34 THE SUBSECTION EU-CANINZ OF THE GENUS ROSA 
hairy, even if their unusual largeness was not an objection. I 
prefer to accept er’s opinion, at least as to the group to 
which this specimen belongs, and would have referred it to R. sema- 
glabra Rip. 
Rosa FLEXIBILIS 
Déséglise, Cat. Raisonné, p. 148 (1877). 
by the neighbouring shrubs. Stem-prickle: 
dilated at the base, inclined or faleately curved at the tips, equal, 
elliptic or rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, the lower 
smaller, sometimes obtuse, simply serrate. Stipules more or less 
broad, glabrous, bordered with glands; auricles acute, straight or 
two small bracts, the dle peduncles none; the bifid cymes 
have the same bracts, but only one peduncle bears two bracts, the 
other none be ovoid, glabrous. Sepa al, glabrous, 
res s, and nly introduced into our list on 
strength of the Yorkshire specimen identified by Déséglise. Its 
author credits it with a peculiar trailing habit, which would not 
wers in & 
raf ow, and either very acu- 
minate or at least cuspidate at the apex. duncles in his 
specimens are in clusters of three to six, and are rather long, 
while fruits are decidedly narro 
Ww. 
Mr. Baker’s specimen in herb. Déséglise is from Sowerby, 
Yorks. It has pitates styles, quite narrow leaflets on rather 
