96 ROSACES. [ Itosa. 



tion given him for the garden of the Cork Institution, by the Royal 

 Dublin Society, from whence it is probable he sent it to Mr. Sabine as 

 an undescribed species. The semi-double var. of R. pomifera or 

 Apple Rose of the gardens was sent by Lee as a variety of R. villosa, 

 but no single variety of it was sent but the one mentioned above. 

 R. rubella of E. Bot. t. 2601, was sent by Lee, along with the two 

 others, as a variety of R* spinosissima, but it has not yet been found in 

 Ireland. 



2. R. cinnamomea, Linn. Cinnamon Rose, or May Rose. 

 Shoots setigerous ; prickles scattered, slender, subulate ; leaflets 

 lanceolato-oblong, simply serrated, downy and glandulose be- 

 neath ; sepals long, simple; fruit small, ovate. Br. Fl. \. p. 

 224. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 372. 



Hedges on the east side of Mr. White's demesne at Woodlands, 

 County of Dublin. Near Clady, County of Derry, naturalized. FL 

 May. T? . and irregularly throughout the summer. The double flowering 

 var. is most common in gardens. 



2. Bracteas small or wanting. 



3. R. spinosissima. Linn. Burnet-leaved Rose. Prickles 

 crowded, unequal, mostly straight, intermixed with setce ; leaflets 

 small, simply serrated, their disk glandulose; calyx simple; 

 fruit nearly globular. Br. Fl. \.p. 226. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 375. 

 E. Bot. t. 187. R. pimpinellifolia, Linn. Sabine. 



Heaths, &c. chiefly on sand ; most common near the coast, where it 

 is more dwarf than when growing in inland situations. Fl. May. T? . 

 Stem from three inches to three feet high, much branched. Flowers 

 solitary, generally white, sometimes pink, rarely red. Fruit purplish- 

 black. The numerous varieties of Scotch Roses, now so common in gar- 

 dens, belong to this species. 



4. R. Hibernica, Sm. Irish Rose. Shoots and ramuli spar- 

 ingly setigerous ; prickles scattered, unequal, larger, somewhat 

 falcate ; leaflets simply serrated, hairy beneath, their disk eglan- 

 dulose ; calyx pinnate ; fruit nearly globular. Br. FL 1. p. 288. 

 E. FL v. ii. p. 393. E. Bot. t. 2196. 



/3. leaflets smooth on both sides. 



In hedges on the shore near Hollywood, Belfast Harbour, where 

 it was first noticed by Mr. Templeton. 3. In cliffs of rocks on Beny- 

 evena, County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. Fl. June Oct. T? . 

 Root creeping, stoloniferous. Shrub three to six feet high, dense, with 

 ascending, much divided, reddish-brown branches. Larger prickles 

 slightly curved, smaller subulate and straight ; numerous on the root- 

 shoots, few on the ramuli ; a few setae occur on both. Leaflets closely 

 set, five or seven, rarely nine, ovate or of a rounder outline, acute, 

 naked and somewhat glaucous above, hairy beneath, chiefly on the ribs 

 and veins ; serratures sharp, simple, occasionally rather unequal ; 

 petioles hairy, with falcate prickles, sometimes wanting, rarely any seta3 

 or glands ; stipules broad, smooth, slightly serrated, with tapering, 

 slightly spread points ; those next the flowers enlarged. Flowers 

 rather small, often solitary or two together, sometimes in considerable 



