3 S — ROSA BANKSIAE Ait. 
THE BANKSIAN ROSE 
Rosa Banksiae : caule elongato, sarmentoso ; aculeis sparsis, parvis, conformibus, 
uncinatis ; foliolis 5, oblongis, acutis, simpliciter serratis, utrinque glabris ; rhachi 
nuda ; stipulis liberis linearibus, deciduis ; floribus multis, umbellatis ; pedicellis 
nudis ; calycis tubo globoso, nudo, parvo ; lobis ovatis, acuminatis, simplicibus, 
dorso glabris ; petalis parvis, oblongis, albis vel luteis ; stylis nudis, liberis, inclusis; 
fructu globoso, nudo, magnitudine pisi ; sepalis deciduis. 
1. R. Banksiae, var. albo-plena Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. 
p. 1552 (1902). 
R. Banksiae Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. iii. p. 258 (1811). — Roessig, Die 
Rosen , No. 57 (1802-1820). — Poiret in Lamarck’s Encycl. vol. iv. p. 716 (1816). — 
Sims in Bot. Mag . vol. xlv. t. 1954 (1818). — Lindley in Bot. Reg. vol. v. p. 397 
(1819); Ros. Monogr. p. 131, No. 76 (1820). — Thory in Redoute, Roses , voh ii. 
p. 43, t. (1821). — Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. vol. iv. p. 170 (1822). — Trattinnick, 
Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 212 (1823). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 601 
(Ic. PI. Chin, e Bibl. Braam. t. 28 [ descript . ex icon.]) (1825). — Sprengel, Syst. V eg. 
vol. ii. p. 556 (1825). — Franchet Sc Savatier, Enum . PI. Jap. vol. i. p. 137 (1875). — 
Forbes & Hemsley in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 248 (1887). — Koehne, Deutsche 
Dendrol. p. 281 (1893). 
2. R. Banksiae Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. iii. p. 258 ( sensu Crepin) (181 1). — 
Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 162 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. 
p. 366) (1875); vol. xxv. pt. 2, p. 7 (1886). — Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. v. 
p. 375 (Tent. Ros. Monogr. p. 91 [1877]) (1878). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 
ser. 2, vol. v. p. 267 (Plant ae Davidianae, vol. i. p. 1 1 5 [1884]) (1883). 
R. fragariaeflora Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 601 (Ic. PI. Chin, e 
Bibl. Braam. t. 28 \descript. ex icon.]) (1825). 
R. inermis Roxburgh, FI. Ind. ed. 2, vol. ii. p. 516 (1832). 
R. microcarp d Walpers, Rep. vol. ii. p. 12 (Ic. PI. Chin, e Bibl. Braam. t. 8 
\descript. ex icon.]) (1843). 
3. R. Banksiae lutea Lindley in Bot. Reg. vol. xiii. t. 1105 (1827); in Trans. 
Hort. Soc. vol. vii. p. 226 (1830). 
R. Banksiae , var. luteo-plena Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1552 
(1902). 
4. R. Banksiae forma lutescens Voss & Siebert, Vilmorin Blumengart. vol. i. 
p. 49 (1896). 
R. Banksiae FLooker / in Bot. Mag. vol. cxvn. t. 7171 ( non Alton) (1891). 
Stem trailing to a great length ; prickles uniform, scattered, small, hooked, 
often absent from the flowering shoots in the cultivated plant. Leajlets 5, oblong, 
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