PL ex. cat. 58. ROSACEA. 348. Rosa. 571 



Rosa sj/lvestris odora, Rait Syn. 454, 3; Get: em. 1272, 1. 



Rosa sylvestris odora, sen Eglanteria flore simplici, Park. Par. 418. 



Rosa Eglanteria, Lin. S. P. ed. 1, 491. 



Rosa rubiginosa, Lin. Mant. 2, 564. 



Rosa suavifoiia, Fl. Dan. 870. 



Eglantine. Sweethriar. 



Dry soils, especially chalk ; shrubby : June and July. 



Sliruh compact, 7 feet high ; thorns scattered, those of 

 the root-shoots unequal ; leaflets elliptic, upper pair and 

 odd leaflet largest, hirsute above, glandular beneath, serra- 

 tures glandular; glands odoriferous ; j^ow/er^ concave, petals 

 pink; styles distinct ;^n/27 reverse ovate, armed with strong 

 bristles at the base, when ripe blood-red. 



15. Rosa micra?itha. Small-Jlowered rose. 

 Fruit swollen elliptic ; thorns hooked, nearly equal ; 



leaflets hirsute, glandular beneath, doubly serrate. 



Rosa micrantha, Engl. Bot. 2490. 

 Sioeetbriar. 



Hedges and bushy places ; shrubby ; June and July. 



Shrub 8 feet high, generally loose and straggling; thorns 

 crowded; those of the root-shoots nearly equal; leaflets 

 elliptic; upper pair and odd leaflet largest; flowers saucer- 

 shape, reddish ; style simple ; flniit small, scarlet. 



e. Rosae caninse. Stem thorny ; thorns hooked; bristles 0; 

 lower surface of the leaflets not glandular throughout. 



16. Rosa Borreri. Borrer rose. 

 Germen elliptic; calycine pimicE crowded; thorns hooked, 



nearly equal; leaflets hirsute, not glandular, doubly serrate. 



Rosa dumetorum, Engl. Bot. 2579. 

 Rosa Borreri, Woods in Lin. Tr. 12,210. 



Hedges and thickets ; shrubby ; July. 



Shrub 10 feet high; leaflets deep green, shining, upper 

 pair and odd leaflet largest, odd leaflet broadest ; serratures 

 glandular ; flowers flesh-colour or reddish ; styles simple ; 

 fruit elliptic, deep red. 



17. Rosa ccBsia. Bluish-leaf rose. 

 Germen elliptical; calycine pinnae few; thorns hooked, 



nearly equal ; leaflets hirsute, not glandular, doubly serrate. 

 Rosa caesia, Engl. Bot. 2367. 



Mountains; shrubby; July. 



