198 ICOSANDRIA I'OLYGYNIA. lliosa. 



ICOSANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. 



7. R6sA.^ Lintt. Rose. 



* Shoots setigerous, prickles scarcely curved. 



1. Biacteas large. 



1. R. Dichsoni, Liiidl. {Dickson's Rose); <' shoots setige- 

 rous," prickles scattered slender subulate, leaflets oval coarsely 

 and irregularly serrated hoary, sparingly glandulose beneath, 

 calyx-segments long simple, fruit ovato-urceolate. Lindl. in 

 Trans, of Hart. Soc. v. vii. p. 224.— Borr. in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 

 2707. — R. Dicksoniana, Lindl. Si/n. 



Ireland : discovered by Mr J. Brummond. {Lindley). Ft. June. T2 . 



2. n.'' cinnatnomea, L. {Cinnamon Rose); shoots setigerous, 

 prickles scattered slender subulate, leaflets lanceolato-oblong 

 simply serrated, downy and glandulose beneath, calyx-segments 

 long simple, fruit small ovate. E. Bot. t. 2368, {excl. tliefiuit). 



Woods, in Trans, of Linn. Soc. v. xii. p. 175. Lindl. Ros. p. 28. 

 E. Ft. V. ii. p. 372. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 703.— R. acundnata, 

 Sicartz. 



In the wood at Aketon Pasture, near Pontefract, Yorkshire ; Mr 

 Salishuri/ ; m E. But. Mr Sabine has, however, sought for it there in 

 vain. At Birkhill, Galston, Ayrshire ; Miss Brown. Fl. May, and 

 irregularly through the summer. T2 . 



2. Bracteas small or wanting. 



3. R. rubella, Sm. {red-fruited divarf Rose); stem and branches 

 densely setigerous throughout, prickles i^w slender near.y 

 straight, leaflets simply serrated naked, their disk eglandulose, 

 fruit oblong or urceolate. E. Bot. t. 2521, and fruit t. 2601. 

 Woods, I. c.p. 177. Lindl. Ros. p. 40. E. Ft. v. u. p. 37 A— R. 

 alpina, &. Serin. Be Cand, 



Rare. Sandy sea-coast of Nortliumberland, sparingly ; Mr Winch. 

 Banks of the Dee about Abergeldy, Anderson. Fl. ISlay. Tj . 



4. R. spinosissima, L. {hurnet-leaved Rose); prickles crowded 

 unequal mostly straight, intermixed with setae, leaflets small 

 simply serrated their disk eglandulose, calyx simple, fruit nearly 

 globular. E. Bot. t. 187. Woods, I. c. p. 178. Lindl. Ros. p. 

 50. E. FL V. n. p. 375. — R. pimpinellifolia, Linn. Sabine. — 

 Ser. in De Ca?id. Prod. — {3. pilosa ; " very dwarf, leaves acute 

 hairy on the under surface." Lindl. Sijn. p. 100. 



Heaths, &c. chiefly on sand and chalk ; most common towards the 

 sea. — ^. Ireland. Fl. May. T^ . 



5. R. Hibernica, Sm. {Lish Rose); shoots and ramuli spar- 

 ingly set'gerous, prickles scattered unequal, larger somewhat 



' For the characters and synonyms of all the specties of this most difficult 

 Genus, 1 am indebted to Mr Borrer. Copious illustrative remarks, for 

 wliich there is not room in the present volume, may be found in the 2d. 

 edition of this work, p. 226, &c. 



