By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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above the calyx. Where this and the common Avens grow together, 

 specimens are occasionally found which partake of the characters 

 of both approaching sometimes more nearly to the one, sometimes 

 to the other. They have been described as a species under the 

 name of G. intermedium (Ehrh.), but they are more generally be- 

 lieved to be mere accidental hybrids, between the two species. 



Rosa, (Linn.) Rose. 

 Linn. CI. xii. Ord. iii. 



Name. The Rosa of Latin authors, perhaps from the Celtic 

 Bhos, signifying red, the colour of most of the species. 



1. R. inodora (Fries) scentless Rose or Briar. Engl. Bot. t. 2574. 

 Locality. Downs, open bushy commons, thickets and hedges. 



Sh. Fl. June, July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. More or less distributed 

 throughout all the Districts. This species has certainly a great 

 affinity with R. canina (Linn.) and indeed it appears to be nothing 

 more than a doubly serrated downy-leaved variety of that variable 

 species. 



2. R. canina (Linn.) Common Dog Rose. Engl. Bot. t. 992. 

 Locality. Hedges and thickets, very common. Sh. Fl. June, 



July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Distributed throughout all the Districts. 

 The most frequent of our native Roses, Prickles uniform hooked. 

 Leaflets ovate, acute, smooth or slightly hairy, without glands, 

 mostly carinate, with simple serratures. Calyx-segments fully 

 pinnate, deciduous. Styles not united. Fruit ovate, smooth, shoots 

 ascending. The Wiltshire Roses answering to the above character 

 may be subdivided as follows : — 



a. Leaflets naked, carinate, serratures simple, R. canina. Woods. 



b. Leaflets naked, carinate, serratures compound, R. sarmentacea. 

 Woods. Engl Bot. Suppl. 2595. 



c. Leaflets naked, flat, serratures simple, R. surculosa Woods. 



d. Leaflets more or less hairy, flat, R. clumetortim. (Thuil.) 

 Engl. Bot. Suppl. 2611. 



This species is liable to innumerable variations in different soils 

 and situations, and is a suspected parent of several acknowledged 

 forms. 



