134 ^6. ROSACES. 



2. H. hiber'nica (Sm.) ; prickles scattered, larger slightly 

 falcate, Its. simply [or irregularly] serrate without glands, sep. 

 [usually] pinnate not glandular on the back, fr. with a small 

 ilisk.E. B. 2196. [Usually a compact bush.] * Fl. 1-3 rarely 

 more, pale pink. Fr. urceolate blood-red with subpersistent 

 Sep., ripe in Oct. [. Lts. slightly hairy on the midrib above and on 

 the veins beneath or (var. glabra, Bak.) quite glabrous, ped. naked. 

 (3. G-rovesii (Bak.); robust, very glaucous, sep. almost always simple, fr. 

 ovate-urceolate. y. cordifolia (Bak.) ; ped. hispid glandular. Generally 

 considered a hybrid between Sp. 1 and 10.] Chiefly in the N. of 

 England and N. of Ireland. Q. Surrey. Sh. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



3. R. involuta (Sm.) ; prickles crowded, Us. doubly serrate 

 downy and often glandular beneath, sep. simple or pinnate 

 glandular on the back, fr. subglobose with no disk. JE. B. S. 

 2594. St. erect [or arching]. Fl. 1-3. Fr. red or pink, with 

 persistent sep., ripe in Sept. and Oct. [Prof. Crepin considers this 

 to be a series of hybrids of E. spinosissima with E. villosa, E. tomentosa, 

 and possibly E. rubiginosa. The following are the principal forms 

 described as British. a. Smithii (Bak.) ; Its. naked above hairy princi- 

 pally on the midrib beneath, serration but slightly compound, ped. and 

 cal.-tube densety aciculate, sep. simple. |8. Eobertsoni (Bak.) ; Its. 

 glabrous above when mature, hairy and inconspicuously glandular beneath, 

 serration compound, cal.-tube usually naked, sep. compound, y. Webbii 

 (Bak.); Its. glabrous above hairy on the midrib beneath, ped. and fr. 

 naked, sep. more compound than in the other forms, d. Moorei (Bak.) ; 

 Its. nearly glabrous above, thinly hahy and densely glandular beneath, 

 serration nearly simple, ped. and cal.-tube densely aciculate. e. Wilsoni 

 (Borr.) ; Its. thinly hairy on the ribs below, almost eglandular, serration 

 simple, sep. nearly simple, fr. ovate-urceolate, ped. aciculate and setose. 

 4. occidentalis (Bak.) ; near E. Wilsoni, Its. smaller slightly hairy, petiole 

 glandular, ped. densely aciculate, fr. naked, r). NicJwlsonii (Crep.) ; Its. 

 glabrous above slightly hairy and glandular beneath, serration compound, 

 fr. and ped. densely setose. 9. gracilescens (Bak.) ; a robust Irish form, 

 Its. thinly hairy, serration copiously compound, ped. aciculate, cal.-tube 

 naked, i. E. Sabini (Woods) ; Its. thinly hairy above more hairy below, 

 serration copiously compound, ped. and cal.-tube densely aciculate, sep. 

 with 2 4 small pinnae, /c. Icevigata (Bak.) ; Its. like E. Sabini, ped. and 

 cal.-tube naked, sep. simple not glandular. X. E. Doniana (Woods) ; a 

 small form with Its. densely hairy, ped. and cal.-tube densely aciculate, 

 sep. almost simple.] Chiefly in the North. Sh. VI. E. S. I. 



ii. VILLOSA. [St. free.] Sep. mostly persistent, densely glan- 

 dular on the back. St. tall suberect with scattered 

 uniform nearly straight prickles. Lts. [usually 7, terminal 

 one ovate, generally] very hairy and glandular beneath. 



[It. pomifera (Herrm.) ; Its. large oblong-lanceolate doubly 

 serrate downy, sep. copiously pinnate, fr. globose with no disk. 

 Not a native. Sh. VI. ?] 



