4 8 — ROSA FRANCOFURTANA Muench. 
(ROSA CINNAMOMEA x GALLICA) 
Rosa franco fur tana : caule alto, arcuato ; aculeis ramulorum floriferorum nullis 
vel sparsis, mod ice robustis ; foliolis 5, tenuibus, late oblongis, basi rotundis, sim- 
pliciter serratis, magnis, facie parce, dorso densius pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, 
haud glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, apicibus liberis, magnis, lanceolatis ; floribus 
solitariis, vel paucis, corymbosis, plenis, rubellis vel albis ; pedicellis dense hispidis ; 
calycis tubo robusto, globoso, saepius hispido ; lobis ovatis, apicibus elongatis, 
compositis ; fructu ignoto. 
R. francofitr tana Muenchausen, Hausv. vol. v. p. 288 (1774). — Borkhausen, 
Holz. p. 312 (1790). — Gmelin, Ft. Bad. vol. ii. p. 405 (1806). 
R. turbinata Aiton, Hort. Kew. vol. ii. p. 206 (1789). — Jacquin, Hort. Schoen. 
vol. iv. t. 415 (1804) ; Fragm. p. 71, t. 107, fig. 2 (1809). — Thory in Redoute, Roses, 
vol. i. p. 127 (1817); Prodr. Monogr. Ros. p. 118 (1820). — Bindley, Ros. Monogr . 
p. 73 (1820). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 603 (1825). — Koch, Syn . FI. 
Germ. p. 224 (1837). — Ddsdglise in Butt. Soc. Bot. Betg. vol. xv. p. 255 (Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 85 [1877]) (1876). — Dippel, Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. iii. p. 566 (1893). — 
Keller in Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur Ft. vol. vi. p. 52 (1900). — Rehder 
in Bailey, Cyct. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1553 (1902). 
R. campanulata Ehrhart, Beitr. zur Naturk. vol. vi. p. 97 (1791). — Thory in 
Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. p. 95 (1821). 
R. francofitr tensis Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 11 (1802-1820). 
R. inermis Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. p. 93 (1821). 
R. cinnamomea x gallica Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 283 (1893). — C. K. 
Schneider, III. Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 549 (1906). 
Stem tall, arching; prickles usually absent from the flowering shoots; if present, 
scattered, moderately stout. Leaflets 5, thin, broadly oblong, rounded at the base, 
simply serrated, large, slightly pubescent on the upper surface, more so beneath ; 
petioles pubescent, not glandular ; stipules adnate, with large, lanceolate, free tips. 
Flowers solitary or few, corymbose, double, pink or white, 2-3 in. diam. ; pedicels 
densely hispid. Calyx-tube stout, globose, usually hispid ; lobes ovate with a long 
point, | in. long, compound. Fruit not known. 
Rosa francofurtana was described and figured by Clusius 1 in 1583 
under the name of Rosa sine spinis , and again in 1601 2 with a figure 
which Crepin without hesitation referred to this species. In the text 
Clusius states that he had seen the plant growing in gardens at Frank- 
1 Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Pannoniam . . . observatarmn historia, pp. 108, 109. 
2 Rariorum plantarum historia , p. 115. 
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