26 THE BRITISH ROSES 
ae woolly 
a henna Crép. An alpine form, with the main 
as stout, and no acicles except on the branches. 
= rather large. Fruit large, pyriform, attenuated 
very short fleshy peduncle. 
Ecicta: biserate Styles woolly :— 
R. myriacantha DC. tion ME Bieb.) is very near R. Riparti, 
but ia ape e prickly, with very small decidedly biserrate 
res which are decidedly glandular beneath. I have 
seen a description, but, according to Mr. Baker, it 
ss very eatin aciculate SEB and usually also 
— and deep red flower 
oe hai 
Ozanonii Déségl. Very like Lf. mitissima in size and 
shape of leaflets, habit and absence of prickles, but the 
midribs are hairy. Keller believes se = be a pimpinelli- 
folia x alpina, but pote doubts th 
R. one Waldst. & Kit. (no ebivaky. has biserrate leaf- 
s, hairy midribs, and soe flowers. Keller considers 
rt a "variety of R. alpina. 
GROUP OF PIMPINELLIFOLLEA x VILLOSA. 
This group of hybrids consists. of R. spinosissima or RB. pim- 
pinellifoka (which are only varietally distinct) crossed with 
various members of ‘the aay Villose. It may safely be — 
said that no two individu als the group are alike, as might be 
varieties, which, however well- defin ed on paper, are inextricably 
mixed in the field. Their at a ae is a ost always 
y g cl or instance, in the 
South of England, on fi. pomifera nor R. mollis can be one 
of the parents se they do not grow there. Beyond this it is 
impossib 
to go. 
I do not hold with those who consider that R. pimpinellifolia 
x tomentosa (or as the 7 may be) is a sufficient name 
forma” be ad t type of designation must of course be 
shotad. but it must se followed by a varietal name. To refuse 
to accept varietal names for the different forms simply because 
their eee great or their segregation difficult seems to me 
ical 
oes Seenia,” Se egate. 
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