i 4 2— ROSA SPINU LI FOLIA Dematra 
Rosa spinulifolia : caule elongato, arcuato ; aculeis sparsis, conformibus, 
subulatis, rectis, magnis, gracilibus ; foliolis 5-7, oblongis, acutis, magnitudine 
mediocribus, argute duplicato-serratis, viridibus, facie glabris, dorso glandulosis et 
saepe pubescentibus, ad costam aciculis glanduliferis praeditis ; rhachi glandulosa 
et aciculata, saepe pubescente ; stipulis adnatis, glanduloso-marginatis, apicibus 
liberis lanceolatis ; floribus 1-3 ; pedunculis hispidis ; calycis tubo ampullaeformi, 
hispido vel nudo ; lobis basi ovatis, longe acuminatis, compositis, dorso et margine 
glandulosis; petalis rubris, magnitudine mediocribus ; stylis liberis, villosis; fructu 
ovoideo vel ampullaeformi, rubro, sepalis persistentibus erectis coronato. 
R. spinulifolia Dematra, Essai Monogr. Ros. p. 8 (1818). — Gaud in, El. Helv. 
vol. iii. p. 355 (1828). — Koch, Syn. El. Germ . ed. 2, p. 250 (1843). — Rapin, Guide 
Bot. V and, ed. 2, p. 191 (1862). — Gremli, Excursionsflora fur die Schweiz , p. 149 
(1867). — Godet, FI. Jura , Suppl. p. 69 (1869). — Christ, Rosen Schweiz , p. 87 (1873). — 
Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 561 {Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 306 [1877]) 
(1876). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxi. p. 82 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. vi. 
p. 742) (1882). 
R. spinulifolia , var. Dematratiana Thory in Redoutd, Roses , vol. iii. p. 7, t. 
(1824). 
R. rubiginosa , var. spinulifolia Seringein DeCandolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 616 (1825). 
R. alpina x tomentosa Christ in Botanisches Centralblatt , vol. xviii. p. 399 
(1884). — Dippel, Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. iii. p. 576 (1893). — Crepin in Bull. Trav. 
Soc. Bot. Genbve , vol. vii. p. 169 (1894); in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxxiii. pt. 1, 
p. 10 (1894). — Schmidely in Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. Geneve , vol. viii. p. 48 (1897); 
vol. ix. p. 136 (1899). — Gaillard in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vol. vi. p. 417 (1898). 
R. alpina x mollis Christ in Botanisches Centralblatt , vol. xviii. p. 399 (1884). — 
Keller in Botanisches Centralblatt , vol. xxxv. p. 17 1 (1888). 
R. pendulina x tomentosa Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 291 (1893). 
R. tomentosa x pendulina Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. FI. 
vol. vi. p. 332 (1902). 
Stem arching, 4-5 feet long ; prickles scattered, uniform, large, straight, subu- 
late, slender. Leaflets 5-7, oblong, acute, middle-sized, sharply doubly toothed, 
glabrous on the upper surface, glandular all over beneath, with gland-tipped aciculi 
on the midrib, glabrous or pubescent ; petioles densely glandular and aciculate, 
glabrous or pubescent; stipules adnate, densely gland-ciliated, with lanceolate free 
points. Flowers 1-3 ; peduncles densely hispid. Calyx-tube ampullaeform, hispid 
or naked ; lobes ovate, with a long point, very compound, glandular on the back 
and edge. Petals pink, as long as the sepals. Styles free, villous. Fruit ovoid 
or ampullaeform, bright red, crowned by the erect persistent sepals. 
Rosa spinulifolia is indigenous in Switzerland and Savoy, and 
occurs in the mountainous and subalpine regions of the Jura from 
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