136 26. ROSACE JE. 



I R. comosa (Rip.) has been described as ha ving move ovate fr., and R. apri- 

 conim (Hip.) more globose fr. The name R. umbellata (Leers) has been 

 applied to plants with several fl. together, and R. rotundifolia (Reichb.) 

 to a small form with nearly straight prickles and very small Its. )8. 

 R. eckinocarpa (Rip.) ; more glandular with setae on the fr. and the 

 branches often setigerous. y.jenensis (M. Schultze under R. rubiginosd) ; 

 " ped. recept. and back of the sep./glandular " Hanb. & Marsh., Flor. of 

 Kent. Bushy places. Sh. V. VII. Sweet Briar. E. S. 1. 



7. R. micron' tha (Sm.) ; jrrickles uniform hooked, Its. doubly 

 serrate [hairy principally on the veins] and glandular beneath, sep. 

 subpersistent with long leaflike points and minute lanceolate 

 simple pinnae, primordial fr. rounded at the base, disk 

 jnoderate. E. B. 2490. St. suberect with long lax branches. 

 Fl. lew pale ; ped. [usually] very setose ; styles glabrous. Fr. 

 ovate-urceolate, bright scarlet, ripe in Sept. or Oct. Foliage 

 scarcely scented, Its. rounded at the base. [f. R. permixta 

 (Desegl.) ; Its. glabrous but very glandular below, fr. setose. 7. Briggsii 

 (Bak.) ; more luxuriant, Its. less glandular beneath, fr. and ped. quite 

 naked. S. R. liystrix (hem.) ; Its. narrow, sharply serrate glabrous but 

 densely glandular beneath, ped. densely aciculate, fr. naked. Hedges and] 

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



8. R. agres'tis (Savi) ; prickles rather unequal hooked with 

 a few aciculij Its. [copiously] doubly serrate [usually glabrous or 

 slightly hairy on the veins and usually very] glandular beneath, sep. 

 subpersistent closely pinnate, primordial fr. ovate or subglobular, 

 disk moderate. E. B. S. 2653. R. inodora (Fr.) ed. viii. 

 R. sepium (Thuill.) St. suberect with long lax branches. Fl. 

 13, pink ; ped. naked ; style* hairy. Foliage scarcely scented. 

 [/3. R. cryptopoda (Bak.) ; Its. glabrous above, hairy on the main veins 

 and thinly glandular beneath, ped. very short, fr. subglobose. 7. R.Billietii 

 (Pug.) ; Its. small hairy on both sides, petioles very hairy eglandular, sep. 

 erect after flowering, fr. ovoid. S. R- inodora (Fr.) ; Its. broadly oval, 

 less attenuate at the base becoming glabrous above, petioles glabrous, sep. 

 reflexed after flowering, fr. ovoid. Prof. Crepin is not satisfied that either 

 of the last two occur in Britain.] L*ocai. Sh. VI. E. I. 



iv. CANINE. [Styles free. Sep. ^ subpersistent or deciduous.] St. 

 arching, with scattered uniform hooked prickles becoming 

 more slender upwards. [Lts. usually 7 rarely glandular be- 

 neath. Fr. with a disk.] 



9. R. obtusifolia (Desv.) ; prickles equal very strongly hooked, Its. 

 ovate-oblong simply or doubly serrate usually hairy with inodorous glands 

 on the veins and often on the surface beneath, sep. reflexed deciduous 

 pinnate, fr. ovate or subglobose, disk flat, styles densely hairv. Hook. 

 Fl. Lond. t. 117. R. canina (L.) vars. tomentella &c. ed. viii. a. Lts. 

 simply serrate hairy on both sides. (3. R.frondosa (Spreng.) ; Its. small 

 simply serrate much rounded at the base, fr. small subglobose. When 



