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ofton witli ovato bracts, usiially uitli f^land-tippod aciculi. Fruit 

 erect, subglobose, generally with aciculi and glantl-tipped aciculi, 

 red. Sepals persistent, leaf-pointed, entire or slightly pinuatifid, 

 with gland-tipped setae on the back. 



Mr. Baker distinguishes three forms : — 



1. Rosa coronata {Cropin), including R. Sabini {Woods 



E. B. S. 259i), Doniana (Jroods, E. B. S. 2601), and 

 gracilis {JFoods, E. B. 583, — excl. fruit). 



Pedicels and calyx-tubes with aciculi and gland-tipped aciculi. 

 Leaves with conspicuously compound teeth, hairy on both sides and 

 more or less glandular beneath. 



Frequent, and extending from Sussex and the Isle of Wight to 

 Clova, in Eorfarshirc, and Braemar, in Aberdeen. 



2. Rosa involuta. Sm. {E. B. 2068). 



Pedicels and calyx-tube with aciculi and gland-tipped aciculi. 

 Leaves imperfectly doubly serrate, nearly glabrous above, hairy on 

 the veins, and nearly destitute of glands beneath. 



In the Hebrides and \yest Highlands of Scotland. 



3. Rosa Robertson!. BaJ:er. 



Pedicels with aciculi and gland-tipped aciculi. Calyx-tube 

 nearly smooth. Leaves imperfectly doubly serrate, sub-glabrous 

 above, hairy on the veins, and sparingly glandular beneath. 



In Northumberland and Yorkshire. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



A variable plant, 2 to 6 or even 8 feet high, with the leaves 

 more downy than in the preceding, the flowers usually larger, vary- 

 ing from pink to white. It has a somewhat resinous scent, from 

 the presence of glands. 



Mr. Baker is doubtless correct in considering that R. Sabiiii, 

 R. Doniana, and R, gracilis of English authors are undistinguish- 

 al)le ; they seem to be mere states induced by circumstances of 

 growth. Mr. Bentham is inclined to refer R. involuta to R. 

 spinosissima ; but, judging from descriptions (not having seen 

 specimens), Mr. Baker appears to be right in 2)lacing it under R. 

 Sabini. 



Sabine's Rose. 



