COMMON DOG-ROSE.

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Hysiological Effects. —Astringent and tonic (see pp. 79-80).

Uses.—E mployed in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery, passive hemor-\v 1 e CS ’ an< ^ Bitermittents. The decoction is also used as an astringent, s h and injection; as in flabby ulcers, leucorrhcea, &c. In the dysen-it nes °f cattle it is reputed efficacious. In the Feroe and Orkney islandsused to tan leather; in Lapland as a red dye.j ^Ministration.—D ose 5ss. to 3j., in powder or decoction, three or^ dines a day.

\\r Bc °CTU3f Tormentill.e , L. (Tormentil, bruised, jij.; Distilledp a, f r > Oiss. Boil down to a pint, and strain).—Astringent and tonic.1 * ntema By in chronic diarrhoea. Dose, f5j. to f3ij. SometimesPloyed as an injection in leucorrhoea.

Tribe III. — Rose^e.

Ro'sa cani'na, Linn. L. E. D.— Common Dog-Rose.

Sex. Syst. Icosandria, Polygynia.

(FructQs Pulpa, L.—Hip of R. canina, and of several allied species, E.— Fructus, D.)

p ST °RY.—The swopoSov, or Dog-Rose , of Hippocrates ( Opera , p. 587,* s ’ P er daps, Rosa canina, Linn,, which, according to SibthorpS Xv Grate, i. 349), is a native of Greece. Pliny (Hist. Nat. lib.eyniyr ' 1 ^' ed. Valp.) speaks of Rosa sylvestris, which he says is calledon v*°don (i. e . Dog-rose) ; but as he describes the sponge as growing°n Probably referred to Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet Briar, or Eglantine),Bo 1C l d is more frequently found than on any other species,the ]• ^ NY ' Gen. Char. —Apex of the tube of the calyx contracted;^dcat rl ^ ve ’P art ed 5 segments during aestivation somewhat spirally im-^(ir n pi a ^ die apex, often pinnatisect. Petals five. Stamens numerous,many, inserted on the calyx, subsequently baccate, inclosed

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style cal yx, dry, indehiscent, somewhat crustaceous, bearing thetal yx 0t f! die inner side. Styles exserted from the narrowed tube of thed' ee or aggregated into a columnar style. Seed in an akenium,^hrufjl ’ exa, iBuminous, inverted ; embryo straight ; cotyledons flat.—^tipul ° T Slna d trees. Leaves pinnate, with an odd one ; leaflets senate.a dnate to the petiole (D. C.)

thei r d* ^ Ali '— trickles unifonn, hooked. Leaves naked or slightly hairy;hot Un -. s | oimidulose. Calyx-segments fully pinnate, deciduous. StylesTh 1 e< Shoots assurgent (Hooker).

0r ®) asV if* ®" oses answering to these characters are subdivided by Hooker (British

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ft < ^ llna "nods, Smith. Leaflets carinate; serratures simple.

5cir atu r . rrnen tacea Woods, Smith. R. canina, Curtis. Leaflets naked, carinate;

y. ^ compound.

*• B. d!!^ U j° sa 'V°"ds. it. canina 0, Smith. Leaflets naked, flat; serratures simple.

'• it. p Qr e , t(irur n Woods, Smith. Leaflets more or less hairy, flat.

d ,; Cat)(i \ en ' c °dina Woods. Leaflets more or less hairy, not flat.

^ e G J rodr. ii. 613) admits no less than nineteen varieties of it. canina, Linn.

eiec b a(f Ca/, ]° W var ' a ble in denseness. Shoots more or less arched or^°°ked ^ 01( IU K to the vigour of the plant. Prickles not very numerous

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aieq U / ' a dous degrees, and compressed ; their base considerablyeo flets variable in width; their serratures, although scarcely