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“very hispid — ’ while Déséglise does not mention the 
variety at.all. I do not think glandular peduncles are generally 
accepted for typical R. 6 ae Lém., and Léman’s key expressly 
excludes t lem (see remarks under &. Borrers aida _ The fruit in 
ere are nine British examples in herb. "‘Desbgliee One 
the leaves are almost always m ie In addition to the fine 
glands on the nerves, pieroglanils’ (5 (see ) can very often be 
found on the lower surface. The styles ard e often prominent. 
Rosa CARIONII 
Déséglise & Billot in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. xix. p. 34 (1880). 
“Tall. Branches Orr ae green or vinous. Prickles robust, 
reddish or whitish, dilated at base, straight or falcate. 
of main stem numerous, strong, dilated at base, curved or inclined, 
o 
with some small glands, u nae or okly. Leaflets 5-7, green, 
glabrous or with few scaitered ies above, pale and pubescent on 
nerves beneath, eglandular ; Erica! long- petioluled, oval acute 
or subacute, rounded at base, lateral petioluled, oval, oval-elliptical 
or obtuse, some oy -pointed, others obtuse or rounded, glandular- 
biserrate, primary teeth mucronate, open. Stipules more or less 
elongate, narrow, A igucs both sides, glandular-ciliate. Auricles 
short diverging. Peduncles short, glabrous, 1-5, usually hidden 
by rather large bracts, which are often denticulate, oval-acuminate, 
glabrous, glandular- -ciliate. Calyx-tube ovozd, a little contracted at 
top, glabrous, greenish or vinous. pals glabrous with broad 
appendages, two entire with tomentose edges, three pinnatifid, the 
pinne with some glands, reflexed, deciduous, salient i in bud, shorter 
than corolla. Style hispid. Dise nearly flat. Corolla very pale, 
almost white. aa roundish. Like FR. tomentella Lém., but 
leaves sewer Very near ft. canescens Baker.” 
There are sagt sheets in herb. Déséglise, none being of the 
author’s ‘Sls Both leaves and prickles show a considerable 
resemblance to those of R. tomentella; in fact, there are usually 
some evident though fine glands on the under surface of the leat- 
hi 
centes as Déséglise placed it; it sea to differ only in ae 
its leaflets less fot and less gland Its flowers are 
cluster, fruit rather small, ovoid-globose, styles thinly ay or 
subglabrous. 
I have introduced it into our list on the strength of a speci- 
