74 THE SUBSECTION EU-CANINA OF THE GENUS ROSA 
ft. dumetorum, and other species of this group in the cover. 
Fi. canina var. frondosa Baker should be like R. obtusifolia, with 
small, less hairy leaflets and small subglobose fruit; also, Mr. 
Baker tells me, it has sharper, less open teeth. 
Rosa SEMIGLABRA 
Ripart ex Déséglise, Cat. Raisonné, p. 204 (1877). 
I have no other description than that quoted above under 
R. urbica Lém. (p. 72). 
is is a very unsatisfactory species, and at the best is only 
a very slight variety of R. urbi in di i 
which is not borne out by specimens. It seems frequent on the 
ontinent. 
[ have seen two of Ripart’s own gathering. Their prickles are 
rather om straightish, and declining from rather small bases, 
medium to large, subsimply serrate, oval or ovate, with rounded 
e. In one th i 
t qui 
globose, on peduncles of medium length. Styles subglabrous. 
y Yealm Bridge, is very 
species, however, show that the styles are quite hispid, not feebly 
so, as in the description, which will be found abo 
variety also runs ve close to, or i deed : identi ith, 
epee at ry r in may be identical wi 
