I29 — ROSA CORI IFOLIA Fries. 
Rosa coriifolia : caule erecto vel arcuato, viridi ; aculeis satins parvis, con- 
formibus, sparsis, uncinatis ; foliolis 5-7, late ovalibus, acutis, simplidter serratis, 
utrinque griseis, molliter pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, haud glandulosa ; 
stipulis adnatis, apice libero ovato ; floribus 1-4, corymbosis ; pedunculis bre- 
vissimis, nudis ; bracteis ovatis ; calycis tubo subgloboso, nudo ; lobis copiose 
pinnatifidis, dorso haud glandulosis ; petalis albis vel rubris ; stylis dense villosis, 
liberis, haud protrusis ; fructu globoso, rubro, nudo ; sepalis erectis coronato. 
R. coriifolia Fries, Novit. FI. Suec. p. 33 (1814). — Seringe in De Candolle, 
Prodr. vol. ii. p. 623 (1825). — Reuter, Cat. Pl. Vase. Geubve, ed. 2, p. 69 (1861). — 
Desdglise, Ess. Mon. Pos. p. 86 (1861) ; Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 379 {Cat. 
Pais. Pos. p. 210 [1877]) (1876). — Syme in Eng. Bot. ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 220, t. 472 
(1864). — Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 215 (1888). — Keller in Ascherson 
& Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. FI. vol. vi. p. 199 (1901). — C. K. Schneider, III. 
Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 566 (1906). 
R. sepium Lamarck, FI. Fr. vol. iii. p. 129 (1778). — Borkhausen ex Rau, 
Enum. 90 (1816). 
R. crassifolia Wallman in Liljeblad, Svensk FI. ed. 3, p. 268 (1792). 
R. frutetorum Besser, Cat. Hort. Crem. ed. 3, p. 20 (1816); Enum. Plant. 
Volk. Podol. p. 18 (1822). 
R. bractescens Woods in Trans. Finn. Soc. vol. xii. p. 216 (1818). — Smith, 
Eng. FI. vol. ii. p. 391 (1824). — Borrer in Flooker, Brit. FI. p. 239 (1830). 
R. sepincola Swartz ex Fries, Novit. ed. 2, p. 147 (1828). 
R. monticola Rapin, Guide Bot. Vaud, ed. 2, p. 194 {ex parte) (1862). 
R. solstitialis Grenier, Fl.Jur. vol. i. p. 237 {non Besser) (1865). 
R. canina, var. coriifolia Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p. 235 (1869). 
R. hirta H. Braun, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. vol. xxxv. p. 108 (1885). 
Stems erect or arching, green. Prickles rather small, hooked, scattered, 
uniform. Leaflets 5-7, broadly oval, acute, simply toothed, grey and pubescent on 
both surfaces ; petioles pubescent, not glandular ; stipules adnate, with ovate free 
tips. Flowers 1-4, corymbose ; peduncles very short, naked ; bracts ovate. Calyx- 
tube subglobose, naked ; lobes copiously pinnatifid, not glandular on the back. 
Petals white or deep pink. Styles free, very villous, not protruded beyond the disc. 
Fruit globose, bright red, naked, ripening in September, crowned by the erect 
sepals. 
This Rose, which many authors have considered a form of our 
Rosa camna L., is common throughout Europe and extends to western 
Asia. Other British forms are : 
Rosa glauca \ 7 ill. (Rosa Reuteri Godet), with glabrous, simply 
serrated leaves. 
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