104 THE BRITISH ROSES 
little, when the sepals reflex and fall, while the fruits are still 
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pene ae may Sys a difference in the form and size of the 
and some of the second h nas « m lit. 
Soke ary characters.” Ripart im lit. ad 
Déséglise, in Ess. Monogr. p. 113, gi i 
; » in Ess. wa: , gives the following more 
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branches fulvous. Petioles pubescent i 
oie , glandular, prickly beneath. 
Leaflets 5-7, all petiolulate, the terminal rounded . ed ae oval 
or roundish, glabrous or with scattered adpressed hairs above, 
covered beneath with scented fulvous glands, villous on the nerves 
: ruit large, ovoid, orange-red, crowned the persistent 
sepals with rather Sleshy Ssis — Differs ag R. ae 
‘ a apricorum Rip.] by its peduncles having fine prickles in 
° orm of sete ending in a gland, its glabrous bracts, ovoid 
ca, — hispid Fogg ee large ovoid fruit crowned by persis- 
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one collected by Ripart. It has numerous, stronel hooked, uni- 
moe rey. but with many acicles just below ri ME oman 
. © petioles are densely pubescent, not much glandular, but with 
many small prickles. Stipules glabrous, nearly eglandular, widen- 
ng Aen ae rather short, broad, cuspidate auricles. Leaflets 
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are 
_ The differences between R. como. icorum | 
pointed ‘nk under the roe je ota and R. apri have been 
Keller, in - & Graeb. Fl. Mitteleur., after separating th 
_ Species —_ the group which have white flowers, 5a sien ci 
ndular peduncles or leaflets, divides the remainder into two 
