56— ROSA FENDLERI Crep. 
Rosa Fendleri: caule elongato, arcuato ; aculeis gracilibus, parvis, leviter 
falcatis, saepe geminis infrastipularibus, ad ramos steriles aciculis intermixtis ; 
foliolis 5-7, obovato-oblongis, obtusis, firmis, opacis, simpliciter serratis, facie glabris, 
dorso leviter pubescentibus ; rhachi aciculata, glabra vel pubescente ; stipulis 
adnatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, apicibus liberis, parvis, ovatis ; floribus saepe solitariis ; 
pedicellis nudis ; calycis tubo parvo, nudo, globoso ; lobis simplicibus, apice elongato, 
dorso nudis ; petalis parvis, cuneatis, rubellis ; stylis pubescentibus, liberis, inclusis ; 
fructu nudo, globoso, parvo, rubro, sepalis erectis coronato. 
R. Fendleri Crepin in Ball. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 91 ( Primit . Monogr. 
Ros. fasc. iv. p. 452) (1876). — S. Watson in Smithsonian Misc . Coll. vol. xv. p. 310 
(1878). — Coulter, Man. Bot. Rocky Mount, p. 88 (1885). — Macoun, Cat. Canad. 
Plants , vol. i. pt. 3, p. 521 (1886). — Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. 
p. 1554 (1902). 
R. parviflora Macoun, Cat. Canad. Plants , vol. i. pt. 1, p. 145 ( non Ehrhart) 
( i 88 3 ). 
R. IVoodsii Britton & Brown, III. FI. North States and Canada , vol. ii. fig. 230 
( non Lindley) (1897). 
Stems arching, reaching a height of 6-8 feet ; prickles small, slender, slightly 
hooked, often in infrastipular pairs, mixed with copious aciculi on the sterile shoots. 
Leaflets 5-7, obovate-oblong, obtuse, J-f in. long, firm, opaque, simply toothed, the 
side ones shortly stalked, the end one cuneate at the base, glabrous on the upper 
surface, slightly pubescent beneath ; petioles aciculate, glabrous or pubescent ; 
stipules adnate, gland-ciliated, with small ovate free tips. Flowers often solitary ; 
pedicels naked. Calyx-tube small, globose, naked ; lobes simple, lanceolate-acuminate, 
i in. long, naked on the back. Petals small, cuneate, pink. Styles free, included, 
pubescent. Fruit small, red, globose or subglobose, crowned by the erect persistent 
sepals. 
Rosa Fendleri inhabits the Rocky Mountains from West Texas 
and New Mexico to the Sierra Nevada, and northward into Canada. 
In N ew Mexico it reaches a height of 6,000—7,000 feet. It was first 
collected by Fendler in New Mexico in 1847. Amongst the Cinna- 
momeae with simple sepals it may easily be recognized by its early 
flowering, its small, obovate leaflets, and its small, globose, bright 
scarlet fruit crowned by the persistent sepals. It is rare in Europe in 
gardens. 
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