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ROSA rubrifcdia, 



Lurid Rose, 



ICOSANDRIA POLYQYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea, Jussieu gen. 584. Div. II. Rosa. 

 ROSA. Suprh vol. l.fol. 46. 



Div. Rami impubes aculeati. setis nuUis* stylis liberis. Lindley MSS. 

 R. rubrifolia. glauca; foliolis opacis ovatis eglandulosis dhcdoribuj, den* 



tium sinubus acutangulis, aculeis sparsis uncinatis mtnoribus, sepali* 



(folioiis calycims) corolla longioribus cltd deciduis. Lindley MSS. 

 Rosa rubrifolia. Villars dauph. 3. 5*9. BeUardi in act. iaurin* 1790. 229. t. 



90. Jacq.fragm. 70. t. 106. WiUd. sp. pi. 2. 1075. Lapeyr. pyren. 



28 4. SimfA i* /2***'* cyclop, in loco. Redout? $ roses. 1. 36. (. 4. 

 Rosa rubic on da. HalLJil. tn Meemer 9 s arckiv.Jur die bot. 1. 2. 6. 

 Rosa canina/3. SuterjL heh. 1* $02. 

 Rosa lurida. Andrew's roses. 

 Rosa cinnamomea. y. Redout? s roses* 1* 134. 

 Rosa. No. 1101. 0* Hall. Hetv. 



Frutex 4^5-pedalis. Robm caninae Jade, sed ramis pauJo graeffiortburt 

 rarai impubes teretes purpurei cerini % colore in latere salt adverso intenshre: 

 aculeis stipularibus sparsisque solitariis aqualibus aduncis, adultorum pallidis 

 parvulis quandbque rectiuscidis apice incurvis. Fol. patenita glauca opaca 

 rubrotincta: stipulse glabriuscula nuda lineares. quandbque duatatte. apice 

 matte recurva. costd et totS bast sanguineis : petioli impubes subtus virides 

 suprb purpurascentes aculeis minimis raris aduncis armati. Jkxuosi? fbliola 

 oblonga, primordialta sapiils obovata v. trurwata 9 simplicity serrata. utrinque 

 nuda> subtus paUidiora. Flores parol solitarii v. in cymis subtrifhris con- 

 gested pro loco intensi v. dilute rubri. planiusculi: bractese ovato+tanceolata 

 purpurea v. fin muUifloris) l&te virides f nudm* Jloribus approximate v* dif*> 

 tantes* Pedunculi et calycis tubus ovatus nudif sepala stmplicia glandulota 

 et setigera f integra y petahs longiora. Pet. suUntegra plana basi pallidiora. 

 Stam. luiea. Discus depressus, faucas aperturam Jcr$ claudens. Ovaria 

 hirsutissima > 15-20-25. Styli breves liberi hirsuti exserti: stig. deprcssa. 

 Fructus ovatus cocdneus. sepalis deciduis. Lindley MSS. 



Native of the woods of Daupbiny, where it was found by 

 Villars. It is also indigenous in the Alps of Savoy and 

 Switzerland, in Austria about Gutenstein, among the 

 Pyrenees, and on mountains in Auvergne, 



Distinct from canina as this plant at first sight appears, a 

 careful examination will show that, except colour, it has little 

 to distinguish it from that species. It may however be known 

 by its very glaucous purple aspect, by the small size of its 

 red flowers, the very contracted orifice of the fruit, little 



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