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green above ; paler, glaucous, and fometimes downy, be- 

 neath. Flowers folitary, rather large, crimfon ; pale or 

 whitifli in the centre ; very fweet-fcented. Segments of the 

 calyx partly pinnate, downy within and without. Fruit 

 obovate, or pear-(haped, fcarlet, more or lefs hifpid, its 

 pulp fweet and agreeable. — We are much inclined to refer 

 this, as a variety, to R. gallica, n. 28 ; at leaft, if a more 

 natural arrangement of the fpecies were attempted, they 

 ought to ftand next to each other. Schleicher has found 

 the pttmila in Switzerland, nor can we doubt its being Hal- 

 ler's n. 1104, though Jacquin fays the contrary, on the 

 authority of a dried fpecimen, of what authority we know 

 not. Haller, in his Hifloria, adopted his n. 1 104 from 

 other authors, nor did he there attempt a fpecific character ; 

 but in his Notnenclator, he has given one which precifely an- 

 fwersto Jacquin's plant. 



33. R. turbinata. Frankfort Rofe. Ait. ed. I. n.17. 

 ed. 2. n. 23. Willd. n. 20. Lawr. Rof. t. 69, marked 63. 

 ( R. campanulata ; Ehrh. Beitr. v. 6. 97. R. inapertis flo- 

 ribus, alabaftro crafliore, francofurtenfis quibufdam ; Tourn. 

 Lift. 639. R. francofurtenfis; Park. Parad. 414. t. 41 y. 

 f. 3. ) — Fruit turbinate, hairy as well as the flower-ftalks. 

 Leaf-ftalks and leaflets villous. Prickles fcattered, hooked. 

 — The native country of this Rofe is not known ; but the 

 (hrub has been cultivated in gardens, ever fince the days 

 of Parkinfon, from June to Auguft. There is an ap- 

 pearance of monftrofity about the calyx, whofe tube is bell- 

 fhaped, thick, and dilated at the top ; the fegments how- 

 ever are, mod of them, quite fimple and entire. Petals 

 large, crimfon. Leaves broad, villous. 



34. R. rubiginofa. Common Sweet-briar, or Eglantine. 

 Linn. Mant. 2. 564. Willd. n. 21. Ait. n. 24. Fl. 

 Brit. n. 5. Engl. Bot. t. 991. Jacq. Auftr. t. 50. Ehrh. 

 Beitr. v. 4. 22. Arb. 75. Lawr. Rof. t. 56. t. 65. t. 72. 

 t. 41. t. 61. t. 74. (R. eglanteria; Herm. Rof. 17. Hudf. 

 Angl. 218. R. fuavifolia ; Lightf. Scot. 262. Fl. Dan. 

 t. 870. R. fylveftris odora ; Ger. Em. 1269. f. 1. R. 

 n. 1 103 ; Hall. Hift. v. 2. 39.) — Fruit obovate, briftly as 

 well as the flower-ltalks. Prickles of the ftem and leaf-ftalks 

 hooked. Leaflets elliptical, clothed beneath with rufty- 

 coloured glands. — Native of dry funny banks in various parts 

 of Europe, flowering in June and July ; truly wild in many 

 places in England, where the foil is gravelly or fandv, fome- 

 times even in wet fituations about rivers. The Jlem is bufhy, 

 much branched, about a yard high, with copious, broad, 

 ftrongly hooked prickles, of a pale brown, all over its green 

 branches. Leaflets five or feven, of a roundifh, elliptical 

 figure, with ftrong, double, glandular ferratures ; their 

 upper furface bright green, (lightly hairy ; the under 

 clothed with reddifh vifcid glands, the feat of a delightful 

 fragrance, which renders the plant acceptable to moft peo- 

 ple, though often compared to the fcent of apples, which 

 many perfons diflike. Flowers alfo fweet-fcented, of a full 

 and uniform pink : occafionally double, and fometimes pale 

 or whitifh, as reprefented in fome of Mifs Lawrance's plates. 

 Fruit fcarlet, more or lefs obovate, briftly, often nearly 

 fmooth ; internally mealy and infipid. This well-known 

 (hrub makes beautiful and fragrant, though not long-lived, 

 hedges. It bears forcing well, and hence is generally intro- 

 duced, in winter or fpring, into the apartments of thofe who 

 delight in fuch innocent luxuries. Care (hould be taken to 

 obtain the true fort, and not the following fpecies. 



