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19. ROSA taurica. 
R. elatior cinerea, aculeis sparsis debilibus, ramis 
strictis apicem versus inermibus, foliolis oblongis 
rugosis subtus villosis, sepalis compositis, stylis por- 
rectis glabriusculis. 
R. taurica Bieb. taur. cauc. 1. 394. Poir. enc. bot. 
suppl. 
Hab. in dumetis Tauris, Steven. 
With the habit of R. cinnamomea; from which it 
differs in having the leaves more villous beneath and 
less glaucous; the petioles armed with numerous little 
prickles ; the segments of the calyx shorter, some of 
them divided at the base; styles half as long as the 
stamens, pubescent only at the base and under the 
stigmas, otherwise naked; peduncles often in pairs, 
sometimes solitary or three together. The round tube 
of the calyx and the peduncles smooth; stem arm 
with recurved prickles. Bieberstein. 
Native of northern Asia, and only known from the 
description of Marschall von Bieberstein. It seems, 
however, well distinguished from its congeners by its 
compound sepals and exserted, smooth styles. 
