1 3 o— ROSA MONTANA Chaix. 
Rosa Montana : caule arcuato ; aculeis sparsis, conformibus, gracilibus ; 
foliolis 5-7 , oblongis, subacutis vel obtusis, glaucis, saepe rubro-tinctis, duplicato- 
serratis, utrinque glabris, margine et ad costam inferiorem glandulosis ; rhachi 
glabra, aciculata et glandulosa ; stipulis latis, adnatis, margine glandulosis, 
apicibus liberis, ovatis ; floribus paucis, corymbosis ; pedunculis hispidis ; calycis 
tubo oblongo, hispido vel nudo ; lobis ovatis, elongatis, compositis, dorso glandu- 
losis ; petalis rubellis, magnitudine mediocribus ; stylis liberis, villosis ; fructu 
ovoideo vel turbinato, rubro, nudo vel hispido, sepalis subpersistentibus coronato. 
R. Montana Chaix in Villars, Hist. PI. Daiiph. vol. i. p. 346 (1786); vol. iii. 
p. 547 (1789). — Nouv. D uham el, vol. vii. p. 48 (1819). — Grenier & Godron, Ft. 
France , vol. i. p. 558 (1848). — Christ, Rosen Schweiz , p. 178 (1873).— Dds^glise 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 294 {Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 124 [1877]) (1876). — 
Burnat & Gremli, Roses Alp. Mar. p. 121 (1879). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
Belg. vol. xxi. p. 71 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. vi. p. 731) (1882); vol. xxx. p. 133 
(1891); vol. xxxii. p. 95 (1893); vol. xxxiv. p. 97 (1895). — Keller in Ascherson & 
Graebner, Syn. Miiteleur FI. vol. vi. p. 228 (1901). 
R. glandulosa Bellardi in Mem. Acad. Turin , vol. v. p. 230 ( App . FI. Pedem. 
p. 24) (1792). — Koch, Syn. FI. Germ. p. 225 (1837). 
R. arvensis , var. Montana Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 1 13 (1820). 
R. rubrifolia , var. glandulosa Seringe, Mils. Helv. vol. i. p. 12, figs. 3, 4 (1818); 
in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 610 (1825). 
R. rubrifolia Montana Gaudin, FI. Helv. vol. iii. p. 348 (1828). 
R. salaevensis Rapin in Bull. Soc. Haller. 1852-1853, p. 178; Guide Bot. 
Vaud , ed. 2, p. 191 (1862). — Reuter, Cat. PI. Vase. Genbve, ed. 2, p. 64 (1861). — 
Grenier, FI. Jura. p. 229 (1865). — Godet, FI. Jura. Suppl. p. 72 (1869). — Christ, 
Rosen Schweiz , p. 176 (1873). 
R. salaevensis Verlot, Cat. PI. Dauph. p. 1 15 ( non Rapin) (1872). 
R. Montana , f. longepedunculata Christ, Rosen Schweiz , p. 180 (1873). 
R. Montana , f. sanguisorbella Christ, Rosen Schweiz , p. 18 1 (1873). 
Stem arching ; prickles scattered, uniform, more slender than in R. canina. 
Leajlets 5-7, oblong, subacute or obtuse, an inch or less long, glaucous and often 
tinged with red, glabrous on both surfaces, doubly serrated, glandular on the 
margin and midrib beneath; petioles glabrous, glandular and aciculate ; stipules 
adnate, broad, margined with copious glands, with ovate, free tips. Flowers few, 
corymbose ; peduncles hispid. Calyx-tube oblong, hispid or naked ; lobes ovate, 
with a long point, ^ in. long, compound, glandular on the back ; petals pink, not 
large. Styles free, villous. Fruit ovoid or turbinate, naked or hispid, bright red ; 
sepals subpersistent. 
Rosa Montana is a native of the mountains of central Europe, 
ranging from Dauphine and the Maritime Alps through Switzerland 
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