ROSE FAMILY 



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Dry sand}' places, especially near the sea ; common. — Fl. May, 

 June. Perennial. 



2. 7?, involuta difiers in having its leaves usually doubly serrate 

 and downy, and glandular beneath ; its fleucers i — j togeiher ; and 

 its//-//// red. — Chiefly in the north. — Fl. June. Perennial. 



3. R. hibeniica (Irish Rose) has stout, curs^ed prickles ; leaflets 

 simply serrate, glabrous above, glaucous and slightly pubescent 

 beneath ; _;?orc'r7',f i — 12 together; sepals pinnate, smooth ; /;7//^ 

 red. Chiefly in the north ; rare. — Fl. May — August. Perennial. 



R'-'S.\ sr-lN05i?si.M.\ iBurnct-U-aved Krsc)'. 



4. R. villosa (Soft-leaved Rose). — A tall, erect bush with 

 scattered, uniform, nearly straight, slender prickles ; leaflets ovate, 

 doubly serrate, softly donny, especially bene.ath ; flou'eis 1 — 3 

 together, deep rose colour ; se/als slightly pinnate, persistent, con- 

 nivent in fruit : fruit globose, glandular, red.^In the north. — Fl. 

 June, July. Perennial. 



5. R. tomentosa (Douny-leaved Rose). — Sfeiii erect with stout, 

 arching branches, 6 — 10 feet long, with mostly uniform, slender, 

 straight or slightly curved prickles : leaflets doubly serrated, downy, 

 especially beneath ; y/c'ri'c'/'i" i — 3 together, pirtk or white; sefals 



