ROSA ORIENTALIS 
artificial type made up of varieties more or less distinct from each other 
but tending gradually towards Rosa mollis Smith. Crepin sums up his 
observations on this species by saying that in his opinion Rosa orientalis 
is simply an oriental variety of Rosamollis , from which it is distinguished 
by its simply toothed leaves. The varieties olympica of Deseglise and 
Kotschyana of Boissier 1 are perhaps hybrids. The former is inter- 
mediate between Rosa orientalis and Rosa glutinosa Sibth. & Sm., and 
the latter between Rosa orientalis and Rosa anserinaefolia Boiss. 
1 Diagn. ser. i, fasc. io, p. 3 (1849). 
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