226 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Tliis is distinguished from all the preceding Dog-roses by the 

 leaflets being quite glabrous both above and beneath. 



21. Rosa lutetiana. Leman. 



Baker, in Nat. 1864, p. 94. 



R. canina, Deseglise, Essai Monogr. de Eosiers de la France, p. 61. 



Woods, Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 992. 



Stem arching ; prickles stout, hooked. Leaflets oval or elliptical, 

 rather firm, not flat, green or glaucous-green and glabrous on both 

 sides, closely deeply sharply and irregularly but simply serrate, 

 the serratures without gland-tipped setse ; petioles glabrous, nearly 

 destitute of gland-tipped setre, but with a few small hooked prickles. 

 Stipules and bracts glabrous, usually not ciliated with gland- 

 tipped setse. Pedicels short, naked. Styles slightly hairy. Fruit 

 urceolate-ovoid or subglobose, ripening in October. Sepals leaf- 

 pointed, copiously pinnate, sub-glabrous on the outside, more or less 

 ciliated with gland-tipped setse, falling before the fruit ripens. 



In hedges and thickets. Very common throughout the kingdom. 



This is distinguishable from the last by the leaves having the 

 serratures closer and simple, i.e. without small gland-tipped teeth 

 upon them. From all the other Dog-roses the leaves glabrous on 

 both sides is sufficient to separate it. 



It is utterly impossible to give any accurate distribution of 

 these forms of the Dog-rose ; many of them will, no doubt, befouiid 

 to be much more widely spread than has been indicated. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



The greater number of the plants included under R. canina have 

 arching stems 6 to 10 or 12 feet high, with very large uniform 

 mostly curved prickles. Leaves and leaflets about the size of those 

 of R. tomentosa ; the flowers generally 2 or 3 together, 1^ to 2 

 inches across, most commonly pale pink. 



Common Dog-rose. 



French, Rosier Eglantier. German, Eunds Rose. 



The Wild Rose of our hedges is of the same family as many of our most attractive 

 garden favourites ; and although these liave a more rich and striking beauty, there are 

 those who prefer the simple charms of the common Dog-rose. All the numerous 

 varieties of double Rose cultivated in our gardens possess the same properties 

 as this plant. The fruit of the Dog rose, or "Lips" as they are called, has loug 



