i2o— ROSA PARVI FOLIA Ehrhart 
BURGUNDIAN ROSE 
Rosa parvifolia : caule nano, erecto ; aculeis sparsis, setaceis, infimis leviter 
uncinatis ; foliolis 5, parvis, firm is, oblongis, simpliciter serratis, facie glabris, dorso 
pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente et glandulosa ; stipulis longe adnatis, glanduloso- 
ciliatis, apice libero parvo ; floribus solitariis, parvis, rubris, plenis ; pedunculis 
parce setosis ; calycis tubo late turbinato, nudo vel parce setoso ; lobis ovatis, 
cuspidatis, simplicibus vel parce pinnatifidis, pubescentibus, dorso hand glandulosis ; 
stylis liberis, inclusis ; fructu parvo, globoso, coriaceo ; sepalis deciduis. 
R. parvifolia Ehrhart, Beitr. zur Naturk. vol. vi. p. 97 (1791). — Lindley, 
Ros. Monogr. p. 70, No. 42 (1820) ; in Bot. Reg. vol. vi. t. 452 (1820). 
R. burgundiaca Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 4 (1802-1820). 
R. remensis De Candolle in Lamarck & De Candolle, FI. Franq. ed. 3, vol. iv. 
pt. 2, p. 443 (1805). 
R. pomponia Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. iii. p. 107 (1824). 
Stem dwarf, erect ; prickles scattered, setaceous, the lowest slightly hooked. 
Leaflets 5, oblong, firm in texture, simply serrated, glabrous on the upper surface, 
pubescent beneath ; petioles pubescent and glandular ; stipules adnate, gland-ciliated, 
with small free points. Flowers solitary, always double, bright red, an inch in 
diameter ; peduncles slightly setose. Calyx-tube broadly turbinate, naked, or 
slightly setose ; lobes ovate-acuminate, half an inch long, simple or slightly com- 
pound, pubescent, not glandular on the back. Styles free, included. Fruit small, 
globose, coriaceous ; sepals deciduous. 
The earliest figure of this beautiful little Rose is to be found in 
Tabernaemontanus’ Kreuterbuch of 1664, 1 under the name of Rosa 
provincialis minor. Linnaeus does not notice it, although he had in 
his herbarium a specimen, sent by Du Roi, labelled “ Rosa pulcher- 
rima mna , dicta Rosa burgidatensis. 
Certain writers do not appear to have clearly distinguished 
between the different varieties of dwarf Roses to which the name 
Pompon has generally been given irrespective of the groups to which 
they belong. What is usually understood by a Pompon Rose is one 
which is much dwarfed in all its parts. The term is an apt one, and 
if used in a broad sense it is not misleading. The true Rosa pomponia 
1 P. 1494, fig. 4. 
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