i 4 7 — ROSA AGRESTIS Savi 
Rosa agrestis: caule viridi, alto, arcuato; aculeis robustis, sparsis, conformibus, 
uncinatis; foliolis 5-7, parvis, rigidis, obovatis vel oblanceolatis, acutis, basi cuneatis, 
viriclibus, duplicato-serratis, facie glabris, dorso glandulosis, leviter pubescentibus ; 
rhachi glandulosa et leviter pubescente ; stipulis adnatis, apicibus liberis parvis, 
deltoideis, gknduloso-ciliatis ; floribus saepe solitariis ; pedunculis modice longis, 
nudis ; calycis tubo ovoideo, nudo ; lobis copiose pinnatifidis, dorso glabris, 
margin e glandulosis ; petalis parvis, albis vel rubro tinctis ; disco saepe conico ; 
stylis glabris, liberis, inclusis ; fructu ovoideo vel subgloboso, rubro, nudo; sepalis 
patulis, deciduis. 
R. agrestis Savi, hi. Pis. vol. i. p. 475 (1798). — Boreau, FI. Cent. France , ed. 3, 
vol. ii. p. 229 (1857).— Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bat. Belg. vol. xv. p. 522 (Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 267 [1877]) (1876).— Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 218 (1888).— 
Focke in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. vol. iii. p. 48 (1894).— Burnat, FI. Alp. Mar. 
vol. iii. p. 96 (1899). — Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn, Mitteleur. FI. vol. vi. 
p. 123 (1901). 
R. septum Thuillier, FI. Par . ed. 2, p. 252 (1799). — Noire. Duliamel , vol. vii. 
p. 47, t. 11, fig. 2 (1819). — Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. p. 61, t. (1821); vol. iii. 
p. 51, t. (1824).— Borrer in Eng. Bot. Suppl. vol. i. t. 2653 (1831). — Smith, 
Eng. Bot. vol. iv. p. 55, supplem. tab. 714 (1837). — Boreau, FI. Cent. France , 
vol. ii. p. 137 (1840). — Syme in Eng. Bot. ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 212, t. 470 (1864). — 
Dumortier in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. vi. p. 53 (1867). — Christ, Rosen Schweiz , 
p. 1 15 (1873).— Burnat & Gremli, Roses Alp. Mar. p. 87 (1879).— Borbas in 
M. T. Akad. Math. S. Termeszettud. Kozlenienyek xvi. Kotet. p. 477 (Ros. Hung. 
P- 477) (1880). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxi. p. 181 (Primit. Monogr. Ros. 
fasc. vi. p. 841) (1882) ; vol. xxxi. pt. 2, p. 87 (1892). — Waldner, Europ. Rosentyp. 
p. 41 (1885). — Keller in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxi. Beib. 53, p. 40 (1896). 
R. rubigiuosa, var. sepium Findley, Ros. Mongr. p. 88 (1820). — Seringe in 
De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 617 (1825).— Grenier & Godron, FI. France , vol. i. 
p. 560 (1848). 
R. myrtifolia Haller/ ex Steudel, Norn, vol. i. p. 708 (1821). 
R. canina , var. sepium Koch, Syn. FI. Germ, ed. 2, p. 252 (1843). 
Stem tall, green, arching. Prickles uniform, stout, scattered, strongly hooked. 
Leaflets 5-7, small, firm, obovate or oblanceolate, acute, cuneate at the base, doubly 
toothed, green and glabrous above, densely glandular and slightly pubescent beneath ; 
petioles glandular and slightly pubescent ; stipules adnate, with small, gland-ciliated 
deltoid free tips. Flowers usually solitary ; peduncles moderately long, naked. 
Calyx-tube ovoid, naked ; lobes as long as the petals, copiously pinnate, leaf-pointed, 
glandular on the edges, usually naked on the back. Petals small, white or pink. 
Disc often conical. Styles free, usually glabrous, not exserted. Fruit ovoid or 
subglobose, bright red, naked ; sepals spreading, deciduous. 
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