S6S 348. Rosa. 58. ROSACEA. Pl.ex.ca- 



pale red, or with reddish veins, or white with a pink spot ; 

 Jruit. bald, globular or depressed, dark purple, then black, 

 sometimes blood red. — Ripe fruit eaten either raw, or pre- 

 served ; juice dyes silk and cotton of a peach colour. 



4. Rosa involuta. Involuted rose. 

 Flowers not bracteated ; stem bristly ; germen globular t 



leaflets doubly serrate, bald above ; thorns very crowded. 



Rosa involuta, Smith Fl. Brit. 1398. 



Western coast of Scotland ; shrubby ; June. -^' 

 Shruh 3 feet high ; bristles persistent ; leajlets elliptic, 

 bald above; main rib sometimes hairy, glandular; veins 

 beneath rough ; upper pair and odd leaflet largest; corolla 

 cupshape, petals reverse heartshape, reddish, whitish at 

 bottom ; fruit bristly. 



5. THosa Don'iana. Don rose. 

 Flowers not bracteated; stem bristly; calyx-lobes simple;. 



leajlets doubly serrate, hirsute on both sides ; thorns straight, 

 unequal, scattered. 



Hosa Doniana, Woods in Lin. Tr. 12, 185. 



Mountains; shrubby; June. 



Shruh 9< or 5 feet high ; bristles persistent ; leajlets ellip- 

 tic, upper pair and odd leaflet largest; coro//a expanded ; 

 petals white, reverse heartshape; fruit globular, bristly. 



6. Rosa gracilis. Sleiider rose. 

 Flowers not bracteated ; stem bristly ; calyx lobes simple ;• 



leaflets doubly serrate, hirsute on both sides ; large thorns 

 sicklelike. 



Rosa villos-a, Engl. Bat. 583. 



Hills; shrubby; June. 



Shrub 10 feet high; bristles persistent; lea/lets elliptic,, 

 edge and main rib beneath glandular ; upper pair and odd 

 leaflet largest ; /lower nearl}^ saucershape; petals reverse 

 heartshape, beautifully reddish, white at bottom ; frui( 

 slobose. 



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7. Rosa Sabini. Sabine rose. 



Flowers not bracteated ; stem hrht]y; germen globular; 

 calyx-lobes pinnate ; leaflets doubly serrate, 

 Rosa Sabini, Woods in Lin. Tr. 12, 186, 



Mountains; shrubby; June. 



