1 50— ROSA GLUTINOSA Sibth. & Sm. 
Rosa glutinosa: caule brevi, ramis brevibus,compactis; aculeis sparsis, confertis, 
inaequalibus, falcatis ; foliolis 5-7, parvis, orbicularibus, obtusis, rigidibus, viridibus, 
duplicato-serratis, utrinque glandulosis facie, glabris dorso, pubescentibus ; rhachi 
pubescente, dense glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, apicibus liberis, 
ovatis, parvis ; floribus plerumque solitariis; pedunculis brevibus, hispidis ; calycis 
tubo globoso, hispido ; lobis parvis, parce pinnatifidis, dorso et margine glandulosis ; 
petalis parvis, albis, rubro tinctis; stylis liberis, inclusis, pubescentibus; fructu parvo, 
globoso, rubro, glanduloso, sepalis conniventibus coronato. 
R. glutinosa Sibthorp & Smith, FI. Graec. Prodr. vol. i. p. 348, No. 1166 
(1806) ; FI. Graec. vol. v. t. 482 (1825). — Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 95, No. 52 
(1820). — Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 84 (1823). — Boissier, FI. Orient. 
vol. ii. p. 679 (1872). — Deseglise in Ball. Soc. Bot. Bclg. vol. xv. p. 542 {Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 287 [1877]) (1876). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Be/g. vol. xviii. pp. 380-384 
{Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. v. pp. 626-630 [1880]) (1879); vol. xxi. p. 28 ( Primit . 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. vi. p. 688) (1882). — Christ in Boissier, Ft. Orient. Suppl. p. 222 
(1888). 
R. cretica Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 83 (1823). 
R. rubiginosa, var. cretica Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 616(1825). 
R. pustulosa Bertoloni, Ft. Ital. vol. v. p. 195 (1842). 
R. libanotica Boissier, Diagn. PI. Orient, fasc. x. p. 4 (1849). 
R. dalmatica Kerner in Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. vol. xx. p. 10 (1870). 
A small, erect bush, with short, compact branches ; prickles scattered, crowded, 
unequal, falcate. Leaflets 5-7, small, orbicular, obtuse, in. long in the wild state, 
rigid, green, doubly toothed, densely glandular on both surfaces, glabrous on the 
upper, slightly pubescent beneath ; petioles pubescent, densely glandular ; stipules 
adnate, gland-ciliated, with small, ovate, free tips. Flowers usually solitary ; 
peduncles short, densely hispid. Calyx-tube globose, hispid ; lobes small, slightly 
pinnatifid, glandular on the back and edges. Corolla white tinged with pink, an 
inch in diameter. Styles free, included, pubescent. Fruit small, globose, bright 
red, glandular, l in. in diameter, crowned with the connivent sepals. 
Rosa glutinosa is a dwarf Sweet Briar, nearly allied to Rosa Sera- 
fini Viv. and Rosa ferox M. Bieb. It ranges from Italy eastward to 
Persia, ascending the mountains of Greece up to altitudes of 6,000 feet, 
and has been found on Mount Lebanon and in Calabria. It was 
first collected by Tournefort, and was published by him in his Corol- 
larium of 1703 1 as “ Rosa cretica montana, folns subrotundis glutinosis 
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