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naked; sepals nearly simple, suberect, subpersistent; clusters of 

 2-4 flowers ; fruit roundish, the primordial always pyroid, large, 

 late in ripening. Generally well-marked and easily recognized. 



Widely distributed, and in some districts abundant. Herts ! 

 Berks ! Monmouth ! Hereford ! Worcester ! Stafford ! Salop ! 

 Brecon I Radnor ! Carmarthen ! Cardigan ! Denbigh 1 Leicester ! 

 Cheshire 1 Yorks ! Northumberland! Cumberland! West Inverness ! 

 Argyle ! Skye ! Ham Common, Surrey, Herb. Mus. Brit. 1818 ! 



8. R. Sherardi Davies, Welsh Botanology, 49 (1813), et in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit.! R. subglobosa Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 384 (1824). 

 R. tomentosa Sm. var. subglobosa Carion, Cat. Saone et Loire, 43 

 (1859). Habit and thorns of R. pseiidomollis ; leaflets densely and 

 softly hairy, normally narrower than in that species, subfoliar 

 glands except on mid-rib ; calyx-tube usually aciculate ; sepals 

 normally suberect, subpersistent, but somewhat uncertain in direc- 

 tion and persistence ; fruit, even the primordial, orbicular, large 

 or small ; flowers 3-9 in a cluster. 



Distribution general in England. South Hants! West Kent ! 

 Surrey ! Herts ! Berks ! Cambs ! Hereford ! Warwick ! Brecon ! 

 Carnarvon! Flint! Anglesea! Yorks! North Lanes ! Cumberland! 



9. R. Andrzeiovii Steven ex Besser, Enum. PI. Volhyniae, 19 

 (1822). "A tufted branching shrub"; thorns falcate, normally 



very large ; leaflets broadly elliptic, truncate or emarginate at base, 

 often overlapping, hairy on both surfaces " villosity glossy " ; sub- 

 foliar glands varying in amount, normally many ; calyx-tube 

 normally hispid-glandular, ovoid ; sepals assurgent, subpersistent, 

 subpinnate appendiculate ; fruit globose ; clusters many-flowered 

 (3-9). The spelling of this name has varied greatly, but the above 



is the original. 



Distribution wide. S. Devon ! N. Devon ! S. Somerset! Surrey ! 



Herts ! Worcester ! Glamorgan ! Brecon ! Kadnor ! Cardigan ! 



Carnarvon ! Anglesea ! Cheshire ! N. E. Yorks ! Cumberland ! 



Perth ! S. Aberdeen ! Elgin ! East and West Inverness ! Galway !, 



Ireland. 



Plants occur in Britain with thorns of medium size and leaflets 

 narrower than as above described, which are probably to be referred 

 to this species. 



10. R. uncinata. R. tomentosa Sm. var. uncinate F. A. Lees 



in Bot. Record Club Rep. 1884-1886, 123 (1887). Bush arching; 



thorns all similar, strong, uncinate ; leaflets oval-oblong, hairy on 



both surfaces ; subfoliar glands varying in number, sometimes very 



few, usually numerous ; calyx-tube glandular-aciculate ; sepals 



nearly simple, suberect, subpersistent ; petals full rose ; fruit 



ovoid-subrotund, ripening in August or September ; clusters of 



2-4 flowers. Always very constant in its characters, and easily 

 recognizable. 



Distribution general. West Kent ! Surrey I Berks ! Oxon ! 

 Hereford ! Worcester ! Stafford ! Brecon ! Radnor ! Carnarvon ! 

 Denbigh ! Derby ! Cheshire ! N. E. Yorks ! East Inverness ! Argyle ! 

 E. Ross ! W. Sutherland ! A perfectly glabrous form in N. E. 



Yorks, Groves ! 



