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upon those of Caninse and Rubigiriosae. From both it is distinguished 

 by its root-suckers being erect and stout. The most absolute marks 

 of difference, however, between this and Camnse, exists in the prickles 

 of the present section being straight, and the serratures of the leaves 

 diverging. If, as is sometimes the case, the prickles of this tribe are 

 falcate, the serratures become more diverging. The permanent sepals 

 are another character by which this tribe may be known from Caninae. 

 llubiginosse cannot be confounded with the present section, on account 

 of the unequal hooked prickles and glandular leaves of the species. 

 Roughness of fruit, and permanence of sepals, are common to both. 



39. R. TCJRBINA X TA Ait. The turbmsLte-calyxed, or Frankfort Rose. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed 1, v. 2, p. 206 ; Dec. Prod., 2, p. 603 ; Don's Mill., 

 2, p. 576. 



Synonymes. R. campanulata Ehrh. Deitr., 6, p. 97 ; 7?. francofortiana Munch. 

 Hausv., 5, p. 24; R. francfurtensis Rossig. Ros., t. 11. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem nearly without prickles. Branches smooth. Leaflets 5 7, 

 ovate-cordate, large, wrinkled in a bullate manner, serrate, approximate, a little villous 

 beneath. Stipules large, clasping the stem or branch. Flowers disposed subcorym- 

 bosely, large, violaceous red. Peduncles wrinkled and hispid. Calyx turbinate, 

 smoothish. Sepals undivided, subspathulate. Flowers large, red, and loose ; probably 

 a native of Germany ; growing to 'the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft., and flowering in June 

 and July. 



40. R. VILLO\SA Lin. The villoMS-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Lin..Sp., 704 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 576. 



Synonymes. R. mullis Smith in Eng. Dot., t. 2459; R. tomentosa /? Lindl. Ros., p. 

 77; R. heterophy'lla Woods in Lin. Trans., 12, p. 195; R. pulchella Woods 1, c., p. 

 196 ; R. pomifera Herm. Diss., 16. 



Spec. Char., <*c. Leaflets rounded, bluntish, downy all over. Fruit globose, rather 

 depressed, partly bristly. Sepals slightly compound. Flowers red or pink. This is a 

 very variable plant. Branches without bristles. It is a native of Europe, in hedges ; in 

 Britain, in bushy rather mountainous situations, in Wales, Scotland, and the north of 

 England, growing to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., and flowering in July. 



41. R. GRA'CILIS Woods. The slender Rose. 



Identification. Woods in Lin. Trans., 12, p. 186 ; Don's Mill., 2, 570. 



Synonyme. R. villosa Smith, in Eng. Hot., t. 583, excluding the synonyme and the 

 fruit. 



Spec. Char., <$-c. Peduncles usually in pairs, bristly, often bracteate. Branches, 

 fruit, and calyx bristly. Larger prickles curved, usually twin. Leaflets doubly serrated, 

 hairy on both sides. Petals slightly concave, of a pale pink. Fruit globular. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx simple. Growing to the height of 8 ft. or 10 ft., and flowering in 

 July. 



42. R. TOMENTO X SA Smith. The tomentose, or woolly-leaved Rose. 



Identification. Smith Fl. Brit., 539; Eng. Bot., 990 ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 576. 



Synonymes. R. villosa Ehrh. Arb., p. 45, Du Roi Harbk., 2, p. 341, Fl. Dan., t. 

 1458 ; R. mollissima Bdrk. Holz., p. 307 ; R. dubia Wibel, Wirth., p. 263 ; R. villosa 

 .3 Huds., 219. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaflets ovate, acute, more or less downy. Fruit elliptical, hispid. 

 Sepals pinnate. Prickles slightly curved. Petals white at the base. Native of Eu- 

 rope, in hedges and thickets ; plentiful in Britain ; growing to the height of 6 ft., and 

 flowering in June and July. 



43. R. SHERA'RDI Davies. Sherard's Rose. 

 Identification. Davies' Welsh Bot., 49; Don's Mill., 2, p. 576. 

 Synonymes. R. subglobosa Smith Eng. FL. 2, p. 384 ; R. tomentosa var. e arid it 

 Woods in Lin. Trans., 12, p. 201. 



