ROSA LAXA 
and by Meyer , 1 who had himself collected it in Siberia, established the 
species. 
Rosa laxa may be regarded as intermediate between Rosa alpina 
L. and Rosa cinnamomea L. From Rosa acicularis Lindl. it differs 
by its robust hooked main prickles, smaller, firmer, simply-toothed 
leaflets, and globose fruit. It is a native of the Altai Mountains and 
central Siberia. Although it has been long in cultivation in Sweden, 
it has not yet reached this country. 
Lindley’s later-named Rosa laxa 2 is a variety of Rosa blanda Ait. 
and must not be confused with Rosa laxa of Retzius. 
1 In Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg , ser. 6, vol. vi. pp. 6, 20 ( Ueber die Zimmtrosen , pp. 6 , 20) (1847). 
2 Ros. Monogr. p. 18, t. 12, No. 3 (1820). 
