! 3 5— ROSA POUZINI Tratt. 
Rosa Pouzini : caule arcuato ; aculeis sparsis, conformibus, magnis, falcatis ; 
foliolis 5-7, parvis, viridibus, ovatis vel oblongis, acutis, duplicato - serratis, 
saepissime utrinque glabris, rare dorso pubescentibus, margine copiose et ad venas 
faciei inferioris interdum obscure gland ulosis ; rhachi dense glandulosa, aciculata, 
saepissime glabra ; stipulis adnatis, margine copiose glandulosis, apicibus liberis, 
lanceolatis ; floribus 1-3 ; pedunculis brevibus, hispidis ; calycis tubo angusto, nudo 
vel hispido ; lobis ovato-acuminatis, copiose pinnatifidis, margine glandulosis ; 
petalis parvis, rubellis ; stylis liberis, glabris ; fructu ovoideo vel turbinato, rubro, 
nudo vel hispido ; sepalis patulis, deciduis. 
R. Pouzini Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 112 (1823). — Verlot, Cat. PI. 
Daiiph. p. 1 15 (1872). — Ddsdglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 342 [Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 173 [1877]) (1876). — Burnat & Gremli, Roses Alp. Mar. p. 96 (1879). — 
Willkomm & Lange, Prodr. FI. Hisp. vol. iii. p. 215 (1880). — Koehne, Deutsche 
Dendrol. p. 289 (1893). — Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. FI. 
vol. vi. p. 151 (1901). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handb2ich Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 563 
(1906). 
R. micrantka De Candolle in Lamarck & De Candolle, FI. Frang. ed. 3, 
vol. v. p. 539 (1815). — Poiret in Lamarck’s Encycl. Suppl. vol. iv. p. 714 [non 
Smith) (1816). 
R. graveolens Grenier & Godron, FI. France , vol. i. p. 560 [ex parte) (1848). 
R. hispanica Boissier & Reuter, Piigill. PI. Hispan. p. 44 [non Miller) (1852). 
R. Diomedis Grenier ex D6s£glise in Billotia , vol. i. p. 121 (1869). 
R. vicina Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. viii. pp. 241, 289 [Primit. Monogr. 
Ros. fasc. i. pp. 20, 68) (1869) ; vol. xxi. p. 70 [Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. vi. p. 730) 
(1882). 
R. inconsiderata Dtisdglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 344 [Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 175 [1877]) (1876). 
Stem arching; prickles large, uniform, scattered, hooked. Leaflets 5-7, ovate 
or oblong, acute, small, green, doubly serrated, usually glabrous on both surfaces, 
rarely pubescent beneath, copiously glandular on the margin and often obscurely 
on the ribs beneath ; petioles densely glandular and aciculate, usually glabrous ; 
stipides adnate, margined with glands, free tips lanceolate. Flowers 1-3 ; peduncles 
short, hispid. Calyx-tube narrow, naked or hispid ; lobes ovate-acuminate, 1 inch 
long, copiously compound, glandular on the edges. Petals small, pink. Styles 
free, glabrous or glabrescent. Fruit ovoid or turbinate, bright red, naked or 
hispid ; sepals spreading, deciduous. 
Rosa Pouzini is found in southern Europe, where it ranges from 
Spain to Greece. In the south of France it has been collected in 
more than a dozen different localities, but it does not appear to extend 
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