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& 47. R. lu v tea Dodon. The yellow Eglantine Rose. 



Identification. Dodon. Pempt, 187. ; Mill. Diet., No. 11. ; Lawr. Ros., t. 12.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 363. ; 



Smonymes. k Eglanteria Lin. Sp. 703., Red. Ros., 1. p. 69. ; R. fce'tida Herm. Diss., 18.; R. 



chlorophylla Ehrh. Beitr., 2. p. 69. ; R. ctrea Rossig. Ros. t. 2. . 



Engravings. Lawr. Ros., t. 12.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 363.; Red. Ros., 1. p. 69.; Rossig. Ros., 



497 



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Engravings. 

 t. 2. ; and ourj?g. 497. 



Spec. Char., $c. Prickles straight. Leaflets deep green 

 Sepals nearly entire, setigerous. Petals flat, concave 

 Flowers deep yellow, large, cupshaped, solitary. Fruit i|| 

 unknown. A shrub, a native of Germany and the south HQ^jj^ 

 of France; introduced in 1596; growing from 3 ft. to 

 4 ft. high, and flowering in June. 



Varieties. /^~{ 



* R. /. 2 subrubraUed. Ros.,iii. p. 73,, with a fig.— ^'p - 

 Peduncles rather hispid and glandular. Leaves * 

 and petioles glabrous. Stem prickly at the 

 base. Prickles unequal, scattered. Petals of 

 a lurid red above, and yellowish beneath. Stigmas yellow. (Don't 

 Mill., ii. p. 577.) 

 & R. /. 3 punicea Lindl. Ros., p. 84. ; R. pu- ^ 49$ 



nicea Mill. Did., No. 12., Rossig. Ros., 

 t. 5. ; R. cinnamomea Roth Fl. Germ., 1. 

 p. 217. ; R. lutea bicolor Jacq. Find., i. 

 t. 1., Lawr. Ros., t. 6., Sims Bot. Mag., 

 1. 1077. ; R. Eglanteria punicea Red. Ros., i. 

 p. 71. t. 24.; R. Eglanteria bicolor Dec. 

 FL Fr., iv. p. 437. ; and our Jig. 498. ; 

 has the petals scarlet above, and yellow 

 beneath. 



^ 48. R . rubigino'sa Lin. The rusty-leaved Rose, Sweet Briar, or Eglantine. 



Identification. Lin. Mant, 2. p. 594. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 604.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 577. 



Synonymes. R. suaviiblia Lightf. Scot, 1. p. 261., Fl. Dan., t. 870.'; R. Eglanteria Mill. Diet., No. 4., 



Lin. Sp., edit. 1. p. 491. ; R. agr£stis Savi Fl. Pis., p. 475. ; R. rubiginbsa parviflbra Ran. 



Enum., 135. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 991. ; Curt. Fl. Lond., 1. 116. ; Jacq. Austr., t. 50. ; Lawr. Ros., t. 41. 61. 



65. 72. and 74. ; Schkuhr Handb., t. 134. ; and our fig. 499. 



Spec. Char., fyc. 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., ii. p. 577.) ^g 

 Native throughout Europe, and of Caucasus. In 

 Britain, in bushy places, on a dry gravelly or chalky 

 soil. Leaves sweet-scented when bruised. Flowers 

 pink. Fruit scarlet, obovate or elliptic. A shrub, 

 growing from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in height, and flowering ^^% 

 in June and July. l - ' K 



Varieties. 



St R. r. 2 Vaillantihna. Red. Ros., 3. p. 95., with a fig. — Fruit ovate and hispid. Prickles of the 



branches somewhat horizontal. Leaflets nearly glabrous above. Flowers white. 

 & R. r. 3 rotundifdlia Lindl. Ros., 88. — Branches flagelliform. Leaflets roundish and small. 



Tube of the calyx nearly globose, and glabrous. Flowers solitary. A native of Germany. 

 3£ R. r. 4 aculeatissima Dup. Gym. Ros., 13. ex Red. et Thor. Ros., 2. p. 97. — Flowers usually 



solitary. Prickles straightish and very numerous. Usually cultivated in gardens. 

 & R. r. 5 nemordlis Red. et Thor. Ros., 2. p. 23., with a fig. — . Leaflets large and thin. Prickles 



straightish and few. A native of France. 

 & R. r. 6 umbellata Lindl. Ros., 87. ; R. tenuiglandulbsa Mer. Fl. Par., 189. ; R. r. Eglanteria 



cymosa Woods in Lin. Trans. ; R. sempervirens Roth Fl. Germ., 1. p. 218. ; has flowers 



several in a fascicle. Fruit globose, almost smooth. Peduncles hispid. Branches very 



prickly ; prickles hooked. 

 Sfc R. r. 7 pubera Ser. in Dec. Prod, has the leaflets and petioles puberulous. 

 Sfe R. r. 8 grandifldra Lindl. Ros. has large flowers and glabrous purple fruit. The leaflets 



are "nearly naked, and the peduncles glabrous. 

 5£ R. ;-. 9 major Ser. has erect steins, broad leaflet*, and semidouble flowers. 



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