35. R. micrantha. Small-flowered Sweet-briar. Sm. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 2490. - Fruit ovate, fomewhat briftly, as 

 well as the flower-ftalks. Stem draggling, with fcattered 

 hooked prickles. Leaflets ovate, acute, clothed beneath 

 with nifty-coloured glands. —Mr. W. Borrer finds this 

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fpecies of Rofe common in hedges and thickets, in Eng. 

 land, flowering about June and July. We have alfo met 

 with it in gardens, confounded with the genuine Sweet-briar, 

 from which it differs as follows. The Jlem is lefs prickly, 

 lefs bufhy, and of a more elevated and draggling form of 

 growth, like R. canina. Leaflets lefs rounded, lefs rufty 

 beneath, and not fo fragrant as thofe of rubiginofa. Flowers 

 paler, and fmaller, being lefs than thofe of any other Bri- 

 tifh Rofe. Fruit ovate, with a more gradual neck, not 

 obovate or pear-lhaped. It varies in roughnefs. Footflalks, 

 and backs of the leaves, downy as well as glandular. 



36. K.fuaveolens. American Sweet-briar. Purfh n. 11. 

 (" R. eglanteria americana ; Andrews's Rofes, with a fi- 

 gure.") — Fruit ovate. Flower-ftalks, and prickly leaf- 

 ftalks, rough with glandular briftles. Stem fmooth ; its 

 prickles long, (lender, (lightly curved. Leaflets roundifh- 



elliptical ; downy above; fomewhat glandular beneath 



Native of North America. We received fpecimens from 

 Pennfylvania, gathered by the Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg. Lin- 

 naeus cultivated this fpecies at Upfal, and has preserved a 

 branch, without name or defcription, in his herbarium. The 

 plant differs from both the foregoing, in its long, (lender, 

 (lightly curved, but by no means hooked, prickles, which 

 often ftand, two together, near, or clofe to, the bafe of 

 the leaf-flalis. The leaflets are of a broad roundifh form ; 

 finely hairy above ; looiely befpnnkled with (talked glands, 

 though not rufty, beneath. Flowers pink, fmall, often, 

 but not always, folitary, nor are the fegments of the calyx, 

 as Mr. Purfh defcribes them, always fimple or entire ; fome 

 of them are pinnate. Fruit fmooth, or fomewhat prickly. 



37. R. fcabriufcula. Roughifh-leaved Dog Rofe. Sm. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1896. (R. n. 459 ; Winch Guide, v. 1. 48. 

 v. 2. preface, 5.) — Fruit roundifh-ovate, briftly as well- as 

 the flower-ftalks. Prickles awl-fhaped, nearly ftraight. 

 Leaflets elliptical, roughifh with minute hairs. — Native of 

 hedges in Durham and Northumberland, as well as on the 

 north fide of Bury in Suffolk, flowering in June. — This 

 Rofe has a general refemblance to canina and tomentofa, 

 hereafter defcribed ; but its pubefcence is hairy, more of the 

 nature of the two or three laft, as are alfo the glandular 

 ferratures of the leaves. There is a harfhnefs about them, 

 very unlike the tomentofa, nor have they any greyifh hoary 

 hue. Their fcent is fcarcely any. The Jlem is tall, with 

 copious, fcattered, nearly ftraight, and rather (lender, brown 

 prickles. Leafflalis hairy, prickly, and clothed with glan- 

 dular briftles. Leaflets elliptical, pointed, doubly and fharply 

 ferrated, of a light bright green ; finely hairy all over their 

 upper furface, but moft fo on the rib and veins beneath. 

 Flowerflalks and young fruit befet with ftrong glandular 

 briftles. Calyx partly pinnate ; downy within ; glandular 

 and briftly at the outfide. Petals moderately large ; Mr. 

 Winch finds them always white, tinged or blotched with 

 red ; in Suffolk they are moftly of a pale pink. Fruit large, 

 red, inclining to a globular figure. 



38. R. ctfta. Glaucous-leaved Dog Rofe. Sm. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 2367. (R. canina pubefcens ; Afzel. in Sims and 

 Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 211.) — Fruit roundifh-ovate, 

 fmooth. Prickles of the ftem hooked. Leaflets ovate, 

 pointed, doubly ferrated, downy ; very glaucous as well 

 as the germen and young branches. — Found by Dr. Adam 

 Afzelius in Sweden, and by Mr. W. Borrer in the highland 

 valleys of Perthfhire and Argylefhire, flowering profufely 

 in July. Mr. Borrer defcribes the bujh as " compact, not 

 fo tall as the canina. Flowers ufually folitary; fometimes 

 in pairs, generally of an uniform, but very beautiful, carna- 

 tion hue ; occafionally white. Calyx fometimes fprinkled 

 with glands, fometimes not. Young twigs, leaves and ger- 



