CHAP. XL1I. OSA V CK.E. tto'sA. 769 



a 60. R. BRACTE'SCKNS Woods. The bractescent Dog Rose. 



Identification. Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 216. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 580. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles aggregate, hooked. Leaflets ovate, almost simply serrated, downy l>e- 

 neath. Bracti-as rising much above the fruit. Sepal* pinnate, falling off. Peduncles aggregate, 

 occasionally rather hairy. Fruit globose, smooth. (Don's Mil/., ii. p. 580.) Native of England, in 

 hedges, about Ulverton, Lancashire; and Ambleton. Westmoreland. Flowers flesh-coloured. 

 A shrub, 6 ft. to 7 ft. high, and flowering in June and July. 



a 61. R. SARMENTA'CEA Swartz. The sarmentaceous Dog Rose. 



Identification. Swartz MS& ; Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 213 ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 580. 



Synonymes. R. glaucoph$'lla Winch Ueogr. Distrib., 45.; R. can ma Roth Ft. Germ., 2. p. 560. 



Engraving. Curt. Lond., fasc. 5. t. :>i. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles hooked. Leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, smooth, glandular. Pedunrk-s 

 aggregate, smooth or minutely bristly. Sepals pinnate, deciduous. Fruit broadly elliptic, naked. 

 .Don's Mill., ii. p. 580.) Native of Europe, common in hedges and bushy places; plentiful in 

 Britain. Flowers pink, and fragrant. Fruit scarlet ; as grateful to the palate, probably, as that 

 of R, canlna, with which this equally common plant is generally confounded. A shrub, 8 ft to 

 10ft. high ; flowering in June and July. 



62. R. C/E'SIA Sm. The grey Dog Rose. 



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



Synonymes. R. canlna jmbescens Afz. Ros. Suec. Tent., 1. p. 2.; .7Z. canlna ? cassia Litull. Ros., 



Engraving. Eng. Bot, t. 2367. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles hooked, uniform. Leaflets elliptical, somewhat doubly serrated, glaucous, 

 hairy beneath, without glands. Sepals distantly pinnate, deciduous. Flower stalks smooth, solitary. 

 Fruit elliptical, smooth. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 580.) Native of Scotland, in the Highland valleys, but 

 rare; at Taymilt, in Mid-Lorn, Argyleshire; and in Strath Tay, between Dunkeld and Aber- 

 feldie, and by the side of Loch Tay. Flowers generally of a uniform carnation hue, but occa- 

 sionally white. A shrub, from 4 ft. to 5 ft in height; flowering in July. 



*' 63. R. BO'RRER/ Woods. Borrer's Dog Rose. 



Identification. Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 210.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 580. 



Synonymes. R. dumeturum Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2579. ; R. rubiginbsa 9- Lindl. Ros., p. 88. ; R. 



rubiginbsa inodbra Hook. Lond., t. 117. ; R. sfepium Biirkh. ex Ran. Enum. 90. ? but not of 



Thuil. ; R. aff Inis Rau. Enum., 79. ; R. uncinella /3 Besser Enum., 64. ? 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 2579. ; Hook. Lond., t. 117. 

 Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles hooked. Leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, hairy, without glands. Sepals 



pinnate, often doubly pinnate, deciduous. Flower stalks aggregate, hairy. Fruit elliptical, 



smooth. Native of Britain, in hedges and thickets. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 580.) Flowers pale red. 



Fruit deep scarlet. A shrub, growing from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in height ; flowering in June and July. 



a 64. R. RUBRIFO V 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 rubrifolia Red. Ros., 1. p. 134. 

 Engravings. Bell, in Act. Taur., 1790, p. 229. t. 9. ; Jacq. Fragm., 70. t. 106. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 35. 



t. 4. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 430. ; and our fig. 503. 



Spec. Char., &c. Prickles small, distant. Leaflets 

 ovate, and, as well as the branches, glabrous, 

 opaque, discoloured. Sepals narrow, entire. Fruit 

 ovate, globose, smooth'. Flowers corymbose. Pe- 

 duncles smooth. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 581.) Native 

 of Dauphine, Austria, Savoy, Pyrenees, and Au- 

 vergne, in woods. Stems red. Leaves red at the U 503 



edges. Flowers small, deep red. Sepals narrow, longer than the petals. 

 A shrub, growing to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., and flowering in June and 

 July ; and producing a pleasing effect in a shrubbery, from the pinkness of 

 its foliage. At the funeral of Villars, who first named and described this 

 rose, branches and flowers of it were cut and strewed over his grave. 



I'arieties. 



R. r. 2 hispfdula Ser. Mus. Helv., 1. p. 8. and p. 12. t. 1. ; R. cinnamomea glafica Desv 



Jour. Bot., 1813, p. 120., Red. Ros., 1. p. 134. Leaflets ovate. Flowers red. Fruit 



smooth and corymbose. Peduncles hispid ; and sepals entire. 

 s R. r. 3 Redoutia. Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 609. Stems and branches reddish. Prickles slender, 



and hardly curved. Corymbs few-flowered. Petals a very pale red, with rose-coloured 



and dotted margins. G. Don supposes this a hybrid between R. rubrifblia ad R. 



spinosfssima. 

 ft R r. 4in4rmis Ser. in Dec. Prod, has the stem and branches unarmed. It is a native of 



Switzerland. 



& R. r. 5 pinnatifida Ser. in Mvt. Helv., 1. p. 11. ; R. r. germinibus cviltis, and R. montana 

 germinibus gl&bris Schlfich. Cat., 1815, p. 24. and 46. ; R. canlna globbsa Dcsv. Journ 

 ts ovate ; 

 and smo 

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Bot., 1813, p. 114.; has the leaflets ovate ; the flowers solitary and terminal ; the 

 pinnatifld ; and the fruit globose and smooth. It is a native of Switzerland 



