Eosa.'] 



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Tribe IV. Rostd-^. AcJienes numerous^ hairy ^ terminated with 

 the lovg presistent style^ and enclosed within the fleshy {fruit^ 

 like) tube of the calyx^ which is contracted at the orifice, Se^ 



Petals 5. Stamens numerous.— 



pals 5, 



or naked stems. 



Leaves pinnate. 



"T' "'" ''"'"' 



14. RosA^ Linn, 



Rose. Dog-Rose. Sweet-Briar. 



m 5 segments. 



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Cat urn-shaped, fleshy, contracted at the orifice, terminating^ 



Pet. 5. Slam. many. Achenes numerous, hairy, 

 fixed to the inside of the calyx. — Named from the Celtic 

 Rhos or Ros in modern Gaelic ; whence was probably derived 

 rhodd^ red; also the Greek name for a rose^ 'VoSov^ and epvOpoc^ 

 red. 



* Shoots seti(/erous, prickles slightly curved. 



•j" Bracteas large. 



1. R. * Diclisoni Lindl. (Dickson^s R.) ; " shoots setigerous, 

 prickles scattered slender subulate, leaflets oval coarsely and 

 irregularly serrate hoary and sparingly glandulose beneath, 

 calyx-segments long simple, fruit ovate-urceolate. JE. B. S. 

 t.2707. 



Ireland; discovered by Mr, J. Drumwond, (Lindley.) f^ . ^. — 

 Scarcely a native according to Irish botanists : it may prove to be *a 

 mere garden var, of the next. It is probable that Professor Lindle'y 

 *'has used the term setce for setaceous prickles not tipped with a 

 gland." Mr. Borrer. 



2. R. "^ cinnamomea L. (Cinnamon R.); shoots setigerous, 

 prickles scattered slender subulate, leaflets lanceolate-oblong 

 simply serrate downy and glandulose beneath, calyx-segments 

 long simple, fruit small ovate. E. B. t. 2388. {excl the fruit?) 



Wood at Aketon Pasture, near Pontefract, Yorkshire (Mr. Sabine 

 has, however, sought for it there in vain). At Birkhill, Galston, 

 Ayrshire, but surely not wild. \ . 5 — 7. 



ft 



{Burnet'leaved J2,) 



unequal mostly straight intermixed with setse, leaflets small 

 simply serrate, their disk 



nearly globular. 



eglandulose, 

 E, B. t. 187. 



calyx simple, fruit 



R. pimpinellifolia L. — /?. pi- 



losa ; " very dwarf, leaves acute hairy on the under surface." 



to Tvfr^ n^n^r?^*"^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ species of this most difficult genus, we are indebted 

 room in ni ^v ^^P'^^^f synonyms and illustrative remarks, for which there is not 

 Ylom p 226 &c volume, may be found in the second edition of the present 



