112 26. ROSACEiE. 



12. R. micrantha (Sm.); prickles uniform uncinate, leaflets 

 doubly serrate hairy glandular beneath, sep.and pinnos elongated 

 deciduous, ranrnli sparingly setigerous, fr. small elliptical and 

 ovate.— £. B. 2490.— Distinguished by the long leaflike point and 

 narrow lanceolate simple pinnae of its sepals combined with luii- 

 form prickles, small primordial fruit rounded at the base and 

 deciduous sepals. Glands on under side of leaves many. — 

 Hedges and thickets in the south. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



tt Prickles various, intermixed with setae. 



13. R. rubiginosa (L.); prickles many the larger uncinate 

 the smaller subulate, leaflets doubly serrate hairy glandulose 

 beneath rounded at the base, Sep. and pinnai elongated persistent, 

 primordial fruit pearshaped. — E. B. 991. — The various prickles, 

 persistent calyx and pearshaped primordial fruit distinguish this 

 from the preceding 2 with which it is very closely alUed. — Bushy 

 places. Sh. VI. VII. Sweet-Briar. 



14. JR. sepium (Thuil.) ; prickles many the larger curved 

 the smaller subulate, leaflets doubly serrate hairy glandular be- 

 neath acute at the base, sep. and pinnae elongated narrow, pri- 

 mordial fruit ovate rounded at the base. — E.B. S.2653. — Pinnae 

 of the calyx small, narrowly lanceolate, springing nearly at right- 

 angles from the sepals which have a linear-lanceolate limb. — 

 Bridport, Warwickshire. Heyford, Oxfordshire. Sh. VI. Et. 



*** Shoots mostly without setm, leaves without glands. 

 t Styles distinct, included, or nearly so. 



15. R. canina (L.) ; prickles uniform hooked, 1. naked or 

 slightly hairy without glands the serratures simple or compound, 

 sep. pinnate deciduous, styles distinct. — a. R. canina (Woods) ; 

 leaflets naked keeled serratures simple. Leaflets narrowly ellip- 

 tical, not rounded below, often with a twisted point, green or 

 grey. E.B. 9.92. — /3. R. sarmentaceaCWoois); leaflets naked 

 keeled serratures compound. E. B. S. 2595. — y. R. surculosa 

 (Woods); leafletsnakedflat serratures simple. Leaflets roundish 

 or elliptical with irregular serratures. — 8. R. dumetorum (Woods); 

 leaflets hairy on both sides flat. Terminal leaflets often nearly 

 cordate. E. B. S. 2610. — e. R. Forsteri (Sm.) ; leaflets more or 

 less hairy not flat. Leaflets concave or keeled, hairy on both 

 sides or only beneath. E. B. S. 2611. — See Boner's detailedac- 

 count of this species in Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 3. — Hedges and thickets. 

 Sh.VI.VII. Dog Rose. 



16. R. bractescens (Woods); "calyx-tube globose, prickles 

 hooked, leaflets simply serrate downy beneath, bracteas over- 

 topping the fruit." Woods. — Styles woolly. Fr. globose. — Ul- 

 verston, Lancash. ; Ambleside, Westm. Mr. n'oods. Sh. E. 



