PL ex. cal. 
53. ROSACEA. 34-8. Rosa. 
573 
Shrub 8 feet high ; leaflets elliptic, upper pair and odd 
leaflet largest, very deeply serrate, above bald, dull ; ser- 
ratures cartilaginous at the tip; flowers rather flat, pale 
reddish ; fruit elliptic. 
22. Rosa Hibernica . Irish rose. 
Germen globose ; thorns hooked, unequal ; leaflets ser- 
rate. 
Rosa Hibernica, Engl. Hot. 2196. 
Ireland; shrubby; June to November. 
Shrub 3 feet high ; leaflets elliptic, upper pair and odd 
leaflet largest, above bald, rather glaucous ; beneath hairy, 
especially the main rib ; styles simple ; fruit globular, 
sometimes drawn out at the throat. 
23. Rosa canina. Dog rose. 
Styles distinct; stem-thorns hooked ; petiole-thorns sickle- 
shape; leaflets keeled, serrated, bald. 
Rosa sylvestris inodora, seu canina, Jtaii Syn. 454, 1 ; Park. 1017. 
Rosa canina inodora, Ger. em . 
Rosa canina, Lin. S. P. 704. 
Wild briar. Dog rose. Hep-tree. 
Hed ges and bushy places ; shrubby ; June. 
Shrub spreading, 8 feet high; leaflets narrow, elliptic, 
upper pair and odd leaflet largest, keeled, point turned on 
one side, quite bald, young leaves shining as if varnished ; 
serratures pointed, unequal; flowers reddish, rarely white; 
the buds redder than the expanded flower ; fruit elliptic, 
quite bald, shining, scarlet. — Fruit eatable, and made into 
a conserve ; a decoction of the shoots, and especially of 
the roots, drank as an agreeable and exhilarating tea ; dried 
leaves used as a substitute for China tea ; flowers preserved 
with sugar and honey, and also used to prepare a spirituous 
liquor. 
24. Rosa surculosa . Shooting rose „ 
Styles distinct ; thorns hooked ; leaflets flat, serrate, bald. 
Rosa surculosa. Woods in Lin. Tr. 12, 228. 
Roadsides and bushy places ; shrubby ; June. 
Shrub 8 feet high ; leaflets elliptical, pointed, upper pair 
mid odd leaflet largest, odd leaflet heartshape at the base, 
above slightly hairy ; beneath bald, dark ; younger leaves 
purplish ; flowers reddish ; styles porrected ; fruit elliptic, 
broad, red. 
