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XXVII. ROSACEiE: ROSE7E. 
[ Rosa . 
Open bushy commons, thickets and hedges, in the south of 
England. Abundant on chalk and gravel in some parts of Sussex 
and Surrey. Essex. South of Ireland. 1 j. 6,7. — United to the 
next by Mr. Bentham. 
j [ Prickles various, intermixed with seta;. 
13. R. rubigindsa Linn, (true S.) ; prickles numerous, larger 
uncinate, smaller subulate, leaflets doubly serrate bairy glan- 
dulose beneath mostly rounded at the base, calyx -segments 
and pinnte elongated persistent, primordial Iruit pear-shaped. 
E. B. t. 991. 
Open bushy places, chiefly in the south of England. Abundant 
in some places on chalk : more rare in moist hedges. About Edin- 
burgh ; and near Passage in Ireland. h • 6, 7. 
14. R. sepium Thuill. (small-leaved S.) ; prickles numerous, 
larger curved, smaller subulate; leaflets small doubly serrate 
hairy acute at each end glandulose beneath, calyx-segments and 
pinnaj elongated, fruit ovate ? Borr. in E. B. S. t. 2653. 
Near Bridport, Warwickshire. Heyford Leys, near Upper Hey- 
ford, Oxfordshire. h ■ 6, 7. — United by Mr. Bentham to the last, 
of which it is probably a variety. 
ff Leaves eglandulose. 
1 Styles distinct, included or nearly so. 
15. R. caninu L. (common D.) ; prickles uniform hooked 
leaves naked or slightly hairy, their disk eglandulose, calyx- 
segments fully pinnate deciduous, styles not united, shoots as- 
surgent. — a. leaflets naked carinate, serratures simple. E. B. 
t. 992. — 3. leaflets naked carinate, serratures compound. R. 
sarmentacea Woods : E. B. S. t. 2595. — y. leaflets naked 
flat, serratures simple. R. surculosa Woods. — S. leaflets more 
or less hairy flat. R. dumetorum Thuill. : E. B. S. t. 2610. — 
t. leaflets more or less hairy not flat. R. Forsteri Sm. : E. B. S. 
t. 2611. 
Thickets, hedges, &c., very common, h . 6, 7. 
16. R. bractescens Woods (hracteated D.) ; calyx-tube globose, 
prickles hooked, leaflets simply serrate downy beneath bracteas 
overtopping the fruit. 
About Ulverston, Lancashire ; and Ambleside, Westmoreland. lj . 
6, 7. — Styles woolly ; apparently a mere variety of the last. 
17. R. rs'swSm, (glaucous I).) ; prickles uniform uncinate, 
leaflets doubly serrate downy their disk eglandulose, calyx 
sparingly pinnate, styles not united, shoots assurgent. — a. pu - 
besctns ; base of prickles not elongated, peduncles naked or 
sparingly setose, leaflets slightly downy, fruit ovate-urceolate. 
