104 THE SUBSECTION EU-CANINE OF THE GENUS ROSA 
prickly. Peduncles rather short. Sepals reflexed just after fall of 
petals (the fruit is not formed). Style is a dense woolly head 
Th : 
by Mr. Linton, and “near Borreri” by Mr. Baker. It has very 
little red colouring, slightly larger, more acuminate leaflets, paual 
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uncles; globose fruit with some sepals erect, some reflexed, 
glandular on back ; styles in a woolly head 
Except in the shape of its leaflets and their somewhat greater 
hairiness, this seems to differ but little from R. celerata. The 
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synonymous. 
Rosa BakEri 
Déséglise in Journal of Botany, 1864, p. 267. 
“7 to 8 feet, arching, with short branches. Prickles uniform, 
dilated at base, compound, less robust than in canina, in. long, 
ve, pube- 
scent and glan on backs, with acute denticulate auricles, 
straight or a little diverging, ciliate and glandular on edges. 
Peduneles one to three, very short, hidden by stipules and bracts, 
th : 
. Bracts ovate-cuspi- 
date, glabrous above, lightly villous beneath, lo 
sepals entire, three pinnate, with foliaceous villous points 
persistent till the fruit colours. 
Styles free, short, obscurely hispid or glabrous, Flower 1} in., 
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r in Review, p. 34, Says:—“6-8 ft., scarcely at all 
arching, purple where exposed. Branches stiff and spreading, 
prickles more slender and less curved than usual. Leay 
