io2 — ROSA LHERITIERANEA 
(ROSA CHINENSIS x PENDULINA) 
BOURSAULT ROSE 
Rosa Lhentieranea : caulibus elongatis, erectis ; foliolis angustis, oblongis, 
magnitudine mediocribus, viridibus, simpliciter serratis, utrinque glabris ; rhachi 
glabra ; stipulis adnatis, haud glanduloso-ciliatis, latis, apicibus liberis, ovatis ; 
floribus paucis vel multis, corymbosis ; pedunculis nudis ; bracteis lanceolatis ; 
calycis til bo globoso, nudo ; lobis simplicibus, apicibus elongatis, dorso nudis ; 
petalis rubris ; stylis liberis, haud protrusis ; fructu ignoto. 
R. Lheritieranea Thory in Redouts, Roses , vol. iii. p. 21, t. (1824). 
R. reclinata Thory in Recloute, Roses, vol. iii. p. 79, t. (1824). — Rehder in 
Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1555 (1902). 
R. alpina x indie a, var. odor at a Focke, Pfl. Mi sc hi. p. 141 (1881). 
R. chinensis x pendnlina Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 281 (1893). — Keller in 
Ascherson St Graebner, Syn. Mitteleiir . FL vol. vi. p. 371 (1902). 
R. alpina x indica Crdpin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxxiii. p. 32 (1894). 
Stems long, erect ; prickles none on the flowering shoots in the form drawn. 
Leaflets fine, oblong, middle-sized, thin, bright green, simply serrated, glabrous 
on both surfaces ; petioles glabrous ; stipules adnate, not gland-ciliated, broad 
upwards, with ovate free tips. Flowers few or many, in a corymb ; peduncles 
naked ; bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube globose, naked ; lobes simple, long-pointed, 
naked on the back. Petals bright red. Styles free, not protruded beyond the 
disc. Fruit not seen. 
In his catalogue of Roses grown in France, published in 1829, 1 
N. Desportes mentions several Boursault Roses which he names 
respectively Boursaultiana , multiplex , plena , and carnea ; the last is 
a single Rose. Max Singer in his Dictionnaire ties Roses 2 gives 
Rosier Boursault a fleurs doubles,” Laffay. But Singer is not 
always trustworthy in his information ; he speaks of Thory , Laffay, 
and Cartier as raisers of Roses, although Thory never raised Roses, 
but only described them ; and he does not mention Cugnot, who, 
according to Desportes and Thory, was the originator of the Bour- 
sault Rose. 
In the catalogue of the Roseraie de l' Hay, Laffay is said to have 
1 Desportes, Roses cultivees en France , au nombre de 2562 varietCs. (Baris.) 
2 Vol. i. p. 23 (1885). 
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