ROSA ASPERNATA 55 
Rosa ASPERNATA 
Déséglise, “ Notes extr. de l’énumeration des Rosiers,” in. Journ. 
Bot. 1874, p. 171. 
Flowers rose. Fruit red, ovoi 
There is a tendency on the part of British botanists to place 
any rose of this group which has glandular-hispid fruit to this 
species. This is incorrect. Both R. andeg 
the peduncles. Some of the sete are often eglandular, and, as 
already mentioned, although usually abundant on the fruit, may 
rarely only reach its base, or be absent therefrom altogether. _ 
It appears to be a rare species on the Continent, Déséglise 
having only three French specimens. They all have small, rather 
narrow-elliptical leaflets, and in one of them the serration is 
almost simple, and not at all glandular. 
here are two specimens from Briggs. One from Warleigh, 
Foreicn Species or Suseroup III. 
The foreign species of this group which should be looked for 
in Britain are ie Ello Specimens often differ so widely from 
descriptions of what would appear to be leading characters that 
