348. Rosa. 58. ROSACEJE. 
PI. ex. ca r 
56S 
pale red, or with reddish veins, or white with a pink spot ; 
fruit. bald, globular or depressed, dark purple, then black* 
sometimes blood red. — Ripe fruit eaten either raw, or pre- 
served ; juice dyes silk arid cotton of a peach colour. 
4. Rosa involuta. Involuted rose . 
Flowers not bracteated ; stem bristly ; germen globular ; 
leaflets doubly serrate, bald above ; thorns very crowded. 
Rosa involuta, Smith Ft. Brit. 1398. 
Western coast of Scotland; shrubby; June. 
Shrub 3 feet high ; bristles persistent ; leaflets elliptic* 
bald above; main rib sometimes hairy, glandular; veins 
beneath rough ; upper pair and odd leaflet largest; corolla 
eupshape, petals reverse heartshape, reddish, whitish at 
bottom ; fruit bristly. 
5. Rosa Doniana. Don rose . 
Flowers not bracteated; stem bristty; calyx-lobes simple;, 
leaflets doubly serrate, hirsute on both sides ; thorns straight,, 
unequal, scattered. 
Rosa Doniana, Woods in Lin. Tr. 12, 185. 
Mountains; shrubby; June. 
Shrub 2 or 5 feet high; bristles persistent; leaflets ellip- 
tic, upper pair and odd leaflet largest ; corolla expanded ; 
petals white, reverse heartshape ; fruit globular, bristly. 
6. Rosa gracilis. Slender rose. 
Flowers not bracteated ; stem bristly ; calyx lobes simple ; 
leaflets doubly serrate, hirsute on both sides ; large thorns, 
sicklelike. 
Rosa villosa, Engl. Bot. 583. 
Hills; shrubby; June. 
Shrub 10 feet high; bristles persistent; leaflets elliptic* 
edge and main rib beneath glandular ; upper pair and odd 
leaflet largest ; flower nearly saucershape ; petals reverse 
heartshape, beautifully reddish, white at bottom ; fruit 
globose. 
7. Rosa Sabini. Sabine rose . 
Flowers not bracteated ; stem bristly; germen globular; 
calyx-lobes pinnate ; leaflets doubly serrate. 
Rosa Sabini, Woods in Lin. Tr. 12, 186. 
Mountains; shrubby; June. 
