1 3 1— ROSA TOMENTELLA Lemart 
Rosa tomentella : caule viridi, arcuato ; aculeis robustis, conformibus, sparsis, 
falcatis vel uncinatis ; foliolis 5-7, parvis, late ovalibus, acutis, d u pi teat o-se r rat i s , 
utrinque pubescentibus, dorso saepe obscure glandulosis ; rhachi pubescente et 
glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, apice libero ovato ; floribus 1-3 ; 
pedunculis brevibus, nudis ; calycis tubo oblongo ; lobis copiose pinnatifidis, dorso 
nudis ; petalis pallide roseis; stylis hispidis, liberis, paulum protrusis ; fructu parvo, 
ovoideo vel subgloboso, rubro, serotino; sepalis reflexis, caducis. 
R. tomentella Leman in Journ.de Rhys. vol. lxxxvii. (extrait), pp. 10, 12 (1818). — 
Deseglise in Billot, Ann . FI. de France et d' All. p. 334 (1855) ; Ess. Mon. Ros. 
p. 92 (1861) ; in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 294 (Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 238 [1877]) 
(1876). — Rapin, Guide Bot. Valid , ed. 2, p. 199 (1862). — Syme in Eng. Bot. ed. 3, 
vol. iii. p. 217 (1864). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. v. p. 23 (1866) ; vol. viii. 
p. 241 (Priniit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. i. p. 20) (1869); vol. xxxi. pt. 2, p. 89 (1892). — 
Dumortier in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. vi. p. 54 (Ros. Belg. p. 56) (1867). — Christ, 
Rosen Schweiz , p. 127 (1873); in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 217(1888). — 
Burnat & Gremli, Roses Alp. Mar. p. 87 (1879). — Borbas in M. T. Akad. Math. 
S. Termesztttud. Kozlemenyek xvi. Kotet. p. 472 (Ros. Hung. p. 472) (1880). — 
Waldner, Europ. Rosentypen , p. 32 (1885). — Beck, FI. Nied.-Oest. p. 806 (1892). — 
Burnat, FI. Alp. Mar. vol. iii. p. 77 (1899). — Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, 
Syn. Mittelenr. FI. vol. vi. p. 140 (1901). 
R. tomentosa , var. dmnetorum Gaudin, FI. Helv. vol. iii. p. 352 (1828). 
R. rubiginosa , var., Rapin, Guide Bot. Vaud. p. 101 (1842). 
R. ca/iina, var. tomentella Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xi. p. 231 (1869). 
R. subcinerea , var. tomentella Gen til, Bull. Soc. Agric. Sci. et Arts de la 
Sarthe , vol. xxxvi. p. 1 1 5 (Hist. Roses Sarthe , p. 115) (1897). 
Stem moderately tall, arching, green. Prickles stout, falcate or uncinate, 
uniform, scattered. Leajlets 5-7, broadly oval, acute, smaller than in R. canina , 
doubly toothed, pubescent on both surfaces, obscurely glandular beneath ; petioles 
pubescent and glandular ; stipules adnate, gland-ciliated, with small, ovate, free 
tips. Flowers 1-3 ; peduncles short, naked. Calyx-tube oblong ; lobes copiously 
pinnatifid, not glandular on the back. Petals pale rose. Styles hispid, free, often 
slightly protruded. Fruit small, ovoid or subglobose, red, pulpy, not ripening till 
October ; sepals reflexing, deciduous. 
This in England is a frequent and well-marked Rose. By some 
continental writers it has been classed with the Rubiginosae, but with 
us the glands at the back of the leaf are often very indistinct. Crepin 
strongly protested against this classification ; he looked upon Rosa 
tomentella as the most clearly marked form among all the varieties of 
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