ON ROSA APENNINA. 35 
The synonymy of the species is as follow 
—o pygmaeus, Rich. in Thuill. Fl. Dar vn il., p.178 (1799). 
J. nanus, Dubois, Orleans, p. 290 (1803). 
J. hybrid Brot. Fl. Lusit. i. » p. 413, pro maxima parte (1804) ; 
non auct. plu 
d. mah gems Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. ix., p. VW; non Gouan.* 
J. bupleuroides, Pourr. Herb + fide Lange. 
J. fasciculatus, Huet de Pav. in sched. FL. Sic. : ; non Schousb. 
J. bicephalus, Bertol., fide Caruel ; non Viv. ? : 
he Juneus mutabilis of La Marck’s Dict. Encycl. lil, p. 270, 
fo 
not do for our plant, and prevents one a the name, though 
tore (Fl. Ital. ii., p. 356) from Corsica eat Sicily ought also prob- 
ably to be ai d to the synonyms, but I have i rier specimens. 
J. aie of Viviani (FI. Cors. diagn., p. 5) is said to be different, 
but must from the description be closely allie d. 
Figtres will be found in Flora Danica xi., t. 1871, and Reichen- 
bach, l.c. ix., t. 391, f. 864; but neither are ‘satisfactory 3 in details. 
Specimens have been published in Billot’s Exsiccata, n. Shes; 
Schultz Herb. norm., n. 734, 1152; Fries Herb. norm yotsid 
Van Heurck Exs., n. 341; Reiche nb. Fl. Germ., n. 1127; Pei 
n. 457 ; and other collections. 
PTION OF TAB 1, Juncus 4 grag’ Rich., from specimens 
collected in Cornwall, June, 1872, ty W. H. Beeby. 2, A flower with three 
d 3, one with mens, with the rianth- Sie spread o 
4, Flower when fruit is oe 5, Outer, aes 6, inner perianth-leaf, me x ; 
7, Capsule x 8. 8, Seeds x 
ON ROSA APENNINA, Woods. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.L.S. 
Nn his “ Tourist’s Flora,” at page 123, Woods characterises in two 
lines plier a half a new rose of the Rubiginosa group, from the Apen- 
ae which he names Rosa apennina. The ee nt was a so 
The through the kindness of Mr. To enadide who has been so 
as to send me the type specimens of Woods for raghaig examination 
and comparison at hom me, | ae have now done, so as to be able to 
draw up a eter descriptio 
Woods, Tourist’s Flora, page 123.—Bush small, 
compact, with the habit of spinosissima. Prickles numerous, rather un 
equal, but not dwindling down into aciculi as in the spinosissima group ; 
the largest ‘decidedly faleate, a quarter of an inch long, with a hook 
deflexed beyond opposite where the dilated base reaches, the weaker 
* Gouan’s plant (Herb. Montp. p. 25, 1796) ‘ee: capitatus, Weig. 
db 2 
