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very pinnate ; fruit oblong-urceolate, red. — Hedges and thickets ; 

 common.— Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



6. R. eglanteria (Sweet Briar). — An erect, compact bush with 

 many prickles, the larger ones hooked, the smaller unequal, straight ; 

 leaflets doubly serrate, downy, and glandular beneath, mostly 

 rounded at the base ; very fragrant ; flowers 1 — 4 together, deep 

 rose-colour ; sepals very pinnate, persistent ; fruit pear-shaped, 

 becoming globose, red. — Chiefly on chalk. The Eglantine of 

 the poets, with the exception of Milton, whose " twistad eglantine " 

 is the Honeysuckle.— Fl. May — July. Perennial. 



H<5eA canina {Dog-Rose). 



7. R. micrdntha (Small-flowered Sweet Briar).— A small bush 

 with long arched branches, equal hooked prickles, and faint odour ; 

 leaves doubly serrate, downy and glandular beneath, rounded at 

 the base ; flowers 1 in. across, on bristly stalks, pale rose-colour ; 

 fruit small, urceolate, scarlet. — Not common. — Fl. July, August. 



Perennial. 



8. R. agrestis (Slightly-scented Briar). — A similar species, 

 differing in having rather unequal hooked prickles intermixed 

 with a few bristles and glandular hairs ; leaflets less rounded at 

 the base ; flowers usually with smooth stalks ; sepals more 



