ROSA VIRGINEA 17 
acute, divergent. Peduncles 1 to 4, glabrous, having at their 
base glabrous oval bracts, cuspidate at the apex, equalling or 
shorter than the peduncles; calyx-tube obovoid glabrous; sepals 
not acumi u te and quite glabrous beneath. 
petioles are practically glabrous but with fine hairs in the furrow 
and at the base, eglandular, with many unequal prickles. The 
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very like the Horsebridge specimen, but is quite unarmed and has 
longer leaflets, slightly hairy on the midrib and petioles, and much 
fewer teeth have secondary denticles. The hairy midribs remove 
mea Ri 
se : 
Nhe ig dge plant is not too biserrate is arguable. 
If this be admitted, the classification of the species and varieties 
han ever. 
of rose becomes more difficult than ever 
JouRNAL oF Botany, Fes. 1910, [SUPPLEMENT.] 
