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five or seven, rounded : flowers pink : fruit scarlet. Flowers in 

 July : grows in thickets in Scotland, Wales, and the north of Eng- 

 land. Eng. Sot. vol. xxxv. pi. 2459 : R. mollis. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 382. 754. 



9. R. tomentosa. Downy -leaved Dog Rose. Fruit broadly ellip- 

 tical, bristly ; calyx copiously pinnate ; prickles slightly curved ; 



leaflets egg-shaped, acute, downy. Stem from four to six feet 



high, branched, bristly, with round prickly branches : prickles 

 slender, awl-shaped : stipules linear, downy, densely fringed with 

 glands : leaflets five or seven, with double serratures : petals pink, 

 white in the lower half: fruit scarlet, sometimes smooth. Flowers in 

 June and July : grows in hedges and thickets : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xiv. pi. 990. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 384. 755. 



*** Branches destitute of bristles ; prickles hooked, 

 styles distinct. 



10. R. rubiginosa. Eglantine. Sweet-briar. Fruit inversely egg- 

 shaped, bristly towards the base ; calyx pinnate ; prickles hooked, 

 compressed, with smaller straighter ones interspersed; leaflets el- 

 liptical, doubly serrate, hairy, covered beneath with rust-coloured 



glands. Stem bushy, about four feet high : prickles scattered, 



hooked, conical, interspersed with others of a smaller size : stipules 

 narrow lance-shaped, closely fringed with glands, as are the leaflets : 

 petals bright-pink : fruit scarlet. Flowers in June and July : grows 

 in dry bushy places: not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv.pl. 991. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 386. 756. 



11. R. micrdntha. Small-flowered Sweet-briar. Fruit elliptical, 

 somewhat bristly, contracted above ; calyx pinnate, deciduous ; 

 prickles scattered, hooked, nearly uniform ; leaflets egg-shaped, 



doubly serrated, hairy, glandular beneath. Stem from five to 



eight feet long, straggling, slender, arched : leaflets flat, pale-green 

 above, more hairy beneath : flowers pale-pink, small : fruit soft, 

 scarlet or coral-red. Flowers in June and July : grows in various 

 parts of England and Scotland, as well as in the south of Ireland. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxv. pi. 2490. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 388. 757. 



12. R. niodora. Slightly -scented Sweet-briar. Fruit elliptical, or 

 globular, smooth; calyx copiously pinnate, deciduous; prickles 

 hooked, uniform ; leaflets egg-shaped, doubly serrated, hairy, mostly 



glandular beneath. Stem from six to eight feet long, stout, 



arched: leaflets flat, broadly egg-shaped, dark-green above, paler 

 and more hairy beneath, more or less glandular, as are the stipules : 

 flowers pale-pink, rather small : fruit soft, deep-red. Flowers in 

 June and July : found in various parts of England and Scotland. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxvi. pi. 2579. Rosa Borreri. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 232. 



758. 



13. R. cce'sia. Glaucous-leaved Rose. Fruit elliptical, smooth ; 

 flower-stalks smooth, solitary; calyx distinctly pinnate ; prickles 

 hooked, uniform ; leaflets elliptical, doubly serrate, glaucous, hairy 



beneath, without glands. Stem bristly, four or five feet high, 



stipules oblong, acute, fringed with glands : leaflets five or seven : 

 flowers pale-pink, sometimes white. Flowers in July : grows in 

 some of the Highland valleys of Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxxiii. pi. 2367. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 390. 759. 



14. R. canina. Common Dog Rose. Fruit egg-shaped, smooth, or 

 somewhat bristly ; calyx pinnate ; prickles strongly hooked; leaflets 



