128 — ROSA CAN IN A, var. GLOBOSA Desv. 
Rosa canina, var. globosa : a typo recedit calycis tubo fructuque perfecte 
globoso. 
R . canina, var. globosa Desvaux in Journ . Bot. vol. ii. p. 114 (1813). 
R. sphaerica Grenier in Schultz, Archiv. FI. de France et d'All. p. 333 
( ! 855). — Boreau, FI. Cent. France , ed. 3, vol. ii. p. 222 (1857). — Des^glise in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 321 (Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 152 [1877]) (1876). 
R. canina , var sphaerica Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p. 227 (1869). — 
Godet, FI. Jur. Suppl. p. 75 (1869). 
This is a slight variety of Rosa canina L., distinguished by its 
glabrous leaflets, with simple toothing, naked peduncles, globose 
calyx-tube and fruit, and sepals deciduous before the late-ripening fruit 
turns red. 
In his Monograph of British Roses Mr. Baker gives the characters 
distinguishing it from Rosa lutetiana Lem. as broader leaflets more 
rounded at the base, slightly pubescent petioles, globose fruit 7-8 
lines broad and deep, and more villous styles. Major Wolley-Dod 1 
considers the hairiness of the styles a weak character and the breadth 
of the leaflets very variable, and he regards the globose fruit, together 
with the ascending sepals, as the main features of this Rose. Dr. 
Christ, however, does not consider the fruit a sufficiently definite 
character, bearing in mind the fact that many varieties have globose 
fruit, and that there are forms almost identical in Rosa tomentosa 
Smith, Rosa Eglanteria L., etc. 
This Rose ranges as a wild plant from England as far east as 
Austria. In England it has been collected near Eastbourne, at 
Lewes, in Cheshire, in Devonshire, and in other parts. Mr. Baker 
has specimens collected at Geneva and at Besancon which in no way 
differ from those gathered in England. 
1 The Subsection Eu-Caninae of the Genus Rosa, p. 31 (Supplement to Journ. of Bot. vol. xlvi.; (1908). 
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