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tt 47. R. LU'TEA Dodon. The yellow Eglantine Rose. 



Identification. Dodon. Pempt., 187. ; Mill. Diet., No. 11. ; Lawr. Ros., t 12.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 363. ; 



Don's Mill., '2. p. 577. 

 Synonymes. R. Eglanteria Lin. Sp. 70S., Red. Hos., 1. p. 69. ; R. fe'tida llerm. Diss., 18.; R. 



chlorophylla Elirfi. Bcitr., 2. p. 69. ; R. ci rca Russig. Ros. t. 2. 

 Engraving*. Lawr. Kos.. t. 1-'.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 363. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 69.; Rossig. Ros., 



t. 2. ; and our^ig. 497. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles straight. Leaflets deep green. ^ 497 



Sepals nearly entire, setigerous. Petals flat, concave. 

 Flowers deep yellow, large, cupshapcd, solitary. Fruit 

 unknown. A shrub, a native of Germany and the south 

 of France; introduced in 1596; growing from 3ft. to 

 4 ft. high, and flowering in June. 



rarictics. 



a 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., ii. p. 577.) 



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

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

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

 p. 217. ; R. lutea bicolor Jacq. Vind. y i. 

 t. 1., Lawr. Ros., t. 6., Sims Rot. Mag., 

 1. 1077.; R. Eglanteria punicea Red. Ros., i. 

 p. 71. t. 24. ;" R. Eglanteria bicolor Dec. 

 Fl. Fr., iv. p. 437. ; and our fig. 498. ; 

 has the petals scarlet, above, and yellow 

 beneath. 



3fe 48. R. RUBIGINO V SA Lin. The rusty-leaved Rose, Sweet Briar, or Eglantine. 



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



Synonytncs. R. suavifblia Light/. Scot., 1. p. 261., 'Fl. Dan., t. 870.'; R. Eglanteria Mill. Diet, No. 4., 



Lin. Sp., edit. 1. p. 491. ; R. agr^stis Savi Fl. Pis., p. 475. ;' R. rubigindsa parviflbra Rau. 



Enum., 135. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 991. ; Curt. Fl. Lond., 1. 116. ; Jacq. Austr., t. 50. ; Lawr. Ros., t 41. 61. 



65. 72. and 74. ; Schkuhr Handb., t. 134. ; and our fig. 499. 



Spec. Char., Sf-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., ii.p. 577.) 

 Native throughout Europe, and of Caucasus. In 

 Britain, in bushy places, on a dry gravelly or chalky- 

 soil. Leaves sweet-scented when bruised. Flowers 

 pink. Fruit scarlet, obovate or elliptic. A shrub, 

 growing from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in height, and flowering 

 in June and July. 



Varieties. 



R. r. 2 Vaillant'&na. Red. Ros., 3. p. 95., with a fig. Fruit ovate and hispid. Prickles of the 



branches somewhat horizontal. Leaflets nearly glabrous above. Flowers white. 

 Sfc R. r. 3 rotundifdlia Lindl. Ros., 88. Branches flagelliform. Leaflets roundish and small 



Tube of the calyx nearly globose, and glabrous. Flowers solitary. A native of Germany 

 * R. r. 4 aculcatissima Dup. Gym. Ros., 13. ex Red. et Thor. Ros., 2. p. 97. Flowers usually 



solitary. Priekles straightish and very numerous. Usually cultivated in gardens. 

 3fc R. r. 5 nemoralis Red. et Thor. Ros., 2. p. 23., with a fig. Leaflets large and thin. Prickles 



straightish and few. A native of France. 

 Sii R. r. Qumbcllata Lindl. Ros., 87.; R. tenuiglandulbsa Mcr. Fl. Par., 189. ; R. r Eglanteria 



cymosa Woods in Lin. Trans. ; R. sempervirens Roth Fl. Germ., 1. p. 218. ; has flowers 



several in a fascicle. Fruit globose, almost smooth. Peduncles hispid. Branches verv 



prickly ; prickles hooked. 



flfe R. r. 7 pubera Ser. in Dec. Prod, has the leaflets and petioles puberulous. 

 stt R. r. 8 grandifldra Lindl. Ros. has large flowers and glabrous purple fruit. The leaflet* 



are nearly naked, and the peduncles glabrous. 

 stt R. r. 9 major Ser. has erect steins, broad leaflets, and semidouble flowers. 



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