102— ROSA LHERITIERANEA 
(ROSA CHINENSIS x PENDULINA) 
BOURSAULT ROSE 
Rosa Lheritieranea : caulibus elongatis, erectis ; foliolis angustis, oblongis, 
magnitudine mediocribus, viridibus, simpliciter serratis, utrinque glabris ; rhachi 
glabra ; stipulis adnatis, hand glanduloso-ciliatis, latis, apicibiis liberis, ovatis ; 
floribus panels vel multis, corymbosis ; pedunculis niidis ; bracteis lanceolatis ; 
calycis tiibo globoso, nudo ; lobis simplicibiis, apicibus elongatis, dorso nudis ; 
petalis riibris ; stylis liberis, hand protrusis ; fructu ignoto. 
R. Lheritieranea Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. iii. p. 21, t. (1824). 
R. recliuata Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. iii. p. 79, t. (1824). — Redder in 
Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1555 (1902). 
R. alpina x indica, var. odor at a Focke, Pfl. MiscJiI. p. 141 (1881). 
R. chinensis pend idina Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 281 (1893). — Keller in 
Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mittelenr. Ft. vol. vi. p. 371 (1902). 
R. alpina x indica Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxxiii. p. 32 (1894). 
Stems long, erect ; prickles none on the flowering shoots in the form drawn. 
Leaflets fine, oblong, middle-sized, thin, bright green, simply serrated, glabrous 
on both surfaces ; petioles glabrous ; stipules adnate, not gland-ciliated, broad 
upwards, with ovate free tips. Flowers few or many, in a corymb ; peduncles 
naked ; bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube globose, naked ; lobes simple, long-pointed, 
naked on the back. Petals bright red. Styles free, not protruded beyond the 
di.se. Fruit not seen. 
In his catalogue of Roses grown in France, published in 1829,^ 
N. Desportes mentions several Boursault Roses which he names 
respectively Boursaiiltiana, multiplex, plena, and caniea ; the last is 
a single Rose. Max Singer in his Dictionnaire ties Koses^ gives 
Rosier Boursault a fleurs doubles,” Laffay. But Singer is not 
always trustworthy m his information ; he speaks of Thory, Laffay, 
and Cartier as raisers of Roses, although Thory never raised Roses, 
but only described them ; and he does not mention Cugnot, who, 
according to Desportes and Thory, was the originator of the Bour- 
sault Rose. 
In the catalogue of the Roseraie de I' Hay, Laffay is said to have 
* Desportes, Roses cultivees en France, au nonibre de 2562 varietCs. (Paris.) 
^ Vol. i. p. 23 (1885). 
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