110 26. ROSACEA. 



erect, carpophore elongated, lower joint of the awn equalling the 

 long hairy upper joint, radical 1. interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, 

 stem-1. ternate, stip. small ovate toothed. — E. B. 106. St. 3. — 

 St. about 1 foot high. Fl. large, purplish-brown with darker 

 vems, calyx purplish. Head of fruit upon a stalk which is nearly 

 as long as the calyx. Upper joint of the awn with a short gla- 

 brous point. — Damp woods. P. VI. VII. Water Avens. 



Tribe IV. Rosem. 

 14. Rosa Linn, (') Rose. 



* Shoots setigerous, prickles scarcely curved. 



t Bracts large. 



[1. R. DicJcsoni (Lindl.) ; " shoots setigerous," prickles scat- 

 tered slender subulate, leaflets oval with coarse double serratures 

 hoary, sep. long simple equal, /™i ouaie-urceolate. — E. B. S. 

 2707. — Smaller serratures of the 1. irregular or wanting. Pe- 

 duncles thickened upwards, setose. — Probably not a native. 

 See Maelc. Fl. Hibern. Sh. VI.] I. ? 



[2. R. cinnamomea (L.) ; shoots setigerous, prickles scattered 

 slender subulate, leaflets lanceolate-oblong simply serrate downy 

 and glandulose beneath, sep. long simple,/r. ovate small. Borr. — 

 jE. B. 2388. — Serratures of the leaves sometimes with an inter- 

 mediate tooth . Peduncles not thickened upwards, without setas. 

 —Probably not a native. Sh. V.] E. ? S. ? 



tt Bracts small or wanting. 



3. R- rubella (Sm.) ; st. and branches densely setigerous 

 throughout, prickles nearly equal few slender, leaflets simply 

 serrate naked their disk without glands, fr. oblong or urceolate 

 pendulous. — E, B. 2521 and (fruit) 2601. — Persistent sepals 

 mostly spreading.^Fr. bright red. — South Shields? Abergeldy? 

 Sh. V. E. S. 



4. R. spinosissima (L.) ; prickles many crowded very un- 

 equal mostly straight subulate intermixed with setae, leaflets 

 simply serrate their disk without glands, sep. half as long as the 

 cor. acuminate entire,fr. nearly globular erect. — E. B. 187. — Er. 

 dark purple or black. — /3. pilosa (Lindl.) ; "1. acute hairy on the 

 under side." — Sandy and chalky heaths. /3. Ireland. Sh. V. 



5. R. hihernica (Sm.) ; prickles scattered unequal the larger 

 slightly falcate, seta few. Its. simply serrate hairy beneath their 



' In this genus I have availed myself of the observations of my 

 valued friend Mr. Borrer in Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 3. — Seta. See note, p. 95. 



