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30 THE BRITISH ROSES 
Woods's No. 22, which is his earliest, though perhaps not his 
type-specimen in the same sense that “type” is understood now, 
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seen, but p ) nae thinly hairy and glandular on the 
secondary nerves. They are fully biserrate. The petioles are 
pubescent and tactile ba inst much prickly. The stipules are 
more like those of R. tomentosa than is usual in the group. Its 
sepals bear several pinnz. ar other characteristics are those of 
the group, and present no points of distinction from its allies. 
No. from ‘near agente e Edinburgh,” and No. 24, from 
near Dunkeld, both by Borrer, are very als r, and probably 
identical, but have their leaflets more hairy on both sides, and = 
glandular on ee “eg are very strongly biserrate. Other 
ch are sometimes almost a thus partaking of the 
character of R. pimpineliftia, A erence such as this shows 
f s No. 2 o be expec etod i in a = rid. The leaflets 
Petioles with many small prickles, 
Peduncles solitary, strongly setose, many 
Fruit globose, with very many stout 
val 
sepals sh , but 
Dr. Moore’s specimen shows several. pals ee 
The chief feature relied upon by Woods and by later botanists 
by which to —— this variety from its allies is the pinnation 
of the se ees as has just been shown, oe is a weak and 
Gatabis character, though, = course, by a judicious 
ted in the herbarium, 
t found upon the same bush. The 
: geneniity of Bri Bitch specimens certainly show more pinnation 
