143 — ROSA ORIENTALIS Dupont 
Rosa orient alls : caule brevi, erecto, ramoso ; aculeis conformibus, sparsis, 
gracilibus, rectis ; foliolis 5-7, oblongis, obtusis, simpliciter serratis, facie tenuiter 
dorso dense griseo-pubescentibus, eglandulosis ; rhachi pubescente ; stipulis adnatis, 
pubescentibus, margine eglandulosis, apicibus liberis ovatis ; floribus solitariis ; 
pedunculis brevibus, nudis vel hispidis ; calycis tubo globoso, hispido ; lobis ovatis, 
acuminatis, simplicibus vel parce compositis, pubescentibus ; petalis rubellis, mag- 
nitudine mediocribus ; stylis liberis, villosis ; fructu magno, ovoideo vel turbinato, 
rubro, hispido, sepalis erectis persistentibus coronato. 
R. orient alls Dupont ex Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 607 (1825).' — 
Boissier, FI. Orient, vol. ii. p. 680 (187 2). — Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. 
p. 278 (Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 109 [1877]) (1876). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 
vol. xxi. p. 34 (Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. vi. p. 694) (1882). — Christ in Boissier, FI. 
Orient. Suppl. p. 225 (1888). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. 
p. 551 (1906). 
Stem short, erect, branched ; prickles scattered, uniform, slender, straight. 
Leaflets 5-7, oblong, obtuse, 1 in. or less long, simply, openly serrated, thinly grey- 
pubescent on the upper surface, densely so and not at all glandular beneath ; petioles 
pubescent, not glandular ; stipules adnate, pubescent, with ovate free tips. Flowers 
solitary ; peduncles short, naked or hispid. Calyx-tube globose, hispid ; lobes 
ovate-acuminate, ^ in. long, simple or nearly so, pubescent. Corolla pink, middle- 
sized. Styles free, densely villous. Fruit, large, ovoid or turbinate, hispid, an 
inch in diameter, bright red, crowned by the erect persistent sepals. 
Rosa orientalis inhabits the mountains of Asia Minor and Persia, 
where it ascends to altitudes of 6,000 to 7,000 feet. It extends eastward 
to Kurdistan and westward to Albania. 
It was first described by Dupont in 1825, and is a purely alpine 
and subalpine species. It was collected by Kotschy on Mount Gera 
in Kurdistan and in the valley of Goschkar in Armenia, and by Oliver 
at Teheran. In 1882 it was found in western Persia and in other 
parts of western Asia. Smtenis found it in three districts of Asiatic 
Turkey, namely Buslu-tasch, Kainar Dagh near Eghin, and Sipikor 
Dagh. These specimens varied slightly, but were all much more dwarf 
in habit than those of previous discoverers. 1 Boissier considered it an 
1 See Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxix. pt. 2, p. 13 (1890). 
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