. Flowers of the field. Botany. !=;« ROSACE 7E very pinnate ; fruit oblong-urceolate, red.—Hedges and thickets ; common. -Fl. June, July. Perennial. 6. R. ciflanltria (Sweet Briar).—vVn erect, compact bush with many prickles, the larger ones hooked, the smaller unequal, straight; leaflets doubly serrate, downy, and glandular beneath, mostly rounded at the base ; very fragrant ; flowers 1—4 together, deep rose-colour ; Sepals very pinnate, persistent ; frint pear-shaped, becoming globose, red.—Chiefly on clialk. The Eglantine of the poets, with the exception of Milton, whose " twisted egla
. Flowers of the field. Botany. !=;« ROSACE 7E very pinnate ; fruit oblong-urceolate, red.—Hedges and thickets ; common. -Fl. June, July. Perennial. 6. R. ciflanltria (Sweet Briar).—vVn erect, compact bush with many prickles, the larger ones hooked, the smaller unequal, straight; leaflets doubly serrate, downy, and glandular beneath, mostly rounded at the base ; very fragrant ; flowers 1—4 together, deep rose-colour ; Sepals very pinnate, persistent ; frint pear-shaped, becoming globose, red.—Chiefly on clialk. The Eglantine of the poets, with the exception of Milton, whose " twisted eglantine " IS the Honeysuckle.—Fl. Ma>—July. Ki'. CANi\A { 7. R. iiiierdiitha (Small-flowered .Sweet Priar).—A .small bush with long arched branches, i-qual houkeilprickles, ;uk1 faint odour ; leaves doubly serrate, downy and glandular henealh, rounded at the ha^e,;flozi'ers 1 in. across, on bristly sl>";lks, pale rose-colour; friiit small, urceolate, scarlet.—Not Fl. July, August. Perennial. 8. R. ai^rest/s (Slighth'-scented l^riar').- A similar species, differing in having rather unequal lioqked pnckles with a f'vi bristles and glandular hairs-; leaflets less rounded at the base ; flowers usually with smooth stalks ; sepals more. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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