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ROSA micrantha.
Small-flowered Sweet Briar.
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ICOSANDRIA Polygynia.
Gen. Char. Cal. urnshaped, fleshy, contracted at
the orifice, terminating in 5 segments. Petals 5.
Seeds numerous, bristly, fixed to the inside of the
calyx.
Spec. Char. Fruit ovate, somewhat bristly, as well
as the flower-stalks. Stem straggling, with scattered
hooked prickles. Leaflets ovate, acute, clothed
beneath with rusty-coloured glands.
-*Vl_ R. W. BORRER has communicated to us the present Rose,
under the above name. He observes that it is common in hedges
and thickets, and is nearly related to R. ruhiginosa, t. 991, hut
much less prickly, less bushy, and more like canina, t. 992, in
mode of growth. The leaflets are less rounded, less rusty beneath,
and not so fragrant as those of ruhiginosa. Flowers
smaller and paler, being less than in any other British Rose.
Fruit with a more gradual neck, not of the pear-like shape usual
in that species. It varies in roughness. The footstalks, and
backs of the leaves, are downy as well as glandular.
We are well aware of this species, or variety, whichsoever it
may be judged, and we recommend gardeners, and planters of
hedges, to be on their guard against it, as much inferior to the
true Sweet Briar in scent and compactness, as well as in the
beauty of its blossoms. It is much the most common of the two;
but those who force Sweet Briar about London, have generally
taken care to procure the right sort. In the character of our
t. 991, the fruit should be defined ohovate.
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