34 THE BRITISH ROSES 
threes, the primordial of moderate length and rather stout, the 
secondary considerably longer, more sle nder, but quite straight, 
with a pair of bracts saci oe base, all densely glandular- 
aciculate, the fruit moderately so, the prim Seay more than the 
secondary. Sepals spreading, ses glandular hispid, slightly 
innate. 
. This species may be recognized by its size, the curvature of its 
ar e% and its peduncles. It is larger and stouter even than 
R. Sabini, with larger leaflets variably hairy, fully biserrate, and 
eglandular or almost so beneath. The prickle characters are not 
always very decided, and are best seen on the branches 
un 
which, besides being more slender, are a. = and often 
somewhat curved. The sepals are as a rule e 
seems a more local plant than any . the preceding, but is 
said to be Se ic about Keswick and in the Vale of Lorton, 
etree nd. ve also seen specimens tre the Clyde, from 
Ayton, N. Vora. and what appears to be the same from 
‘Tewipkanbar, 
Rosa INvoLuTA var. RoBERTSONI 
Baker, Monogr. Brit. Roses, p. 206 (1869). 
“Intermediate between Sabini and the original atta 
Leaflets with the teeth sharper and less compoun 
Sabini, glabrous when mature on the upper surface, hairy ‘eta: 
cipally on the ribs and inconspicuously glandular beneath; calyx- 
tube sometimes but not always naked ; sepals as compound as in 
Sabini.” 
This is not Mr. Baker’s earliest name, but I select it we better 
fitting the modern arrangement of the group, and I do want 
at present tomake any new combinations. The earlier se esiala 
ture in Review, p. 8 (1864), was R. Sabini var. Robertsoni Baker, 
with a very similar dees ptsoli, viz.: “ Peduncles aciculate and 
pose yx-tube nearly smooth, leaves with less compound 
teeth, nearly glabrous on upper s surface, hairy principally on ribs 
batiektt, and slightly glandular 
pecimens in herb. Borrer from Heaton Wood, near New 
castle, collected es Honertaon Ba epee Ay from “ the fb 
| characteristi “difference from 
: —, and even that j is not a soi at one. The glabrous 
