340 ARBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Leaflets simply serrated, smooth above, but hairy on the ribs beneath. 

 Sepals doubly pinnate. Fruit elliptical, smooth, like the aggregate flower 

 stalks. (Don's Mill.} A large shrub. Native of European hedges ; plenti- 

 ful in England. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Flowers pale red ; June and July. 

 Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



& 44. R. DUMETO'RUM Thuitt. The Thicket Dog Rose. 



Identification. Thuil. Fl. Par., 250. ; Bor. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2610.; Don's 



Synon'ym'ef.' 'fl.'leucantha ft acutiftlia Bast, in Dec. Fl. Fr. 5. p. 535. ; R. sS- 

 pium Borkh. ex Rau. Enum. 79. ; R. solstitialis Bess. Prim. FL Gall. 324. ; 

 R. corymbifera Gmel. FL Bad. Als. 2. p. 427. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl , t. 2610. ; and our Jig. 603. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles numerous, scattered, hooked. 

 Leaflets simply serrated, hairy on both surfaces. Sepals 

 pinnate, deciduous. Peduncles aggregate, slightly hairy 

 Fruit elliptical, smooth, as long as the bracteas. (Don's 

 Mill.} A large shrub. Europe, in hedges ; and found in 

 England, in the southern counties, but seldom in any 

 abundance. Height 4 ft. to 6ft. Flowers reddish ; June and July, 

 scarlet ; ripe in September. 



& 45. R. SARMEiNTA^CEA Swartz. The sarmentaceous Dog Rose. 



Identification. Swartz MSS. ; Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 213. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 580. 

 Synonymes. R. glaucophylla Winch Geogr. Distrib. 45. ; R. canina Roth 



FL Germ. 2. p. 560. 

 Engravings. Curt. Lond., fasc. 5. t. 34. ; and oar fig. 604. 



Ipec. Char., fyc. Prickles hooked. Leaflets ovate, doubly 

 serrated, smooth, glandular. Peduncles aggregate, smooth 

 or minutely bristly. Sepals pinnate, deciduous. Fruit 

 broadly elliptic, naked. (Don's Mill.) A rambling shrub. 

 Europe, common in hedges and bushy places ; plentiful in 

 Britain. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Flowers pink, and fra- 

 grant ; June and July. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



The fruit is as grateful to the palate, probably, as that of 

 R. canina, with which this equally common plant is generally 

 confounded. This is the species most commonly made choice 6 <M. R. 

 of as a stock for garden roses. 



& 46. R. CJE^SIA Sm. The grey Dog Rose. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 2367. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 580. 



Synonymes. .R. canina pubescens Afa. Ros. Suec. Tent. 1. p. 2.; R. canina cae'sia Lindl. Ros 



D 99 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2367. ; and our fig. 605. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles hooked, uniform. Leaflets 

 elliptical, somewhat doubly serrated, glaucous, hairy be- 

 neath, without glands. Sepals distantly pinnate, de- 

 ciduous. Flower stalks smooth, solitary. Fruit elliptical, 

 smooth. (Don's Mill.) A rambling shrub. Scotland, 

 in the Highland valleys, but rare ; at Taymilt, in Mid- 

 Lorn, Argyleshire ; and in Strath Tay, between Dun- 

 keld and Aberfeldie, and by the side of Loch Tay. Height 

 4 ft. to 5 ft. Flowers generally of a uniform carnation hue, but occasionally 

 white ; July. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



B. Species Natives of Middle Europe. 

 afe 47, R. RUBRIFO^LIA Vill. The red-leaved Dog Rose. 



Identification. Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 549. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 581. 



Synonymes. R. multiflbra Reyn. Act. Laus. 1. p. 70. t. 6. ; R. rubicunda Hall. fil. in Roem. Arch. 



3. p. 376. ; R. lurida Andr. Ros. ; R. cinnambmea y rubrifblia Red. Ros. 1. p. 134. 

 Engravings. Bell, in Act. Taur., 1790, p. 229. t. 9. ; Jacq. Fragm., 70. t. 106. ; Red. Ros., 1 p. 3. 



t. 4. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t.430. ; and ourjfe.606. 



