57 — ROSA ELYMAITICA Boiss. & Haussk. 
Rosa elymaitica : caulibus brevibus, ramosis ; aculeis multis, conformibus, 
arcuatis, modice robustis, saepe geminis infrastipularibus ; foliolis 3-5, orbicularibus, 
parvis, rigidulis, grosse simpliciter serratis, facie tenuiter, dorso dense pubescentibus ; 
rhachi dense pubescente, parce glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, apicibus liberis, parvis, 
latis ; pedunculis brevissimis, hispidis, saepissime solitariis ; calycis tubo oblongo, 
hispido ; lobis ovatis, acuminatis, parce compositis, dorso pubescentibus ; petalis 
parvis, albis vel roseis ; stylis villosis, liberis ; fructu globoso, rubro, hispido, sepalis 
subpersistentibus patulis coronato. 
R. elymaitica Boissier & Haussknecht, FI. Orient, vol. ii. p. 675 (1872). — 
Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 278 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 285) 
(1874). — Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 278 [Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 109 
[1877]) (1876). — Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 227 (1888). 
R. albicans Godet ex Boissier, FI. Orient, vol. ii. p. 675 (1872). 
Stems short, much branched; prickles numerous, uniform, curved, moderately 
robust, often in infrastipular pairs. Leaflets 3-5, orbicular, J-J in. long, obtuse, 
rather rigid, simply conspicuously serrated, thinly pubescent on the upper surface, 
densely pubescent but not glandular beneath ; petioles pubescent, obscurely glandular; 
stipules adnate, with short, broad, free tips. Peduncles very short, hispid, usually 
solitary. Calyx-tube oblong, hispid ; lobes ovate-acuminate, J in. long, slightly 
compound, pubescent on the back. Petals white or rose-red, not longer than the 
sepals. Styles free, villous. Fruit globose, hispid, dark red, i in. diameter, crowned 
by the subpersistent spreading sepals. 
This interesting Persian species was first discovered by Aucher 
Eloy and later by Bunge at Teheran, but was only distributed under 
herbarium numbers. Haussknecht collected it in 1 867-68 in Kurdistan 
on Mount Parrow below Kirmanscha, and in Persia at Teng N alii, 
ascending to altitudes of from 7,000 to 9,000 feet. Crepin intended 
to dedicate it to Haussknecht, but did not publish the name, and it 
was not until several years later that Boissier and Haussknecht described 
it under the name of Rosa elymaitica. 
It is a very distinct species and has been classed with the 
Cmnamomeae , although presenting several marked differences from 
other species of this group. Its principal characters are its dwarf, 
compact habit, and large, curved, uniform prickles, its very small, 
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