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Rosa Heckeliana : caule brevi, erecto, ramoso ; aculeis sparsis, inaequalibus, 
gracilibus, majoribus leviter curvatis; foliolis 5-7, parvis, confertis, suborbicularibus, 
obtusis, simpliciter serratis, facie ten u iter dorso dense griseo-pubescentibus, eglandu- 
losis ; rhachi pubescente ; stipulis adnatis, pubescentibus, apicibus liberis deltoideis, 
glanduloso-ciliatis ; floribus solitariis ; pedunculis brevissimis, hispidis ; calycis tubo 
globoso, hispido ; lobis ovatis, acuminatis, dorso glandulosis, simplicibus vel leviter 
compositis ; petalis parvis, rubellis ; stylis liberis, villosis ; fructu globoso, parvo, 
rubro, hispido, sepalis erectis persistentibus coronato. 
R. Heckeliana Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 85 (1823). — Seringe in De 
Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 624(1825). — Gussone, FI. Sic. Prodr. vol. i. p. 572 (1827) ; 
FI. Sic. Syn. vol. i. p. 562 (1842). — Tenore, FI. Nap. vol. iv. p. 286 (1830); Syll. 
FI. Neap. p. 247 (1831).' — Bertoloni, FI. It at. vol. v. p. 192 (1842). — Boissier, FI. 
Orient, vol. ii. p. 680 (1872). — Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 543 (Cat. 
Rais. Ros. p. 288 [1877]) (1876). — Christ in Flora, vol. lx. p. 447 (1877); in Boissier, 
FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 226 (1888). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xviii. p. 392 
(Priniit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. v. p. 638 [1880]) (1879). — Burnat & Gremli, Rev. 
Groupe R. Orient, p. 71 (1887). 
Stem short, erect, compactly branched ; prickles scattered, unequal, slender, the 
largest i in. long*, slightly curved. Leaflets 5-7, crowded, suborbicular, obtuse, i-b in. 
long, simply toothed, thinly grey-pubescent on the upper surface, densely so and 
eglandulose beneath ; petioles pubescent ; stipules adnate, pubescent, with small, 
deltoid, gland-ciliated, free points. Flowers solitary ; peduncles very short, hispid. 
Calyx-tube hispid, globose ; lobes ovate with a long point, J-J in. long, simple or 
slightly compound, glandular on the back. Petals small, pink. Styles free, villous. 
Fruit globose, in. diam., red, hispid, crowned with the erect persistent sepals. 
Rosa Heckeliana was first collected byHeckel on Mount Madonia 
in Sicily, and was described in 1823 by Trattinnick from Heckel’s 
specimens in the Vienna herbarium. It extends from Sicily and 
Calabria through Greece to Syria, ascending to about 6,500 feet above 
sea-level. The area which it occupies is much more restricted than that 
of Rosa ghitinosa Sibth. & Sm. 
The Rose figured by Cupani in his Panphyton Siculum 1 is 
considered by Gussone to be Rosa Heckeliana . He observes that in 
the cultivated plant the leaves become glabrescent. Linnaeus makes 
no mention of it. In the herbarium of the British Museum there is a 
1 Vol. ii. t. 73 (1713). 
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