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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles slender. Branches flexuous. Leaf- 

 lets shining, acute at both ends. Flowers usually solitary. 

 Fruit polished. Sepals pinnate, with very narrow segments. 

 (Dons Mill.') A densely branched bush. Europe, in hedges ; 

 in England, near Bridport, Warwickshire. Height 4 ft. to 

 6 ft. Flowers small, pale yellowish pink ; June and July. 

 Fruit small, oblong-ovate, scarlet ; ripe in September. 



s& 40. R. INODO^RA. The scentless Rose. 



Identification. Eng. Bot. Suppl., 2610. . Hood ed. 2. 232. 



Synonymes. R. dumet&rum Eng. Bot. 2579.; R. Borren Smith Eng. Fl. 



2398 , Don's Mill. 2. p. 580. : R. rubiginbsa var. inodbra Lindl. Ros. Monog. rt . r 



101. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot. 2579. ; and onrjig. 596. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles hooked. Leaflets ovate ; doubly serrated, without 

 glands. Sepals pinnate, often doubly pinnate, deciduous. 

 Flower stalks aggregate, hairy. Fruit elliptical, smooth. 

 (Don's Mill.) A stout bush. Britain. Not very un- 

 frequent in hedges and thickets. Height 6 ft. to 7 ft. 

 Flowers pink ; June and July. Fruit elliptic, or nearly 

 globose, scarlet. 



The foliage has, notwithstanding the specific name, a 

 scent more or less faint, according to the number of glands 59(! - R - > nod6ia - 

 developed in different individuals ; but it resembles rather the turpentine 

 odour of the plants of the preceding section than the fragrance of the sweet 

 briar. 



B. Species Natives of Middle Europe. 

 j* 41. R. LU'TEA Dodon. The yellow Eglantine Rose. 



Identification. Dodon. Pempt., 187. ; Mill. Diet, No. 11. ; Don's Mill., 



2. p. 577. 

 Synonymes. R. Eglanteria Lin. Sp. 703, Red. Ros. 1. p. 69. ; R. 



fce't'ida Herm. Diss. 18. ; R. chlorophylla Ehrh. Beitr. 2. p. 69. ; R. 



cerea Rossig. Ros. t. 2. 

 Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 12. ; Bot. Mag., t. 363. ; Red. Ros., l.p. 69.; 



Rossig. Ros., t. 2. ; and our fig. 597- 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles straight. Leaflets deep green. 

 Sepals nearly entire, setigerous. Petals flat, concave. 

 Flowers deep yellow, large, cup-shaped, solitary. Fruit 

 unknown. A branchy shrub. Germany and the South 

 of France. Height 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1596. 

 Flowers deep yellow ; June. 



Varieties. 



JB R. /. 2 subrubra Red. Ros. iii. p. 73., with a fig. Peduncles rather 



hispid and glandular. Leaves and petioles glabrous. Stem prickly 



at the base. Prickles unequal, scattered. Petals of a lurid red 



above, and yellowish beneath. Stigmas 



yellow. (Don's Mill.) 

 j R. /. 3 punicea Lindl. Ros. p. 84. ; R. pu- 



nicea Mill. Diet. No. 12., Rossig. Ros. 



t. 5. ; R. cinnamomea Roth Fl. Germ. i. 



p. 217. ; R. lutea bicolor Jacq. Vind. \. 



t. 1., Lawr. Ros. t. 6., Sot. Mag. t. 1077. ; 



597. Ii. liitea. 



R. Eglanteria punfcea Red. Ros. i. p. 71. 

 t. 24. ; R. Eglanteria bicolor Dec. Fl. Fr. 



598. R. 1. punicea. 



iv. p. 437. ; and our fig. 598. ; has the 

 petals scarlet above, and yellow beneath. 



M R. /. 4 fibre plena. Williams's double yellow Sweet Briar. A very 

 beautiful variety, and a free flowerer, raised from seeds by Mr. Wil- 

 liams of Pitmaston. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



* R. /. 5. Hoggii D. Don in Swt. Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 410. Hogg's yellow 



