340 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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

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

 stalks. {Doiis Mill.) A large shrub. Native of Europe, in hedges; plenti- 

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

 Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



3fe 44. R. DUMETo^RUM ThuUl. The Thicket Dog Rose. 



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



Miir., 2. p. 580. 

 Synonymes. R. leucantha ,8 acutifWia Bast, in Tiec. Fl. Fr. 5. p. 535. ; R. sd- 



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



R. corymbifera Gmel. Fl. Bad. Ah. 2. p. 427. 

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



Spec. Char., ^c. Prickles numerous, scattered, hodked. 

 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 6 ft. Flowers reddish ; June and July 

 scarlet ; ripe in September. 



603. R. dtimetbrum. 



Fruit 



The sarmentaceous Dog Rose. 



^ 43. R. SARMENTA^CEA SwUrtZ 



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

 Distrib. 45. ; R. canlna Rol/i 



604. R. >arinenl4ce- 



Identification. Swartz MSS 



Mill., 2. p. 580. 

 Synony?nes. R. glaucophylla K'inch Geogr. 



Fl. Germ. 2. p. 560. 

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



vpec. Char., S(c. 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 

 of as a stock for garden roses. 



at 46. R. CiE^siA iSw?. The grey Dog Rose. 



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

 Synonymes. R. canlna pubescens Afx,. Ros. Suec. Tent. 1. p. 2. : 



p. 99. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2.S67. ; and our fig. 605 



Spec. Char., cj-c. 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. (Dons 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 3 ft. Flowers generally of a uniform carnation hue, but occasionally 

 white ; July. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in September. 



B. Species Natives of Middle Europe. 

 a 47. R. RUBRiFoYiA VUl. The red-leaved Dog Rose. 



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



Synonymc.f. R. multilibra Reun. Ac/. Lnus \ p. 70. t. 6. ; R. rubicunda Hall. fil. in Roem. An.^. 



3. p. .376. ; R lilrida Atidr. Ros. ; R. cinnam&mea y rubrifblia Red. Ros. 1. p. 134. 

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



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



R. canina J cse'sia Lindl. Rot 



605. it. ck'ti. 



