I2 9 — ROSA CORIIFOLIA Fries. 
Rosa coriifolia: caule erecto vel arcuato, viridi ; aculeis satius parvis, con- 
formibus, sparsis, uncinatis ; foliolis 5-7, late ovalibus, acutis, simpliciter serratis, 
utrinque griseis, molliter pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, haucl glandulosa ; 
stipulis adnatis, apice libero ovato ; floribus 1-4, corymbosis ; pedunculis bre- 
vissimis, nudis ; bracteis ovatis ; calycis tubo subgloboso, nudo ; lobis copiose 
pinnatifidis, dorso hand glandulosis ; petal is albis vel rubris ; stylis dense villosis, 
liberis, haud protrusis ; fructu globoso, rubro, nudo ; sepal is erectis coronato. 
R. coriifolia Fries, Novit. FI. Siiec. p. 33 (1814). — Seringe in De Candolle, 
Prodr. vol. ii. p. 623 (1825). — Reuter, Cat. PL Vase. Genbve, ed. 2, p. 69 (1861). — 
Deseglise, Ess. Mon. Ros. p. 86 (1861) ; Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 379 (Cat. 
Rais. Ros. p. 210 [1877]) (1876). — Syme in Eng. Bot. ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 220, t. 472 
(1864). — Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 215 (1888). — Keller in Ascherson 
& Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. FI. vol. vi. p. 199 (1901). — C. K. Schneider, III. 
Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 566 (1906). 
R. sepium Lamarck, FI. Fr. vol. iii. p. 129 (1778). — Borkhausen ex Rau, 
Eiium. 90 (1816). 
R. crassifolia Wallman in Liljeblad, Svensk FI. ed. 3, p. 268 (1792). 
R. f rut et or urn Besser, Cat. Hort. Crem. ed. 3, p. 20 (1816); Enitm. Plant . 
Volk. Podol. p. 18 (1822). 
R. bractescens Woods in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xii. p. 216 (1818). — Smith, 
Eng. FI. vol. ii. p. 391 (1824). — Borrer in Hooker, Brit. FI. p. 239 (1830). 
R. sepincola Swartz ex Fries, Novit. ed. 2, p. 147 (1828). 
R. monticola Rapin, Guide Bot. Valid ed. 2, p. 194 (ex parte) (1862). 
R. solstitialis Grenier, FI. Jur. vol. i. p. 237 (non Besser) (1865). 
R. canina , var. coriifolia Baker in fourn. Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p. 235 (1869). 
R. hirta H. Braun, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. vol. xxxv. p. 108 (1885). 
Stems erect or arching, green. Prickles rather small, hooked, scattered, 
uniform. Leaflets 5-7, broadly oval, acute, simply toothed, grey and pubescent on 
both surfaces ; petioles pubescent, not glandular ; stipules adnate, with ovate free 
tips. Flowers 1-4, corymbose ; peduncles very short, naked ; bracts ovate. Calyx- 
tube subglobose, naked ; lobes copiously pinnatifid, not glandular on the back. 
Petals white or deep pink. Styles free, very villous, not protruded beyond the disc. 
Fruit globose, bright red, naked, ripening in September, crowned by the erect 
sepals. 
This Rose, which many authors have considered a form of our 
Rosa canina L., is common throughout Europe and extends to western 
Asia. Other British forms are : 
Rosa glauca Vill. (Rosa Renter i Godet), with glabrous, simply 
serrated leaves. 
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