112 26. ROSACES. 



12. R. micrantka (Sm.); prickles uniform uncinate, leaflet* 

 doubly serrate hairy glandular beneath, sep. and pinna elongated 

 deciduous, ramuli sparingly setigerous, fr. small elliptical and 

 ovate. E. B. 2490. Distinguished by the long leaflike point and 

 narrow lanceolate simple pinna? of its sepals combined with uni- 

 form prickles, small primordial fruit rounded at the base and 

 deciduous sepals. Glands on under side of leaves many. 

 Hedges and thickets in the south. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



ft Prickles various, intermixed with seta?. 



13. R. rubiginosa (L.); prickles many the larger uncinate 

 the smaller subulate, leaflets doubly serrate hairy glandulose 

 beneath rounded at the base, sep. and pinnae elongated persistent, 

 primordial fruit pearshaped. E. B. 991. The various prickles, 

 persistent calyx and pearshaped primordial fruit distinguish this 

 from the preceding 2 with which it is very closely allied. Bushy 

 places. Sh. VI. VII. Sweet-Briar. 



14. R. sepium (Thuil.) ; prickles many the larger curved 

 the smaller subulate, leaflets doubly serrate hairy glandular be- 

 neath acute at the base, sep. and pinnse elongated narrow, pri- 

 mordial fruit ovate rounded at the base. E.B.S.2653. Pinnae 

 of the calyx small, narrowly lanceolate, springing nearly at right- 

 angles from the sepals which have a linear-lanceolate limb. 

 Bridport, Warwickshire. Heyford, Oxfordshire. Sh. VI. E. 



*** Shoots mostly without setce, leaves without glands. 

 t Styles distinct, included, or nearly so. 



15. R. canina (L.) ; prickles uniform hooked, 1. naked or 

 slightly hairy without glands the serratures simple or compound, 

 sep. pinnate deciduous, styles distinct. a. jR. canina (Woods) : 

 leaflets naked keeled serratures simple. Leaflets narrowly ellip- 

 tical, not rounded below, often with a twisted point, green or 

 grey. E. B. 992. )3. R. sarmentacea( Woods); leaflets naked 

 keeled serratures compound. E. B. S. 2595. y. R. surculosa 

 (Woods) ; leaflets naked flat serratures simple. Leaflets roundish 

 or elliptical with irregular serratures d. R. dumetorum (Woods); 

 leaflets hairy on both sides flat. Terminal leaflets often nearly 

 cordate. E. B. S. 2610. e. R. Forsteri (Sm.) ; leaflets more or 

 less hairy not flat. Leaflets concave or keeled, hairy on both 

 sides or only beneath. E. B. S. 261 1. See Borrer's detailedac- 

 count of this species in Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 3. Hedges and thickets, 

 Sh.VI.VII. Dog Rose. 



16. R. bractescens (Woods); "calyx-tube globose, prickles 

 hooked, leaflets simply serrate downy beneath, bracteas over- 

 topping the fruit." Woods. Styles woolly. Fr. globose. Ul- 

 verston, Lancash. ; Ambleside, Westm. Mr. Woods. Sh. E. 



