somewhat converging; disk not distinct; styles villous. 
Fruit small, round or ovate, dull pale red, naked.” 
“TI have already (under Rosa blanda) attempted to 
explain why this, the original Rosa blanda, should not now 
be distinguished by that appellation. In determining on 
another for it, I have thought it right to take the oldest, 
excepting Miller’s, for which probably no one will con- 
tend. ‘The description of Bosc’s Rosa corymbosa answers so 
closely to this species that I have few doubts. of the propriety 
of citing it here. So little reason was there to suppose this 
to be a variety of Rosa blanda, that; in the last edition of 
the Hortus Kewensis, it has actually been considered as not 
distinct from Rosa alpina.” 
“« Gathered in Newfoundland by Sir Joseph Banks.” 
“ The want of prickles distinguishes this from most of 
the section. Rosa blanda when unarmed, as it often is, is 
readily known by the downy stalks of its leaves. Cinnamo- 
mea in a similar state may. be recognized by the same cha- 
racter, with the addition of the majority of its leaves on its 
stipules being inflexed at the edge, not reflexed.” Lindley 
monogr. 26, 27. 
___ The drawing for this article was kindly contributed by 
Mr. Lindley; from whose able Monograph of the genus 
the above synonymy and account of the species have been 
* borrowed. 
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