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4. R. villosa (L.) ; prickles slender nearly straight, Its. ovate 

 doubly serrate [usually] softly downy, sep. quite persistent 

 slightly pinnate, fr. subglobose with no disk. E. It. 2459. 

 R. mollis (Sm.) ed. viii. [An erect bush with straight branches.] 

 Fl. 1 3 deep rose colour [rarely white] ped. very short. Fr. 

 bright red with connivent sep., ripe in Aug. [fi. carulea (Woods) ; 

 1. softer and greyer with very few glands on the petiole, ped. with very 

 few glands or quite naked, fr. pendent, y. JR. pseudo-rubiginosa (Lej.) ; 

 Its. nearly glabrous but very glandular beneath, ped. and cal.-tube 

 densely aciculate.] Northern Counties. Sh. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



5. R. tomentosa (Sm.) ; prickles mostly uniform slender 

 straight or slightly curved, Its. elliptic or subovate [usually] 

 doubly serrate [and glandular and hairy or] downy especially 

 beneath, sep. subpersistent copiously pinnate, fr. urceolate 

 [or subglobose] with a slight disk [usually setose]. -& B. 990 St. 

 erect with arching branches. Fl. 1 3 [10] pink or white ; 

 ped. rather long. Fr. bright red, ripe in Sept. [The following 

 are some of the principal forms described as British : (3. E. cinerascens 

 (Dum.) ; Its. hairy on both sides simply serrate, fr. subglobose, styles 

 hairy. 7. B. subglobosa (Sm.) ; Its. densely hairy almost eglandular 

 irregularly or doubly serrate, fr. subglobose. c. R. farinosa (Rau.) ; Its. 

 densely grey-downy, somewhat glandular beneath, serration compound, 

 fr. naked, styles woolly, e. -R. cuspidatoides (Crep.) ; Its. broadly oval 

 hairy glandular beneath, fr. subglobose, ped. and fr. aciculate, styles 

 hairy. . foetida (Ser.) ; Its. slightly hairy very glandular doubly serrate, 

 styles glabrous, rj. R. scabriuscula (Sm.) ; Its. almost glabrous above 

 hairy principally on the veins beneath and sparsely glandular, fr. ovate 

 aciculate, sep. reflexed. 9. Woodsiana (Groves) ; nearly allied to scab- 

 riuscula but Its. narrower with more compound serration, sep. decidedly 

 erect persistent, styles hairy, i. sylvestris (Woods) ; Its. naked above 

 when mature thinly hairy and very glandular beneath, ped. and fr. densely 

 aciculate and glandular. K. obovata (Bak.) ; prickles strongly curved 

 slender, Its. obovate thinly hairy and eglandular beneath with very sharp 

 double serration, ped. very short quite naked.] Hedges and thickets. 

 Sh. VI. VII. E, S. I. 



iii. RUBIGINOS^E. [Styles free.] Sep. subpersistent. St. sub- 

 erect with scattered nearly uniform hooked prickles 

 becoming more slender upwards [and sometimes also with 

 smaller straight ones]. Lts. [usually 7] very glandular beneath. 

 Fr. with a small disk. 



6. R. Eglanteria (L.) ; prickles many the larger hooked the 

 smaller subulate unequal straight, Its. doubly serrate [thinly hairy 

 and very glandular beneath], sep. persistent copiously pinnate, 

 primordial fr. pear-shaped, disk very small. E. B. 991. 

 R. rubiginosa (L.) ed. viii. St. erect [or somewhat arching]. 

 Fl. 1 4 rose-coloured, ped. [usually] very setose, styles hairy. 

 Fr. subglobose (except the first) ripe in Oct. Foliage scented. 



