14— ROSA STYLOSA Desv. 
/\0S(7 stylosa : caule elongate, arcuato, viridi ; aculeis robustis, conforinibus, 
s})arsis, falcatis ; foliolis 5-7, ovalibus vel cllipticis, acutis, sinipliciter serratis, facie 
viridibus, pubescentibus vel glabris, dorso leviter pubescentibiis, rarius glabris ; 
rhachi vix glandulosa, leviter pubescente ; stipulis glandidoso-ciliatis, apice libero 
ovato-lanceolato ; floribus 3-6 corymbosis ; pedunculis glandulosis ; calycis tubo 
ovoideo vel ellipsoideo, nudo ; lobis copiose pinnatifidis, dorso parce glandulosis ; 
petalis rubellis vel albidis ; stylis glabris, leviter coalitis, breviter vel longe protrusis ; 
disco longo, conico ; fructu ovoideo, rubro, serotino; sepalis caducis. 
R. stylosa Desvaux,y(9/^r//. Bot. vol. ii. p. 317 (1809) ; vol. iv. p. i r3, t. 14 (1814). 
— Thory in Redoutd, Roses, vol. iii. p. 31, t. (1824). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. 
vol. ii. p. 599 (1825). — Crdpin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxxi. pt. 2, p. 133 (1892). 
R. collina Smith in Eng. Bot. vol. xxvii. t. 1895 {non Jacquin) (1808). 
R. leucochroa Desvaux, Bot. vol. ii. p. 316 (1809) ; vol. iv. p. 113, t. 15 
(1814). 
R. systyla Bastard, FI. Maine et Loire, Suppl. p. 31 (1812). — Woods in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vol. xii. p. 230 (1818). — Bindley, Ros. Monogr. p- 1 1 1 (1820). — Smith, Eng. 
El. vol. ii. p. 395 (1824). — Syme, Eng. Bot. ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 230, t. 475 (1864). 
R. brevisty la Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. i. p. 91, t. (1817). 
R. stylosa, var. systyla Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p. 239 (1869). 
R. virginea Ripart ex Ddseglise in Joitrn. Bot. vol. xii. p. 167 (1874); xnBull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 226 {Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 57 [1877]) (1876). 
Stem tall, green, arching ; prickles scattered, stout, falcate, uniform. Leaflets 
5-7, oval or elliptical, acute, middle-sized, simply serrated, green and glabrous or 
pubescent above, slightly pubescent, rarely glabrous beneath ; petioles hardly at all 
glandular and slightly pubescent ; stipules adnate, gland-ciliated, with ovate-lanceo- 
late free tips. Flowers 3-6, in a corymb ; peduncles glandular; bracts ovate-lanceo- 
late. Calyx-tube ovoid or ellipsoid, naked ; lobes copiously pinnatifid, | in. long, 
not leaf-pointed, slightly glandular on the back. Petals pink or white, i in. long. 
Styles glabrous, loosely coherent, more or less protruded beyond the very conical 
disc. Frtiit urceolate-globose, red, naked, ripening late ; sepals deciduous. 
Rosa stylosa Desv. in one or other of its forms is a frequent plant 
in the southern counties of England and extends eastward to Styria 
and Hungary. The typical species is characterized by its veiy broad- 
based prickles with hooked point, leaflets hairy on both sides, simply 
serrate, long, somewhat glandular, hispid peduncles, glabrous styles 
more or less decidedly exserted from a very conical disc, and white 
flowers ; but much the commoner form both in Britain and on the 
continent is Rosa systyla Bast., regarded by some as a mere variety, 
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