147— ROSA AGRESTIS Savi 
Rosa agrestis: caule viridi, alto, arcuato; aculeis robustis, sparsis, conformibus, 
uncinatis; foliolis 5-7, parvis, rigidis, obovatis vel oblanceolatis, acutis, basi cuneatis, 
viridibus, duplicato-serratis, facie glabris, dorso glandulosis, leviter pubescentibus ; 
rhachi glandulosa et leviter pubescente ; stipulis adnatis, apicibus liberis parvis, 
deltoideis, glanduloso-ciliatis ; floribus saepe solitariis ; pedunculis modice longis, 
nudis ; calycis tubo ovoideo, nudo ; lobis copiose pinnatifidis, dorso glabris, 
margine glandulosis ; petalis parvis, albis vel rubro tinctis ; disco saepe conico ; 
stylis glabris, liberis, inclusis ; fructu ovoideo vel subgloboso, rubro, nudo; sepalis 
patulis, deciduis. 
R. agrestis Savi, FI. Pis. vol. i. p. 475 (1798). — Boreau, FI. Cent. France , ed. 3, 
vol. ii. p. 229 (1857). — Deseglise in Ball. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 522 {Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 267 [1877]) (1876). — Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 218 (1888). — 
Focke in Engler & Prantl, Nat. PJl. vol. iii. p. 48 (1894). — Burnat, FI. Alp. Mar. 
vol. iii. p. 96 (1899). — Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Ft. vol. vi. 
p. 123 (1901). 
R. sepium Thuillier, FI. Par. ed. 2, p. 252 (1799). — Nouv. Duhamel , vol. vii. 
p. 47, t. 11, fig. 2 (1819). — Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. p. 61, t. (1821); vol. iii. 
p. 51, t. (1824). — Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl. vol. i. t. 2653 (1831). — Smith, 
Eng. Bot. vol. iv. p. 55, supplem. tab. 714 (1837). — Boreau, Et. Cent. France , 
vol. ii. p. 137 (1840). — Syme in Eng. Bot. ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 212, t. 470 (1864). — 
Dumortier in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. vi. p. 53 (1867). — Christ, Rosen Schweiz, 
p. 1 15 (1873). — Burnat & Gremli, Roses Alp. Mar. p. 87 (1879). — Borbas in 
M. T. A had. Math. S. Termeszettud. Kozlemenyek xvi. Kotet. p. 477 {Ros. Hung. 
p. 477) (1880). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxi. p. 181 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. 
fasc. vi. p. 841) (1882) ; vol. xxxi. pt. 2, p. 87(1892). — Waldner, Europ. Rosentyp. 
p. 41 (1885). — Keller in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxi. Beib. 53, p. 40 (1896). 
R. rubigiuosa, var. sepium Lindley, Ros. Mongr. p. 88 (1820). — Seringe in 
De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 617 (1825). — Grenier & Godron, FI. France , vol. i. 
p. 560 (1848).. 
R. myrtifolia Haller f. ex Steudel, Nom. vol. i. p. 708 (1821). 
R. canina, var. sepium Koch, Syn. FI. Germ. ed. 2, p. 252 (1843). 
Stem tall, green, arching. Prickles uniform, stout, scattered, strongly hooked. 
Leaflets 5-7, small, firm, obovate or oblanceolate, acute, cuneate at the base, doubly 
toothed, green and glabrous above, densely glandular and slightly pubescent beneath ; 
petioles glandular and slightly pubescent ; stipules adnate, with small, gland-ciliated 
deltoid free tips. Flowers usually solitary ; peduncles moderately long, naked. 
Calyx-tube ovoid, naked ; lobes as long as the petals, copiously pinnate, leaf-pointed, 
glandular on the edges, usually naked on the back. Petals small, white or pink. 
Disc often conical. Styles free, usually glabrous, not exserted. Fruit ovoid or 
subglobose, bright red, naked ; sepals spreading, deciduous. 
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