110 THE BRITISH ROSES 
GROUP OF ROSA ELLIPTICA. 
This group is associated with that of R. Eglanteria, both being 
distinguished from those of R. micrantha and R. agrestis by their 
also by their more erect persistent sepals and by their more or 
less densely hispid or woolly styles. nee Ie the &. Eglanteria 
group the members of the present one a e distinguished by their 
relatively narrow, decidedly cuneate- base leaflets, and their 
smooth peduncles, though rare members of the EZ lanteria group, 
such as F. jenensis, have them smooth, while occasionally hispid ° 
peduncles are met with in that of R. elliptica 
Though RK. elliptica Tausch. is the oldest. name in the group 
and therefore stands for the type, a better known, though la ter, 
one is f. graveolens Gren. & Godr. It is a tolerably distinct 
group, and is en well represented on the Continent, but in . 
Britain it appears to be confined to arp or at most two rare forms, 
which may be distinguished as follo 
cess nae villous or glabrous, not pandale -hispid. Leaflets pubescent 
ath 
sides, fully glandular beneath ......s00...666 R. Billietii Pug. 
mens glabrous. Leaflets plahean above, a hairy and finely 
glandular beneath .. R. cryptopoda Baker. 
Rosa Binuieti 
Puget ex Crépin, Prim. Monogr. i. p. 337 (1869). 
‘‘ Prickles more or less robust, all hooked. Flowering-branches 
rather short, more or less zig-zag, unarmed or prickly. Leaflets 
rather small, with more or less numerous aed hairs above, 
midrib and nerves rather abundantly villous, with more or less 
numerous scattered hairs between them, with large and abundant 
g exten n the nerves and on the parenchyma, a lower emg 
the | no and apex abundantly landular-ciliate, as long as 
rising aa! ee: oe gf “af Ps berect, and crowning 
een fruit. Corolla 
——? Dise almost 
flat. Styles aoa Fruit. pe hi Saas a little inflated 
in upper two-thirds, single 4 attenuate at base, or roundish ovoid, 
ce at base.” 
“pane features Aa this species in its group are its 
t leaflets o gin most or a other 
Soe. toe small iad subglabrous, also its ovoid fruit 
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