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sean more or less parallel-sided, glandular beneath or not 
Prickles very straight. Armature of peduncles and ak stout 
era Herrm. 
*) Leatlets parallel-sided or elliptical-oblong, very ifamdalae beneath. 
ag les often slightly curved. Armature of 5h aint’ and fruit 
ita Pug. 
“Bruit ome smooth. Peduncles often eee or nearly so 
sa var. cerulea Woods. 
3 R. vill 
we paneer, hispid-glandular. Peduncles always sae 
and often so above. Prickles very straight 
R. pseudo- ee Lej. 
Leaflets densely hairy, almost or quite eglandular beneath ......... 5 
Prickles unequal. Leaflets often rather small, ia ieietil shining. 
i tens ‘Sear’ with deltoid auricles. Sepals su subentire. Flowers 
R. Grenierii Déségl. 
Price subequal. Leaflets larger, pubescence dull. Stipules nar- 
row, auricles acuminate. Sepals pinnate. Flowers — a 
ollis Sm. 
= thinly hairy or subglabrous, a glandular eam 
Rosa POMIFERA 
Herrmann, Dissertatio de Rosa, p. 16 (1762). 
“Calyx-leaves ae aig germen globose, aculeate, leaves 
tomentose both sides.—Stem of the shrub stiff, often pein the 
The ae ve BREN, considering the period at which it was 
written, is fairly clear, yet while it goes into some detail on un- 
Soi age points, fails to give prominence to those by which it 
may be distinguished mg ‘ae mollis Sm., for the simple reason 
that meer that Acre any o segregate ‘of the group had then 
been Pinder notes, drawn up from an examina- 
tion of D Diséglis's s specimens and description, as well as that of 
Keller, will, I think, make this species unmis e. 
vt forms a strong bush, 2-34 feet ae , rarely reaching 5 feet, 
with a short trunk as thi ms | a man’s arm. Bark 
of preae cn dark shining pre: Pri usually few, never 
umerous, rather small, etimes ther unequal, straight, 
