218 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. [CL. XII. 



Ayrshire : certainly introduced. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 374. Brit. 

 Fl. p. 224. 748. 



3. jR. rubella. Red-fruited Dwarf Rose. Fruit globular ; flower- 

 stalks Ibristly ; prickles of the stem straight, scattered ; leaflets 

 elliptical or roundish, smooth, generally with simple serratures. 

 Stem bushy, two or three feet high, round, branched, spread- 

 ing, covered with very slender prickles, and glandular bristles : 

 stipules glandular at the margin : leaflets from seven to eleven, 

 paler beneath : petals white, tinged with pink : fruit bright-scar- 

 let. Flowers in May : grows on the sandy sea-coast of Northum- 

 berland. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxvi. pi. 3521. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 375. 



749. 



4. R. spinosissima. Burnet Rose. Fruit globular ; flower- stalks 

 and calyx nearly smooth ; prickles of the stem straight, unequal, 

 numerous, intermixed with glandular bristles ; leaflets roundish, 



smooth, with simple serratures. Stem bushy, two or three feet 



high, covered with numerous, unequal, straight, slender prickles, 

 interspersed with glandular bristles : stipules fringed with glands : 

 leaflets seven or nine, smooth : petals cream-coloured, yellow at 

 the base : fruit purplish-black. Flowers in July : grows on sandy 

 heaths and dry banks : common. Eng. Bot.vol. iii. pi. 1817. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 376. 750. 



5. R. Hibernica. Irish Rose. Fruit nearly globular, smooth, as 

 are the flower- stalks ; prickles scattered, unequal, slightly curved ; 



leaflets elliptical, simply serrated, hairy beneath on the ribs. 



Stem from three to six feet high, copiously branched, reddish - 

 brown : leaflets five or seven, egg-shaped or roundish, acute, the 

 upper surface slightly glaucous : stipules smooth : flowers rather 

 small, pale-pink. Flowers from June to November. Discovered 

 by Mr. Templeton, in the counties of Down and Derry, Ireland, 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxi. pi. 2196. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 394. 751. 



6. R. involiita. Prickly Unexpanded Rose. Fruit globular, 

 bristly ; flower-stalks bristly ; stem very prickly and bristly ; leaf- 

 lets elliptical, doubly and acutely serrate, their veins hairy be- 

 neath ; petals involute. Stem bushy, about three feet high, 



covered with innumerable crowded, slender, very unequal, nearly 

 straight prickles, intermixed with glandular bristles : stipules 

 fringed with glands : leaflets five or seven : petals pale-red. 

 Flowers in June : found in various parts of Scotland. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxix. pi. 2068. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 378. 752. 



7. R. Sabini. Sabine's Rose. Fruit globular, bristly ; flower- 

 stalks and pinnated calyx bristly ; prickles scattered, straightish ; 



leaflets doubly serrate, nearly smooth, with hairy ribs. Stem 



from five to eight feet high, with brown branches, covered with 

 nearly straight prickles and glandular bristles : stipules finely glan- 

 dular at the edges : leaflets five or seven, broadly elliptical : petals 

 large, rose-red : fruit scarlet. Flowers in July : grows in thickets 

 in Scotland and the north of England. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2<;94. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 381. 753. 



** Branches almost destitute of bristles ; prickles nearly straight. 



8. R. villosa. Soft-leaved Round-fruited Rose. Fruit globular, 

 bristly ; calyx slightly pinnate ; prickles nearly straight ; leaflets 



rounded, bluntish, downy all over Stem about six feet high, 



covered with scattered, slender, neaily straight prickles : stipules 

 downy, thickly fringed with nearly sessile minute glands : leaflets 



