ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Rosa. 139 



Sabini /3. Lindl. Ros. 59. R- Sabini. Purtoii. 3. 

 44. 



Mountains. Allesley, Claverdon, Warwickshire. Rev. W. T. 

 Bree. 



Shrub. June, or July. \ 



Pet. white and spreading.) 



* * Branches ivithout bristles. Prickles nearly straight. 



R. tomentosa. Downy-leaved Dog R. Fruit broadly 

 elliptical, bristly. Calyx copiously wing-ed. Prickles 

 slightly curved. Leaflets egg-shaped, acute, more or 

 less downy. E. B. 990. R. villosa. Sb. 159 ? 



Hedges, thickets. Marston Lane. Sb. 



Shrub. June. 



In size, habit, and form of leaflets, agrees with R. canina. 



Discrhn. from R. canina, by its Is. downy all over on both sides, 

 greyish-green, slightly fragrant resinous smell . Pet. almost white 

 in lower part ; upper part, various shades of rose-colour, some- 

 what sweet. Fruit egg-shaped, scarlet, bristly, conspicuous by 

 its roughness. 

 Between the north-end of Marston Lane and Headington Copse, 



a rose is found, styled by Mr. Sabine, Rosa tomentosa Oxoniensis. 



It is larger than the common R. tomentosa, with larger and more 



pointed leaflets : more glandular, but less downy : the fruit more 



hispid ; the cal. falls much earlier. Bx. 



*** Branches without bi-istles. Prickles hooked, compressed. Styles 



distinct. 



R. ruhiginosa. Sweet Briar^ or Eglantine. Fruit 

 inversely egg-shaped, bristly towards the base. Calyx 

 winged. Prickles hooked, compressed ; with smaller 

 straighter ones interspersed. Leaflets elliptical, doubly 

 saw-toothed, hairy ; clothed beneath with rusty-co- 

 loured glands. E. B. 991. H. L. 116. R. sylves- 

 tris odora. G. E. 1269. 



Bushy places. Clifton. Henley Park Hill. Wychwood Forest. Sb. 



Shi'ub. July. 



Discrim. from R. tomentosa, by its leafl., more elliptic, bright- 

 green, slightly hairy above, reddish clammy glands beneath, 

 most fragrant smell. Fl. more constant and deeper red than 

 other wild roses ; of a pleasant smell. Fruit scarlet, often 

 smooth, when cultivated. 



Poets apt to confound the Woodbine, and the Eglantine. 

 For fragrant, but not very lasting hedges. 



(R. micrantha. Small-Jloivered Sweet Briar, Fruit 

 elliptical, somewhat bristly, contracted at the summit. 

 Calyx winged, deciduous. Prickles hooked, scattered, 



