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R. arvensis, Huds. Trailing Dog Rose....
β. flexuosa. Shoots flexuous; leaves ovate lanceolate, shining, scarcely glaucuous beneath...The variety β. flexuosa appears to be a plant connecting it with R. sempervirens in its general appearance, but that species has the leaves persistent, which is not the case with our plant. And some of its varieties so nearly approach the Ayrshire Rose, (R. capriolata, Neil.) that it is difficult to distinguish them from each other; indeed De Candolle has united them, and considers it only as a variety.