CHAP. XLII. ROSA^CEJE. Ro'sA. 769 



afe 60. R. bracte'scens Woods. The bractescent Dog Rose. 



Identification. Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 216. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 580. 



Spec. Char-, <$r. Prickles aggregate, hooked. Leaflets ovate, almost simply serrated, downy 1 e- 

 neath. Bracteas rising much above the fruit. Sepals pinnate, falling ofE Peduncles aggregate, 

 occasionally rather hairy. Fruit globose, smooth. (Don's Milt., ii. p. 580.) Native of England, in 

 hedges, about Ulverton, Lancashire; and Am'uleton, Westmoreland. Flowers flesh-coloured. 

 A shrub, 6 ft. to 7 ft. high, and flowering in June and July. 



& 61. R. sarmenta v cea Swarfz. The sarmentaceous Dog Rose. 



Identification. Swartz MSS. ; Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 213. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 580. 



Synonymes. R. glaucophylla Winch Geogr. Distrib., 45. ; R. canina Roth Ft. Germ., 2. p. 560 . 



Engraving. Curt. Lond., fasc. 5. t. 34. 



Spec. Char.,fyc. Prickles hooked. Leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, smooth, glandular. Peduncles 

 aggregate, smooth or minutely bristly. Sepals pinnate, deciduous. Fruit broadly elliptic, naked. 

 (Don's Mill., ii. p. 580.) Native of Europe, common in hedges and bushy places; plentiful in 

 Britain. Flowers pink, and fragrant. Fruit scarlet ; as grateful to the palate, probably, as that 

 of R. canina, with which this equally common plant is generally confounded. A shrub, 8 ft. to 

 10 ft. high ; flowering in June and July. 



Sfc 62. R. c^ v sia Sm. The grey Dog Rose. 



Identification. Smith Eng. Bot., t. 2367. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 580. 



Synonymes. R. canina ^pubescens Afx. Ros. Suec. Tent., 1. p. 2.; R. canina £ cassia Lindl. Ros., 

 p. 99. 



Engraving. Eng. Bot, t. 2S67. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles hooked, uniform. Leaflets elliptical, somewhat doubly serrated, glaucous, 

 hairy beneath, without glands. Sepals distantly pinnate, deciduous. Flower stalks smooth, solitary. 

 Fruit elliptical, smooth. (Don's Mitt., ii. p. 580.) Native of Scotland, in the Highland valleys, but 

 rare; at Taymilt, in Mid- Lorn, Argyleshire; and in Strath Tay, between Dunkeld and Aber- 

 feldie, and by the side of Loch Tay. P'lowers generally of a uniform carnation hue, but occa- 

 sionally white. A shrub, from 4 ft. to 5 ft. in height ; flowering in July. 



& 63. R. Bo'rrerz Woods. Boner's Dog Rose. 



Identification. Woods in Lin. Trans., 12. p. 210.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 580. 



Synonymes. R. dumetorum Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2.579. ; R. rubiginbsa & Lindl. Ros., p. 88. ; R. 

 rubiginbsa inodbra Hook. Lond., t. 117. ; R. sepium Bbrkh. ex Ran. Enum. 90. ? but not of 

 Thuil. ; R. aff inis Rau. Enum., 79 ; R. uncinella j3 Besser Enum., 64. ? 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2579. ; Hook. Lond., t. 117. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Prickles hooked. Leaflets ovate, doubly serrated, hairy, without glands. Sepals 

 pinnate, often doubly pinnate, deciduous. Flower stalks aggregate, hairy. Fruit elliptical, 

 smooth. Native of Britain, in hedges and thickets. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 580.) Flowers pale red 

 Fruit deep scarlet. A shrub, growing from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in height ; flowering in June and July. 



& 64. R. rubrifo v lia Vill. The red-leaved Dog Rose. 



Identification. Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 549. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 581. 



Synonymes. R. multiflbra Reyn. Act. Laus., 1. p. 70. t. 6. ; R. rubicunda Hall. Fit. in Roem. Arch., 



3. p. 376. ; R. lurida Andr. Ros. ; R. cinnambmea y rubrifolia Red. Ros., 1. p. 134. 

 Engravings. Bell, in Act. Taur., 1790, p. 229. t. 9. ; Jacq. Fragm., 70. t. 106. ; Red. Ros., 1. p. 35. 



t. 4. ; Lindl. In Bot. Reg., t. 430. ; and our fig. 503. 



Spec. Char., &c. Prickles small, distant. Leaflets -:v 



ovate, and, as well as the branches, glabrous, $ W§k$Ml 



opaque, discoloured. Sepals narrow, entire. Fruit 

 ovate, globose, smooth. Flowers corymbose. Pe- 

 duncles smooth. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 581.) Native 

 of Dauphine, Austria, Savoy, Pyrenees, and Au- 

 vergne, in woods. Stems red. Leaves red at the 

 edges. Flowers small, deep red. Sepals narrow, longer than the petals. 

 A shrub, growing to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., and flowering in June and 

 July ; and producing a pleasing effect in a shrubbery, from the pinkness of 

 its foliage. At the funeral of Villars, who first named and described this 

 rose, branches and flowers of it were cut and strewed over his grave. 



Varieties. 



afe R. r. 2 hispidula Ser. Mus. Helv., 1. p. 8. and p. 12. t. 1. ; R. cinnambmea glauca Desv. 



Jour. Bot., 1813, p. 120., Red. Ros., 1. p. 134. — Leaflets ovate. Flowers red. Fruit 



smooth and corymbose. Peduncles hispid ; and sepals entire. 

 $k R. r. 3 Redoatea. Ser. in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 609.— Stems and branches reddish. Prickles slender, 



and hardly curved. Corymbs few-flowered. Petals a very pale red, with rose-coloured 



and dotted margins. G. Don supposes this a hybrid between R. rubrifblia and R. 



spinosissima. 

 it R. r. Unermis Ser. in Dec. Prod, has the stem and branches unarmed. It is a native of 



Switzerland. 

 $k R. r. 5 pinnat/fida Ser. in Mus. Helv., 1. p. 11. ; R. r. germinibus cvatis, and R. montana 



germinibus glabris Schleich. Cat., 1815, p. 24. and 46. ; R. canina globbsa Desv. Jovrn. 



Bot., 1813, p. 114.; has the leaflets ovate; the flowers solitary and terminal; the sepah 



pinnatifid ; and the fruit globose and smooth. It is a native of Switzerland! 



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