XXVI. ROSA‘CEZ: ROSA. 337 
Prickles slightly curved. Petals white at the base. A rambling shrub. (Don’s 
Ail’) Europe, in hedges and thickets ; plentiful in Britain, Height 6 ft. 
Flowers pink ; June and July. Fruit scarlet; ripe in September. 
§ vil. Rubiyindse Lindl. 
erivatic From rubigii 
coloured glands beneath. 
Sect. Char., §c. Prickles unequal, sometimes bristle-formed, rarely wanting. 
Leaflets ovate or oblong, glandular, with diverging serratures. Sepals per- 
manent. Disk thickened. Root-shoots arched. The numerous glands on 
the lower surface of the leaves will be sufficient to prevent anything else 
being referred to this section ; and although &. tomentosa has sometimes 
glandular leaves, the inequality of the prickles of the species of Rubigi- 
nose, and their red fruit, will clearly distinguish them. (Don’s Mill., ii. 
p- 577.) — This division includes all the eglantine, or sweet-briar roses, which 
are for the most part erect or erectish bushes with deciduous leaves. Na- 
tives of Britain, Middle Europe, and Caucasus. 
, rusty ; the leaves of the species being usually furnished with rust- 
A. Species Natives of Britain. 
% 37, R.RuBIGINO'sa Lin. The rusty-leaved Rose, Sweet Briar, or Eglantine. 
Identification. Lin, Mant., 2. p. 594.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 604.3; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 577. 
Synonymes. R. suavifdlia Lighif. Scot. 1. p.261., Fl. Dan. t. 870.; R. Egiantéria Mill. Dict. No.4., 
Lin. Sp. edit. 1. p. 491.; 2. agréstis Sav¢ Fl. Pis. p. 475.; A. rubiginodsa parvifldra Rau. Enum. 
135, 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 991.; Lawr. Ros., t. 41. 61. 65. 72. and 74.; and our jig. 592. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles hooked, compressed, with 
smaller straighter ones interspersed. Leaflets 
elliptical, doubly serrated, hairy, clothed beneath 
with rust-coloured glands. Sepals pinnate, and 
bristly, as well as the peduncles. Fruit obovate, 
bristly towards the base. (Don’s Mill.) A ram- 
bling shrub. Europe, and Caucasus ; in Britain, 
in bushy places, on a dry gravelly or chalky soil. 
Height 4 ft. to 6ft. Flowers pink; June and July. 
Fruit scarlet, obovate or elliptic ; ripe in September. 
Leaves sweet-scented when bruised. 
Varieties. Eleven are described in our first edition. 6 ie 
Some of the best for a rosarium are, the blush, S92. Re mubigintaa, 
cluster, double, dwarf, semidouble, mossy, scarlet, tree double, and white 
semidouble. . 
& 38. R. micra’ntHa Sm. The small-flowered Rose, or Swect Briar. 
Identification. Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2490. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 578. 
Synonyme. R. rubigindsa 8 micrantha Lindl. Ros. p.87., with erroneous 
synonymes. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2490. ; and our figs. 593, 594. 
Spec. Char., &c. Prickles hooked, scattered, nearly uni- / 
form. Leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, hairy, glandular | 
beneath. Sepals pinnate. Fruit elliptic, rather 
bristly, contracted at the summit. Stems straggling. 
(Don’s Mill.) A bush with arched shoots, and strag- 
gling branches. Britain, in hedges and thickets, chiefly . 
in the South of England. Height 4 ft. to 6ft. Flowers "7 ™icréntha 
small, pale red ;- June and July. Fruit coral red, ovate; ripe in September. 
& 39. R.se‘pium Thuil. The Hedge Rose, or Briar. 
Identificatior. Thuil. Fl. Par., 252.; Borr. in Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2653.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 578. 
Synonymes. R. helvética and R. myrtifdlia Hall; FR. canina B Dec. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. No. 3617.3 R. 
agrestis Savi Fl. Pis. 1. p.474.; &. biserrata, A. macrocarpa, and A. stipularis Mer. FL Par. 190, 
ex Desv. f. 75. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot. Suppl., t. 2653.; and our fig. 595, 
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