330 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Spee. Char, &c. Prickles of the branches crowded, unequal, 
slender, reflexed ; of the branchlets, small and nearly equal. 
Leatlets flat, glabrous, simply serrated. (Don's Mill.) An 
erect shrub, North America and Siberia. Height 4 ft. to 
6 ft. Introduced in 1780. Flowers pale yellow; May and 
June. Fruit large, ovate, black. 
A very distinct variety, or probably species, well deserving 
a place in botanical coileetions. 
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a 21. R. wyriaca’ntHa Dec. The myriad-prickled Rose. 570. r. 1utescens. 
ification. . FL Fr.. 4. p.439.3 Don’s Mill., 2. p. 562. ; 
ee Renaceifblia Pai fos. 62. ?; R. provincidlis Bieb. Fl. Taur. 1. p. 396. ?; R. spino- 
sissima var.» myriacantha Ser.in Dec. Prod. 2. p.608.  * 
Engravings. Lindl. Ros., t. 10. ; and our fig. 571. 
Spec. Char., Se. Prickles unequal, larger ones dagger-formed. Leaflets glan- 
dular, glabrous, orbicular. (Don’s Mill.) A diminutive spiny shrub. Siberia, 
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Tauria, and also Dauphiné, and near Montpelier. e 
Height 1 ft. to2 ft. Flowers white; May and 
June. Fruit dark; ripe in September. 
Shoots simple and 
erect, resembling, in 
many respects, 2. spi- 
nosissima in a stunted 
state, 
. #. myriacintha, 57% R. revérsa. 
g@ 22. R.reve’rsa Waldst. et Kit. The reversed-prickled Rose. 
Identification. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3. p.293.; Don’s Mill., 2. n. 569. 
Engravings. Waldst. et Kit. Hung., 3, t. 264. ; our fig. 572. 7 
Spee. Char, §c. Prickles setaceous, nearly equal, reflexed. Leaves doubly ser- 
rated, pubescent. Fruit hispid. (Don’s Afi.) A large rambling shrub. 
Hungary, on the mountains of Matra, in stony places. Height 2ft. to 5 ft. 
Introduced in 1816. Flowers solitary, white, tinged with pink; June and 
July. Fruit ovate, dark purple; ripe in September. 
D. Species Natives of Britain. 
23. R. spinosi’ssima L. The most spiny, or 
Scotch, Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Fl. Suec., 442.3 Sp., 491.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 568. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 187.5 Hayne Abbild., t.37.; and our 
Jig. 573. 
Spec. Char., &c. Prickles unequal. Leaflets flat, 
glabrous, simply serrated. (Don's Afill.) A dwarf 
compact bush, with creeping suckers. Flowers 
small, solitary, white or blush-coloured. — Fruit 
ovate, or nearly round, black or dark purple. A 
very spiny shrub. Europe ; plentiful in Britain. 
Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Flowers white or blush ; May 
and June. Fruit purple or black ; ripe in Sept. 
Varictics. A great many varieties, cross-breds, and 
hybrids have been raised of this rose, with flowers 
73. R. spinestssima, 
