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ROSA WOODS 1 1 Lindl. 
Rosa Woodsii: caule debili, arcuato ; aculeis patulis, gracilibus, rectis, inae- 
qualibus, saepegeminis infrastipularibus; foliolis 7-9, oblongis, obtusis, magnitudine 
mediocribus, teneris, simpliciter vel raro duplicato-serratis, facie glabris, dorso 
glabris vel pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, aciculata, haud glandulosa ; stipulis 
adnatis, haud glandulosis, apicibus liberis, parvis, ovatis ; floribus 1-3 ; pedicellis 
brevibus, nudis ; calycis tubo parvo, globoso, nudo ; lobis lanceolatis, longe 
acuminatis, simplicibus vel parum pinnatifidis, dorso nudis vel hispidis ; petalis 
rubris, parvis ; stylis liberis, dense pilosis ; fructu parvo, pyriformi, rubro, nudo ; 
sepalis subpersistentibus. 
R. Woodsii Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 21 (1820) ; Bot. Reg. vol. xii. t. 976 (1826). 
— Torrey & Gray, FI. N. Amer. vol. i. p. 460 (1838). — S. Watson in Pvoc. Amer. 
Acad. vol. xx. p. 345 (1885). — Coulter, Man. Bot. Rocky Mount, p. 88 (1885). — 
Rehcler in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1554 (1902). — Robinson & Fernald, 
Gray’s New Man. Bot. ed. 7, p. 496 (1908). 
R. virginiana Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 299 (ex parte) (1893). 
Stem weak, low, arching ; prickles slender, unequal, spreading, straight, often 
in infrastipular pairs. Leaflets 7-9, oblong, obtuse, J-i in. long, thin, usually simply, 
rarely doubly serrated, glabrous on the upper surface, glabrous or pubescent beneath ; 
petioles pubescent, aciculate, not glandular ; stipules adnate, not gland-edged, with 
small ovate free tips. Flowers solitary or few ; pedicels short, unarmed. Calyx- 
tube small, globose, naked ; lobes lanceolate with a long acuminate tip, simple or 
slightly pinnate, J-f in. long, naked or hispid on the back. Petals small, pink. 
Styles free, villous. Fruit small, pyriform, bright red, naked, 5-J in. diam. ; sepals 
ultimately deciduous. 
Rosa Woodsii occurs on the prairies from Minnesota to Missouri 
and from Colorado northward to the Saskatchewan river. It is a 
low bushy plant, with erect red-brown stems, most nearly resembling 
the weak forms of Rosa blanda Ait. Lindley likens it to a stunted 
Rosa cinnamomea L. It differs from Rosa blanda in the arrangement 
of its prickles, which are in infrastipular pairs, by its frequently slightly 
pinnate sepals, and by its flowering earlier than most of the Roses of 
the Cinnamomea section. 
Lindley describes it in his Monograph and mentions that Mr. 
Sabine and himself, having but little hope of finding a new British 
Rose worthy of bearing Mr. Woods’ name, decided to call the new 
Rose “Woodsii” in compliment to him. The plant was at that time 
growing in Mr. Sabine’s garden at North Minims. Writing again 
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