I2I _ROSA PROVINCIALIS Miller 
Rosa provincialis : caule elongato, suberecto ; aculeis inaequalibus, rcctis, 
setaceis ; foliolis 5-7, oblongis, subacutis, firmis, glabris, viridibus, simpliciter 
serratis ; stipulis adnatis, apice libero ovato, glanduloso-ciliato ; floribus paucis, 
corymbosis ; pedicellis elongatis, dense glandulosis ; calycis tubo oblongo, glandu- 
loso ; lobis dorso et margine glandulosis, exterioribus copiose pinnatifidis ; petalis 
subplanis, patulis ; stylis villosis, haud protrusis ; fructu oblongo ; sepalis caducis. 
R. provincialis Miller, Card. Did. ed. 8, vol. ii. No. 18 (1768). — Aiton, Hort. 
Kew. vol. ii. p. 204 (1789); ed. 2, vol. iii. p. 261 (1811). — Roessig, Die Rosen , 
No. 58 (1802-1820). — Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxv. p. 248 (Cat. 
Rais. Ros. p. 79 [1877]) (1876). 
R. lacteola Roessig, Die Rosen , No. 41 (1802-1820). 
R. sanguineo-purpurea Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 28 (1802-1820). 
R. gallica, var. officinalis Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. i. p. 73, t. (1817); 
Prodr. Monogr. Ros. p. 90 (1820). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 603 
(1825). — Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1552 (1902). 
R. centifolia Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 64, No. 40 (ex parte) (1820). 
R. centifolia, var. K. Koch, Dendrol. vol. i. p. 252 (1869). 
R. provincialis, var. plena Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. v. pt. 2, p. 352 
(Tent. Ros. Monogr. p. 68 [1877]) (1878). 
R. gallica, var. provincialis Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 282 (1893). — Dippel, 
Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. iii. p. 566 (1893). 
Stem tall, erect. Prickles unequal, slender, straight. Leaflets 5-7, oblong, 
subacute, green, moderately firm, simply serrated, glabrous on both surfaces ; 
stipules adnate, with ovate, gland-ciliated free tips. Flowers few in a corymb, 
sweet-scented ; pedicels long, densely glandular. Calyx-tube oblong, naked or 
slightly glandular ; lobes an inch long, glandular on the back and edge, the outer 
copiously pinnatifid. Petals pink, spreading, nearly flat. Styles villous, not 
protruded beyond the disc. Fruit oblong, persistent ; sepals reflexing and falling. 
Rosa provincialis is found in Spain, Italy, and France. De 
Candolle collected it near Turin, and Ripart, Cariot, and Boullu in 
b ranee. Crepin refers to the medley of heterogeneous forms assembled 
together under the name of Rosa provincialis. He suspected that 
Willdenow had no very clear idea of what his Rosa provincialis really 
was, and says that, in view of the extremely polymorphous character 
of the forms which go to make up this section of the Gallicanae , it is 
very difficult to pronounce upon them . 1 
1 In Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xi. p. 41 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. ii. p. 157) (1872). 
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