110 26. ROSACES. 



erect, carpophore elongated, lower joint of the awn equalling the 

 long hairy upper joint, radical 1. interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, 

 stem-1. ternate, stip. small ovate toothed. E. B. 106. St'. 3. 

 St. about 1 foot high. Fl. large, purplish-brown with darker 

 veins, calyx purplish. Head of fruit upon a stalk which is nearly 

 as long as the calyx. Upper joint of the awn with a short gla- 

 brous point. Damp woods. P. VI. VII. Water Avens. 



Tribe IV. Rosea. 



14. ROSA Linn. (') Rose. 



* Shoots setigerous, prickles scarcely curved. 



t Bracts large. 



[1. R. Dicksoni (Lindl.); " shoots setigerous," prickles scat- 

 tered slender subulate, leaflets oval with coarse double serratures 

 hoary, sep. long simple equal, fruit orate-urceolate. E. B. S. 

 2707. Smaller serratures of the 1. irregular or wanting. Pe- 

 duncles thickened upwards, setose. Probably not a native. 

 See Mack. FL Hibern. Sh. VI.] I. ? 



[2. R. cinnamomea (L.) ; shoots setigerous, prickles scattered 

 slender subulate, leaflets lanceolate- oblong simply serrate downy 

 and glandulose beneath, sep. long simple,/r. ovate small. Borr. 

 E. B. 2388. Serratures of the leaves sometimes with an inter- 

 mediate tooth. Peduncles not thickened upwards, without setae. 

 Probably not a native. Sh. V.] E. ? S. ? 



ft Bracts small or wanting. 



3. R. rubella (Sm.) ; st. an'd branches densely setigerous 

 throughout, prickles nearly equal few slender, leaflets simply 

 serrate naked their disk without glands, fr. oblong or urceolate 

 pendulous. E. B. 2521 and (fruit) 2601. Persistent sepals 

 mostly spreading. Fr. bright red. South Shields ? Abergeldy ? 

 Sh.V. E.S. 



4. R. spinosissima (L.); prickles many crowded very un- 

 equal mostly straight subulate intermixed with seta3, leaflets 

 simply serrate their disk without glands, sep. half as long as the 

 cor. acuminate entire, fr. nearly globular erect. E. B. 187. Fr. 

 dark purple or black. j3. pilosa (Lindl.) ; "1. acute hairy on the 

 under side." Sandy and chalky heaths. 0. Ireland. Sh. V. 



5. R. hibernica (Sm.) ; prickles scattered unequal the larger 

 slightly falcate, set(efew, Its. simply serrate hairy beneath their 



1 In this genus I have availed myself of the observations of my 

 valued friend Mr. Borrer in Hook. Br.'Fl. ed. 3. Seta. See note, p. 95. 



