128 26. ROsACE^ai. 



smaller subulate imegual straight, Its. doubly serrate downy be- 

 neath, Sep. persistent copiously pinnate, primordial fr. pear- 

 shaped, disk -very small. — J^. B. 991. — St. erect, with short 

 straight prickles. Fl. 1 — 4, rose-coloured; ped. very setose; 

 styles hairy. Fr. subglobose (except the first), ripe in October. 

 Foliage scented. — Bushy places. Sh. V. — VII. E. S. 



7. It. micran'tha (Sm.) ; prickles uniform hooked, Its. doubly 

 serrate downy and glandular beneath, sep. subpersistent with 

 long leaf-like points and minute lanceolate simple pinnae, pri- 

 mordial &. rounded at the base, disk moderate. — B. B. 2490. — ■ 

 St. suberect, with long lax branches. Fl. few, pale ; ped. very 

 setose; styles glabrous. Fr. ovate-urceolate, bright scarlet, 

 ripe in Sept. or Oct. Foliage scarcely scented, Its. rounded at 

 the base.— Thickets. Not common. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



8. R. inoddra (Fr.) ; prickles rather unequal hooked, a few 

 aciculi, Its. doubly serrate downy and glandular beneath, sep. 

 subpersistent closely pinnate, primordial fr. ovate or subglobular, 

 disk moderate. — -S. sepium Hon:, E. B. S. 2653. — St. suberect, 

 with long lax branches. Fl. I — 3, pink ; ped. usually naked ; 

 styles hairy. Foliage scarcely scented. — L'ocal. Sh. VI. E. 



iv. Oanin.^;. Sep. usually naked at the back. St. long, 

 arching, with scattered hooked uniform prickles becoming 

 more slender upward. L. without glands on either surface. 



9. -B. canina (L.) ; prickles equal hooked. Its. simply or 

 doubly serrate glabrous on both sides or hairy beneath, sep. re- 

 flexed deciduous pinnate, fr. ovate-urceolate or roundish, disk 

 flat. — St. erect, with long arching branches. L. flat or keeled, 

 rarely a few glands on the veins. Fl. few ; rarely the sep. are 

 subpersistent and ascending; ped. mostly naked; styles distinct, 

 hairy.— Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



The following forms may be distinguished : — a. R. canina 

 (L.) ; Its. without glands beneath, sep. reflexed after fall of co- 

 rolla. — * L. glabrous on both sides ; ped. without bristles. — B. 

 canina (Woods) ; Its. elliptic flat simply serrate green or grey, 

 fr. urceolate. B. B. 992. — B. surculosa (Woods) ; Its. rounded 

 flat simply serrate green or grey. — B. spheerioa (Gren.) ; Its. 

 rounded below (flat ?) simply serrate, bright green, fr. glolaose. 

 — B. sarmentacea (Woods) ; Its. roundish or elliptic keeled 

 doubly serrate. JE. B. S. 2595. B. dumalis and B. biserrata 

 Baker. — ** L. naked above, hairy on the veins beneath, ped. without 

 bristles. — B. Forsteri (Sm.) ; Its. rounded below usually simply 

 but irregularly serrate (E. B. S. 261 1) or in B. arvatiea (Baker) 

 verycompoimd. — ***X. hairy on both sides, ped. without bristles, 

 —B. dumetorum (Woods) ; Its, mucji rounded below simply ser- 



