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ROSACEA. 
Sep. persistent usually spreading on the oblong or urceolate/r«»'f. 
A very variable plant. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. VII. 
11. R. inodora (Fries) ; prickles uniform uncinate, leaflets doubly- 
serrated hairy glandular beneath, sep. closely pinnate mostly de- 
ciduous, ramuli without seta?, fr. elliptical or nearly globular. — 
E. B. 2579. — L. sparingly glandular, sometimes with more nu- 
merous glands, and then the sep. are elongated and persistent. 
Sep. short with a short leafy point and closely-set shortly-lan- 
ceolate often compound pinna?. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. 
VI. VII. E. I. 
12. R. micrantha (Sm.) ; prickles uniform uncinate, leaflets 
doubly serrated hairy glandular beneath, sep. and pinnoe elongated 
deciduous, ramuli sparingly setigerous, fr. small elliptical and 
ovate. — E. B. 2490. — Distinguished by its sepals with a long 
leafy point and narrow lanceolate simple pinna? from the last, 
and by its uniform prickles, its small fruit (primordial) rounded 
at the base and deciduous sepals from the following. Glands 
on the under side of the leaves numerous. — Fledges and thickets 
in the south. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 
ft Prickles various, intermixed with setae. 
13. R. rubiginosa (L.) ; prickles numerous the larger uncinate 
the smaller subulate, leaflets doubly serrate hairy glandulose 
beneath rounded at the base, sep. and pinna elongated persistent, 
primordial fruit pearshaped. — E.B. 991- — The various prickles, 
persistent calyx and pearshaped (primordial) fruit distinguish 
this from the 2 last with which it is very closely allied and has 
been combined bv Lindley and Fries. — Bushy places. Sh. 
VI. VII. Sweet-Briar. 
14. R. sepium (Thuil.) ; prickles numerous the larger curved 
the smaller subulate, leaflets doubly serrated hairy glandular 
beneath acute at the base, sep. and pinnae elongated narrow, fruit 
(primordial) ovate rounded at the base. — E. B. S. 2653. — Pinna? 
of the calyx small, narrowly lanceolate, springing nearly at right- 
angles from the sepals which have a linear-lanceolate limb. — 
Bridport, Warwickshire. Heyford, Oxfordshire. Sh. VI. E. 
*** Shoots mostly without setce, leaves without glands. 
f Styles distinct, included, or nearly so. 
15. R. canina (L.) ; prickles uniform hooked, 1. naked or 
slightly hairy without glands the serratures simple or compound, 
sep. pinnate deciduous, styles distinct. — a,, canina ; leaflets 
naked keeled serratures simple. Leaflets narrowly elliptical, not 
rounded below, often with a twisted point, green or grey. 
R. canina Woods. E. B. 992. — /3. sarmentacea (Borr.) ; leaflets 
naked keeled serratures compound. R. sarmentacea Woods. 
E. B. S. 2595. — y. surculosa (Borr.) ; leaflets naked flat serra- 
