ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Rosa. 
615 
Much resembling R. tomentosa, but having 'prickles more straight and 
slender, leaves harsher, and petals white, only blotched with red. E. Bot. 
A very distinct species from R. tomentosa, and readily distinguishable by 
its fruit, from either that or R. villosa. The buds are peculiarly hand¬ 
some when sufficiently expanded to show the bright red tints, with which 
the outer edge of the white petals are marked. Winch. Notwithstanding 
the above respectable testimony, and specimens kindly communicated by 
Mr. Winch, which certainly in the individuals demonstrate an obvious 
difference at least, as regarding the fruit, that of R. scabriuscula appearing 
far more globose and bristly than that of R. tomentosa, (vera,) there is 
reason to question the permanency, both of those characteristics, and 
also of the one derived from the more or less pubescence or harshness of 
the leaves. That very accurate observer, Mr. Winch, himself admits such a 
probability; and, in confirmation of the more recent arrangement of Smith 
and others, Purton remarks, ee I have a specimen of R scabriuscula which 
accords perfectly with the figure and description in E. Bot. On the same 
bush I have frequently found the unripe fruit smooth, without the calyx ; 
others ripe, with the flower-stalk and fruit bristly; and the latter still 
crowned by the calyx. The leaves of the branches supporting the smooth 
fruit were smooth underneath, whilst those bearing bristly fruit were 
more or less pubescent.” 
Roughish-leaved Dog Rose. Welsh: Rhosyn lledarw. R. scabriuscula. 
E. Bot. Woods. Tr. Linn. Soc. v. xii. Winch. Geog. Distr. With. Ed. 6. 
R. tomentosa /3, Eng. FI. a, Hook. Grev. Purt. In Ennerdale, and by the 
river Greta, near Keswick. Mr. Winch. In Anglesey, but not common. 
Welsh. Bot. E.) 
(R. Hiber'nica. Fruit nearly globose, smooth : flower-stalks smooth: 
prickles of the stem slightly hooked: leafits elliptical, smooth, 
with hairy ribs. 
E. Bot. 2196. 
Fruit slightly elongated upwards, but always round and broad at the base. 
Stem six feet high, upright, much branched, and very prickly. Prickles 
scattered. Flower-stalks often solitary, often two or three together. 
Petals pale blush-coloured. Styles distinct at the base. It is remarka¬ 
ble for continuing in blossom from the early part of June to the middle of 
November. The scarlet fruit distinguishes this species from every variety 
of R. spinosissima. E. Bot. 
Irish Rose. Discovered in the county of Down, growing abundantly about 
Belfast harbour, by John Templeton, Esq. who consequently became 
entitled to the reward of £50, offered by the patrons of Botany at Dub¬ 
lin, for the discovery of a new Irish plant. P. June—Nov. E.) 
(2) Fruit ovate. 
R. RUBiGiNcfsA. (Fruit obovate, bristly towards the base : calyx pinnate: 
prickles hooked, pompressed, with smaller, straighter ones inter¬ 
spersed : leafits elliptical, doubly serrated, hairy, clothed be¬ 
neath with rusty-coloured glands. Sm. E.) 
(Hook. FI. Lond. 116— E. Bot. 991. E.)— Ft. Dan. 870 — Jacq. Austr. 50— 
Wale. — Ger. Em. 1269. 1, left hand Jig. — Park. Par. 419. 8. 
Branches smooth, but with scattered rather large prickles. Leafits ge¬ 
nerally seven, egg-shaped, pointed, scattered underneath with rubiginous 
