6 9 — ROSA NITIDA Willd. 
Rosa nitida : caule brevi, recto; aculeis densis, gracilibus, valde inaequalibus, 
majoribus geminis infrastipularibus ; foliolis 7-9, lineari-oblongis, acutis, firmis, 
viridibus, nitidis, utrinque glabris, simpliciter serratis ; rhachi glabra, nuda ; stipulis 
adnatis, apice libero, ovato ; floribus saepissime solitariis ; pedunculo hispido ; calycis 
tubo globoso, hispido ; lobis lanceolatis, acuminatis, simplicibus, dorso glandulosis ; 
petalis cuneatis, pulchre rubris, magnitudine mediocribus ; stylis liberis, inclusis, 
pubescentibus ; fructu parvo, globoso, hispido ; sepalis patulis, caducis. 
R. nitida Willdenow, Enum. Hort. BeroL p. 544 (1809). — Lindley, Ros. Monogr. 
p. 13, No. 9, t. 2 (1820). — Crdpin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 63 ( Primit . 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. iv. p. 424) (1876). — S. Watson in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. vol. xv. 
p. 312 (1878). — Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 293 (1893). — Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. 
Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1554 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, III . Handbuch Laubholzk. 
vol. i. p. 571 (1906). 
R. rubrispina Bose ex Poiret in Lamarck, Fncycl. Suppl. vol. iv. p. 715 (1816). — 
Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 179 (1823).— Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. 
vol. ii. p. 623 (1825). 
R. Reduteana , var. rubescens Thory in Redoutd, Roses , vol. i. p. 103, t. (1817) ; 
Prodr. Monogr. Ros. p. 44 (1820). 
R. lucida , var. nitida A. Gray, Man. Bot. N. States, p. 127 (1848). 
Stem short, stiffly erect, turning red-brown in exposure; prickles crowded, 
slender, straight, passing gradually into aciculi, the largest in infrastipular pairs. 
Leaflets 7-9, linear-oblong, acute, rigid, simply toothed, shining, glabrous on both 
surfaces ; petioles glabrous ; stipules adnate, with ovate free tips. Flowers usually 
solitary ; peduncles densely hispid and setose. Calyx-tube globose, hispid ; lobes 
simple, lanceolate-acuminate, |-i in. long, glandular on the back. Petals cuneate, 
bright pink, i-ijin. long. Styles free, pubescent, not exserted. Fruit small, globose, 
bright red, hispid ; sepals spreading, deciduous. 
Rosa nitida is confined in a wild state to the region between 
Newfoundland and eastern Massachusetts, and is found along the 
margins of swamps and in other low-lying places. The oldest specimen 
is in the herbarium of the British Museum ; it was gathered in 
Newfoundland in 1776. By Miss Lawrance 1 and Andrews 2 it was 
confounded with Rosa blanda Ait., from which it differs in its dwarf 
1 Roses , t. 27 (1799). 
3 Roses, vol. ii. t. 90 (1828;. 
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