manent. Disk thickened. Root-shoots arched. The numerous glands on 

 the lower surface of the leaves will be sufficient to prevent anything else 

 being referred to this section ; and although R. tomentosa has sometimes 

 glandular leaves, the inequality of the prickles of the species of Rubigi- 

 nosae, and their red fruit, will clearly distinguish them. (Don's Mill., ii. 

 p. 577.) This division includes all the eglantine, or sweet-briar roses, which 

 are for the most part erect or erectish bushes with deciduous leaves. Na- 

 tives of Britain, Middle Europe, and Caucasus. 



A. Species Natives of Britain. 

 & 37. R. RUBiciNO r SA Lin. The maty-leaved Rose, Sweet Briar, or Eglantine. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 2. p. 594. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 604. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 577. 



Synonymes. R. suavifolia Lighlf. Scot. 1. p. 201., Fl. Dan. t. 870.; R. Eglantlria Mill. Diet. No. 4., 



Lin. Sp. edit. 1. p. 4<JI. ; R. agrestis Savi Fl. Pis. p. 475. ; R. rubiginosa parviflora Ran. Enum. 



135. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 991. ; Lawr. Ros., t. 41. 61. 65. 72. and 74. ; and our fig. 592. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles hooked, compressed, with 

 smaller straighter ones interspersed. Leaflets 

 elliptical, doubly serrated, hairy, clothed beneath 

 with rust-coloured glands. Sepals pinnate, and 

 bristly, as well as the peduncles. Fruit obovate, 

 bristly towards the base. (Don's Mill.) A ram- 

 bling shrub. Europe, and Caucasus ; in Britain, 

 in bushy places, on a dry gravelly or chalky soil. 

 Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers pink ; June and July. 

 Fruit scarlet, obovate or elliptic ; ripe in September. 

 Leaves sweet-scented when bruised. 



Varieties. Eleven are described in our first edition. 

 Some of the best for a rosarium are, the blush, 

 cluster, double, dwarf, semidouble, mossy, scarle., tree double, and white 

 semidouble. 



& 38. R. MICRA'NTHA Sm. The small-flowered Rose, or Sweet Briar. 



Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2490. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 578. 

 Synonyme. R. rubigin6sa /3 micrantha Lindl. Ros. p. 87., with erroneous 



synonymes. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t 2490. ; and our figs. 593, 594. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles hooked, scattered, nearly uni- 

 form. Leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, hairy, glandular 

 beneath. Sepals pinnate. Fruit elliptic, rather 

 bristly, contracted at the summit. Stems straggling. 

 (Don's Mill.) A bush with arched shoots, and strag- 

 gling branches. Britain, in hedges and thickets, chiefly 

 in the South of England. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers 

 small, pale red ; June and July. Fruit coral red, ovate ; ripe in September. 



593. . micrintha. 



3D. R. SE^PIUM Thuil. The Hedge Rose, or Briar. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2653. ; and our fig. 595. 



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