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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



595. R. stpiiim. 



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

 lets shinini,', acute at both ends. Flowers usually solitary. 

 Fruit polished. Sepals pinnate, with very narrow segment:^. 

 (Don's Alil/.) A densely branched bush. Europe, in hedges ; 

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

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

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



a 40. R. INODO^RA. The scentless Rose. 



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



Sytionytms. R. dumetbrum Eng. Bot. 2.579. ; R. Borrer; Smith Eng. Fl. 



239H., Don's Mill. 2. p. 580. ; M. rubiginbsa var. inodbra Lindl. Ros. Monog. 



101. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot. 2579. ; and our Jig. 596. 



Sj}ec. Cliar., ^-c. Prickles hooked. Leaflets ovate ; doubly serrated, without 

 glands. Sepals pinnate, often doubly pinnate, deciduous. 

 Flower stalks aggregate, hairy. Fruit elliptical, smooth. 

 (Dons Mill.) A stout bush. Britain. Not very un- 

 frequenti 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 *9- '* i''"^^^- 



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. 

 jB, 41. R. lu'tea Dodon. The yellow Eglmitine Rose. 



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



2. p. .577. 

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



foe'tida Herm. Diss. 18. ; R. chlorophylla Ehr/t. Beitr. 2. p. 69. ; R. 



cSrea Rossig. Ro.i. t. 2. 

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



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



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 3 ft. to 4 ft. Litroduced in 1596. 

 Flowers deep yellow ; June. 



Varieties. 



j R. /. 2 sid)riihra Red. Ros. iii. p. 73., with a fig. 



hispid and glandular. Leaves and petioles glabrous. Stem pricklyi 



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



above, and yellowish beneath. Stigmas 



yellow. (Don's Mill.) 

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



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



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



p. 217. ; R. lutea bicolor Jacq. Find. i. 



t. 1., Laivr. Ros. t. 6., Bot. Mag. t. 1077. ; 



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



t. 24."; R. Eglajitcria bfcolor Dec. Fl. Fr. 



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



petals scarlet above, and yellow beneath. 

 jn R. I. i; flare plaw. Williams's double yellow Sweet Briar. A ven 



beautiful variety, and a free flowerer, raised from seeds by Mr. VV i 



Hams of Pitmaston. Horticultural Society's Garden. I 



J. R. /. 5. H6n nil D. Don in Swt. Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 410. Hogg's ycllo\ 



5'J7. a. liltea. 



. Peduncles rather| 



R. 1. punicea. 



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