surface is somewhat shining, yet not of a bright green, with
a few inconspicuous, depressed hairs; beneath they are paler
and more hairy. In most instances they are remarkably
flat, like those of R . Borreri of Woods, and his R . surcu-
losa (the R. canina (3. of English Flora). To both of these
our plant bears a strong general resemblance: it agrees
with them also in the usual presence of soft hairs, or feeble
setae, on the flower-stalks, and in the rather small size and
pale colour of the flowers. It differs from the former by
the simply serrated leaves; from the latter by their pubescence
; from both by the longer and less closely set pinnae
of the calyx. Its styles are hairy, sometimes, not always,
as much protruded as those.of R. surculosa. Its fruit is elliptical,
scarlet, pulpy when ripe.
The foliage of this Rose is usually devoid of any glaucous
tinge: there is however a variety with both twigs and leaves
highly caesious, which yet assimilates better with it than
with R . Forsteri, in prickles, number and pubescence of the
leaflets, and glands on the leaf-stalks. This variety has
flowers of a beautiful full pink.
To our former R . dumetorum we would now assign the
following name and synonyms :
ROSA inodora. (2579.)
R. inodora. “ Fries FI. Holland, and Nov. Suec. ed. 1.”
from his Nov. Suec. ed. 2. Ser. in DeCand. Prod.
M 2. 617.
R. Borreri. Woods Tr. o fL . Soc. v. 12.210. Sm. Engl.
FI. v. 2. 388.
R. dumetorum. Engl. Bot. v. 36. 2579. excl. the incorrect
reference to Persoon.
R rubiginosa inodora. Lindl. Ros. 88. and FI. Lond.—
Wahl. FI. Suec. 313. Fries Nov. Suec. ed. 2. 149.
Although the leaves are not perfectly scentless, we believe
this the plant of Fries, and would therefore restore
the original name. We think it essentially different from
R . rubiginosa in habit, prickles, leaves, calyx and fruit.
The leaves indeed are rarely without glands, and there
occurs, in Scotland and the North of England, a little-
known variety, in which the underside of the leaf is thickly
sprinkled, and the calyx-segments are longer and remain
on the ripening fruit.—W . B.