i33— ROSA RUBRIFOLIA Villars 
Rosa rubrifolia : caule arcuato ; aculeis parvis, sparsis, conformibus, falcatis ; 
foliolis 5-7, oblongis, acutis, simpliciter serratis, utrinque glabris, glaucis, rubro 
tinctis ; rhachi glabra vel parce glandulosa ; stipulis longe adnatis, apice libero, 
ovato ; floribus paucis, corymbosis ; pedunculis nudis vel parce setosis ; calycis 
tubo globoso, nudo ; lobis apice elongatis, simplicibus vel parce pinnatifidis, 
dorso glabris ; petalis rubris ; stylis liberis, inclusis ; fructu parvo, subgloboso, 
nudo, rubro, pulposo ; sepal is deciduis. 
R. rubrifolia Villars, Hist. PL Dauph. vol. iii. p. 549 (1789). — Roessig, Die 
Rosen , No. 54 (1802-1820). — Jacquin, Obs. p. 70, t. 106 (1809). — Guimpel, Willdenow 
& Hayne, Abbild. Deutsch . Holzart. vol. i. p. 1 19, t. 90 (181 5). — Thory in Redoutd, 
Roses , vol. i. p. 31 (1817). — Lindley in Bot. Reg. vol. v. t. 430 (1819) ; Ros. Monogr. 
p. 104, No. 56 (1820). — Koch, Syn. FI. Germ. p. 225 (1837). — Grenier & Godron, 
FI. France , vol. i. p. 557 (1848). — K. Koch, Dendrol. vol. i. p. 248 (1869). — Christ, 
Rosen Schweiz , p. 173 (1873). — Dippel, Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. iii. p. 572 
(1893). — Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. FI. vol. vi. p. 60 
(1901). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 550 (1906). 
R. multijlora Reynier in Act. Laus. vol. i. p. 70, t. 6 (non Thunberg) (1784). 
R. glauca Pourret, Mdm. Acad. Sci. de Toulouse , vol. iii. p. 326 (Extr. Chlor. 
Narb .) (1788). 
R. rubicunda Haller f. in Roemer, Archiv. vol. i. pt. 2, p. 6 (1797). 
R. glaucescens Wulfen in Roemer, Archiv. vol. iii. pt. 3, p. 376 (1805). 
R. glauca Villars ex Loiseleur in Desvaux, Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 336 (1809). 
R. rubrifolia , var. laevis Seringe, Mus. Helv. vol. i. p. 9 (1818) ; in De Can- 
dolle, Prodr . vol. ii. p. 609 (1825). 
R. gutensteinensis Jacquin, Cat. Hort. Find. p. 3 (1821). — Sprengel, Syst. 
Veg. vol. iv. pt. 2, p. 200 (1827). 
R. livida Host, FI. Austr. vol. ii. p. 25 (1831). 
R. Ilseana Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. viii. p. 334 (Primit. Monogr. 
Ros. fasc. i. p. 1 13) (1869). 
R. ferruginea Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 291 (Cat. Rais. Ros. 
p. 122 [1877]) (1876). — Nyman, Conspect. FI. Europ. p. 235 (1878). — Burnat & 
Gremli, Roses Alp. Mar. p. 119 (1879) ; Suppl. pp. 41, 81 (1882). — Crepin in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxvii. p. 113 (1888) ; vol. xxviii. p. 172 (1889); vol. xxx. p. 107 
(1891) ; in Journ. des Roses , 1891, p. 54 (Nouvelle Classif. Ros. p. 16 [1891]). — 
Keller in Bot. Centr. vol. xlii. p. 131 (1890); vol. xlvii. p. 292 (excl. syn.) (1891). — 
Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 291 (1893). — Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. 
vol. iv. p. 1553 (1902). 
Whole plant glaucous and more or less tinged with red. Stems arching ; 
prickles uniform, scattered, hooked, smaller than those of Rosa canina. Leaflets 
5-7, oblong, acute, middle-sized, simply toothed, glabrous on both surfaces, very 
glaucous ; petioles glabrous or slightly glandular ; stipules adnate, not gland- 
ciliated, with ovate, free tips. Flowers usually few, corymbose ; peduncles naked or 
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