145 — ROSA EGLANTERIA L. 
SWEET BRIAR 
Rosa Eglanteria ; caujibus erectis, compactis ; aculeis sparsis, robustis, 
uncinatis, cum aciculis setisque intermixtis ; foliolis 5-7, parvis, ovatis, acutis, 
duplicato-serratis, facie obscure viridibus, glabris vel glabrescentibus, dorso 
suaviter glandulosis, leviter pubescentibus ; rhachi glandulosa, leviter pubescente ; 
stipulis adnatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, apice libero, magno, ovato-lanceolato ; floribus 
1-4, corymbosis ; pedunculis brevibus, dense aciculatis et setosis ; bracteis ovato- 
lanceolatis ; calycis tubo globoso, nudo vel leviter aciculato ; lobis dense glandu- 
losis, exterioribus pinnatifidis; petalis rubris; stylis villosis, liberis, haud protrusis; 
fructu subgloboso vel late ovoideo, rubro, serotino ; sepalis subpersistentibus. 
R. Eglanteria Linnaeus, Sp. Plant, vol. i. p. 491 (1753). — Woods in Trans . 
Linn. Soc. vol. xii. p. 206 (1818). 
R. rubiginosa Linnaeus, Mant. ed. 2, Appx. p. 504 (1771). — Guimpel, 
Willdenow & Hayne, Abbild. Deutsch. Holzart. vol. i. p. 121, t. 91 (1815). — 
Nouveau Duhamel , vol. vii. p. 46, t. 7, fig. 1 (1819). — Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 86, 
No. 49 [ex parte) (1820). — Hooker in Curtis, FI. Lond . ed. 2, vol. iv. t. 116 
(1821). — Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. pp. 75, 97, tabs. (1821); vol. iii. p. 25 
(1824). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 615 (1825). — Godet, FI. fur. 
p. 214 (1852). — Syme in Eng. Bot. ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 210, t. 468 (1864). — Boissier, 
El. Orient, vol. ii. p. 686 (1872). — Christ, Rosen Schweiz , p. 104 (1873). — Burnat 
& Gremli, Roses Alp. Mar. p. 69 (1879). — Borbas in M. T. Akad. Math. 
S. Ternieszettud. Kdzlemdnyek, xvi. Kotet. p. 467 (Ros. Hung. p. 467) (1880). — 
Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxi. p. 136 (Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. vi. 
p. 796) (1882); vol. xxx. p. 157 (1891); vol. xxxi. pt. 2, p. 82 (1892). — Burnat, FI. 
Alp. Mar. vol. iii. p. 90 (1899). — Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. 
FI. vol. vi. p. 92 (1900). 
R. suavifolia Lightfoot, FI. Scot. p. 262 (1777). 
R. Eglanteria rubra Roessig, Die Rosen , No. 10 (1802-1820). 
R. suaveolens Pursh, FI. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 346 (1814). 
R. rubiginosa , var triflora Thory in Redoute, Roses , vol. i. p. 93, t. (1817). 
R. rubiginosa , var. cretica Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. i. p. 125, t. (1817). 
An erect, compact bush, 3-5 feet high. Prickles stout, scattered, hooked, 
mixed with aciculi and setae. Leaflets 5-7, small, ovate, acute, doubly serrated, 
dull green, nearly or quite glabrous above, densely scented-glandular and slightly 
hairy beneath ; petioles glandular and slightly pubescent ; stipules adnate, gland- 
ciliated, with large ovate-lanceolate free tips. Flowers 1-4, corymbose ; peduncles 
short, densely aciculate and setose ; bracts ovate-lanceolate. Calyx-tube globose, 
naked or slightly aciculate ; lobes f in. long, densely glandular, the outer 
compound. Petals middle-sized, bright pink. Styles free, villous, not protruded. 
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