RYDBERG: NOTES ON ROSACEAE 59 
Lindley recognized a so-called glabrous R. blanda and described 
it under the name R. fraxinifolia Borkh., but Borkhausen’s 
description does not agree with Lindley’s conception of R. fraxini- 
folia. Neither does C. C. Gmelin’s description,* which has been 
cited as a synonym of R. blanda. Lindley included in this R. 
fraxinifolia not only R. blanda a of Solander’s manuscript, i.e., 
the Newfoundland rose, but also the R. blanda described and 
figured by N. J. Jacquint The former is, as shown by Fernald, 
nothing but R. virginiana Mill. and belongs to a different group, 
the CAROLINAE, instead of the CINNAMOMIAE. Jacquin’s R. 
blanda is probably the same as the cultivated specimens mentioned 
by Aiton. Jacquin described R. blanda as being perfectly glabrous 
both as to the leaves and the hypanthium. His illustration does 
not in any way indicate that his plant was’ R. virginiana. In 
nearly every respect, it suggests R. blanda, except that both the 
illustration and the text inform us that it was glabrous. Is there 
such a plant, and what name should it bear? As stated before, 
Lindley recognized such a plant, though he erroneously included 
in it R. blanda a of Solander, from Newfoundland, which had a 
glandular bristly hypanthium. Neither can the name which he 
adopted be used for the reason given above. Crépin, who had 
seen the original specimens of R. blanda a, and had written on 
the sheet “‘verus R. lucida,” i.e., R. virginiana, recognized a 
glabrous R. blanda, and described it as R. blanda glabra. As this 
plant evidently has no valid name, I gave it the name R. subblanda 
in the North American Flora. 
28. RosA SUBBLANDA Rydberg 
This species is much rarer than R. dblanda and wholly confined 
to the Northeast. The following specimens may be cited: 
QuEBEcC: Mrs. Persival; Cape Enrage, Bic, Wiliams, Collins 
& Fernald. 
VERMONT: Gardener’s Island, Lake Champlain, Faxon; Royal- 
ton, Eggleston. 
NEw York: Bluff Point, Lake Champlain, Vail. 
* Fl. Bad. 2: 413. 1806. 
t Fragmenta pl. 107. 1809. 
