48— ROSA FRANCOFURTANA Muench. 
(ROSA CINNAMOMEA x GALLICA) 
/^osa fraiicofurtana : caule alto, arcuato ; aculeis rainiilorum floriferorum nullis 
vel sparsis, modice robustis ; foliolis 5, tenuibus, late oblongis, basi rotundis, sim- 
pliciter serratis, magnis, facie parce, dorso densius pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, 
hand glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, apicibus liberis, magnis, lanceolatis ; floribus 
solitariis, vel paucis, corymbosis, plenis, rubellis vel albis ; pedicellis dense hispidis ; 
calycis tubo robusto, globoso, saepius hispido ; lobis ovatis, apicibus elongatis, 
compositis ; fructu ignoto. 
R. fnincofiiytana Muenchausen, Haitsv. vol. v. p. 288 (1774). — Borkhausen, 
Holz. p. 312 (1790). — Gmelin, FI. Bad. vol. ii. p. 405 (1806). 
R. tiirbiiiata Alton, Hort. Kew. vol. ii. p. 206 (1789). — Jacquin, Hoyt. Sc/wen. 
vol. iv. t. 415 (1804) ; Fyagin. p. 71, t. 107, fig. 2 (1809). — Thory in Redoute, Roses, 
vol. i. p. 127 (1817); Pyodr. Monogy. Ros. p. 118 (1820). — Bindley, Ros. Monogy. 
p. 73 (1820). — Seringe in De Candolle, Ryody. vol. ii. p. 603 (1825). — Koch, Syn. FI. 
Germ. p. 224 (1837). — Ddsdglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 255 {Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 85 [1877]) (1876). — Dippel, Haudbiich Laubholzk. vol. iii. p. 566 (1893). — 
Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleuy FI. vol. vi. p. 52 (1900). — Rehder 
in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hoyt. vol. iv. p. 1553 (1902). 
R. canipaniilata Ehrhart, Beity. zuy Natuyk. vol. vi. p. 97 (1791). — Thory in 
Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. p. 95 (1821). 
R. fyancofuyteusis Roessig, Die Rosen, No. ii (1802-1820). 
R. ineyniis Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. p. 93 (1821). 
R. cimiamomea x gallica Koehne, Deutsche Dendyol. p. 283 (1893). — C. K. 
Schneider, III. Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 549 (1906). 
Stem tall, arching; pyickles usually absent from the flowering shoots; if present, 
scattered, moderately stout. Leaflets 5, thin, broadly oblong, rounded at the base, 
simply serrated, large, slightly pubescent on the upper surface, more so beneath ; 
petioles pubescent, not glandular ; stipules adnate, with large, lanceolate, free tips. 
Flowers solitary or few, corymbose, double, pink or white, 2-3 in. chain. ; pedicels 
densely hispid. Calyx-tube stout, globose, usually hispid ; lobes ovate with a long 
point, I in. long, compound. Fruit not known. 
Rosa francofartaiia was described and figured by Clusius^ in i 583 
under the name of Rosa sine spinis, and again in 1601 ^ with a figure 
which Crepin without hesitation referred to this species. In the text 
Clusius states that he had seen the plant growing in gardens at Frank- 
* Rariorimi aliquot stirpiuin per Paymoniain . . . observatarum historia, 'p’p. io8, 109. 
^ Rarioruni plantaruyu historia, p. 1 1 5. 
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