PI. ex. cal. 
, 58. ROSACEiE. 348. Rosa. 
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348. ROSA. Pliny. Rose . 
Akenia intermixed with hairs. 
a. Rosae cinnamomeae. Stem bristled ; bristles deciduous; 
thorns often straight ; flowers Iracteated. 
1. Rosa cinnamomea. Cinnamon rose . 
Flowers bracteated ; germen globular ; lobes simple ; stem 
bristled ; leaflets lanceolate, oblong, serrate. 
Rosa cinnamomea, Lin. S. P. 703. 
Pastures; shrubby; May. 
Stem 5 feet high; bristles deciduous; thorns often straight; 
leaflets ash-green above, downy; down soft; terminal leaflet 
much the largest; petioles tomentose; stipules serrated, 
serratures glandular ; peduncles bald ; bractece very broad, 
shorter than the peduncles ; corolla reddish, cupshape \ fruit 
globose, bald, orange-colour. 
b. Rosae spinosissimae. Flowers scarcely bracteated; stem 
bristly ; bristles persistent . 
2. Rosa rubella . Reddish rose . 
Flowers not bracteated ; stem and branches bristled ; ger- 
men rather pitchershape ; leaflets serrated ; thorns very 
few, very slender, nearly equal. 
Rosa rubella, Engl. Bot. 2521. 
Sands by the sea; shrubby; July. 
Shrub 4 feet high ; leaflets elliptical, bald on both sides, 
paler beneath, two or three upper pairs and the odd one 
larger than the rest ; corolla reddish, sometimes red or va- 
riegated. 
3. Rosa spinosissima. Very-prickly rose. 
Flowers not bracteated; stem bristled; germen globular; 
leaflets serrate ; thorns crowded, very unequal in size. 
Rosa pumila spinosissima, foliis pimpinell^e glabris, flore albo, Rail 
Syn. 455, 5. 
Rosa pimpinellae folia, Ger. em. 
Rosa pimpinella, sive pomifera minor, Park. 1018. 
Rosa spinosissima, Lin. S. P. 705. 
Rosa pimpinellifolia /3, Lamarck FI. Fr, 4, 438. 
Burnet rose. Pimpernel rose. 
Pields, in gravel and sand ; shrubby ; July. 
Shrub 2 feet high, or more in the shade ; leaflets dark 
green, not shining, paler underneath, 2 upper pair and odd 
leaflet largest; corolla white, yellowish at bottom, rarely 
