ROSA. 107 
long hairy upper joint, radical 1. interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, 
stem-l. ternate, stip. small ovate toothed —E. B. 106. Si 3.— 
St. about 1 foot high. Fi. large, purplish brown with darker 
veins, calyx purplish. Head of fruit upon a stalk which is nearly 
as long as the calyx. Upper joint of the awn with a short gla- 
brous point—Damp woods. P. VI. VII. Water Avens. 
Tribe IV. Rosee. 
14. Rosa Linn. (') Rose. 
* Shoots setigerous, prickles scarcely curved. 
+ Bracts large. 
[l. R. Dicksoni (Lindl.); “ shoots setigerous,” prickles scat- 
tered slender subulate, leaflets oval with coarse double serratures 
hoary, sep. long simple equal, fruit ovate-urceolate.—E. B.S. 
2707.—Smaller serratures of the 1. irregular or wanting. Pe- 
duncles thickened upwards, setose——Probably not a native. 
See Mack. Fl. Hibern. Sh. VI.] 1.2 
(2. R. cinnamomea (L.); shoots setigerous, prickles scattered 
slender subulate, leaflets lanceolate-oblong simply serrate downy 
and glandulose beneath, sep. long simple, fr. ovate small. Borr.— 
E. B. 2388.—Serratures of the leaves sometimes: with an inter- 
mediate tooth. Peduncles not thickened upwards, without seta. 
—Probably not a native. Sh. V.] E.? §.? 
tt Bracts small or wanting. 
3. R. rubella (Sm.); st. and branches densely setigerous 
throughout, prickles nearly equal few slender, leaflets simply 
serrated naked their disk without glands, fr. oblong or urceolate 
pendulous.—E. B. 2521 and (fruit) 2601.—Persistent sepals 
mostly spreading. —Fr. bright red.—Said to have been found at 
South Shields and Abergeldy, but a doubtful native. Be V. 
28.2 
4. R. spinosissima (L.); prickles numerous crowded very un- 
equal mostly straight subulate intermixed with setz, leaflets 
simply serrated their disk without glands, sep. half as long as the 
cor. acuminate entire, fr. nearly globular, erect —E.B.187.—¥r. 
dark purple or black.—. pilosa (Lindl.); “1. acute hairy on the 
under side.””—Sandy and chalky heaths. £8. Ireland. Sh. V. 
5. R. hibernica (Sm.); prickles scattered unequal the larger 
slightly falcate, sete few, lts. simply serrate hairy beneath their 
disk without glands, sep. shorter than the cor. pinnate slightly 
leaflike, fr. nearly globular.—E. B. 2196.—Fr. somewhat urceo- 
late, blood-red. Fl. mostly solitary or 2 or 3 together. Lts. 
1 In this genus I have availed myself of the observations of my 
valued friend Mr. Borrerin Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 3.—Seta. See note, p. 92. 
