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“ROSA mibifalias 
Lurid Rose. 
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ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNI4. \ 
-WVat. ord. Rosacem. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. IT. Ros. 
ROSA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 46. 5 
Div. Rami impubes aculeati, setis nullis,. stylis liberis. Lindley MSS, 
R. rubrifolia, glauca; foliolis opacis ovatis eglandulosis discoloribus, den-— 
tium sinubus acutangulis, aculeis sparsis uncinatis minoribus, sepalis’ 
(foliolis calycinis) corolla longioribus citd deciduis. Lindley MSS. ' 
Rosa rubrifolia. Villars dauph. 3.549. Bellardi in act. taurin, 1790. 229. t. 
90. Jacq. fragm. 70. t. 106. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1075. Lapeyr. pyren. 
284. Smith in Rees's cyclop. in loco. Redouté's roses. 1. $5. t: 4. 
Rosa rubicunda. Hall. fil. in Reemer’s archiv. fur die bot. 1. 2 6. 
Rosa canina 8. Suter jl. helv. 1. 302. 
Rosa lurida. Andrews’s roses. 
Rosa cinnamomea. y. Iedouté’s roses. 1.134. ~ 
Rosa. No. 1101. 8. Hall. Helv. 
Frutex 4-5-pedalis. Rosm canine facie, sed ramis pauld gracilioribus : 
rami impubes teretes purpuret cerint, colore in latere soli adverso intensiore: 
aculeis stipularibus sparstsque solitariis equalibus aduncis, adultorum pallidis 
parvulis quandoque rectiusculis apice incurvis. Fol. patentia glauca opaca 
rubrotincta: stipule glabriuscule nude lineares, quanddque dilatate, apice 
ovate recurve, costa et totd bast sanguinets: petioli impubes subtis virides 
supra purpurascentes aculeis minimis raris aduncis armati, flecuosi: foliola 
oblonga, primordialia sepits obovata v. truncata, simplicitér serrata, utringue 
nuda, subtis pallidiora. Vlores parvi solitarii v. in cymis subtrifloris con- 
gesti, pro loco intensé v. diluté rubri, planiusculi: bracteze ovato-lanceolate 
purpurea v. (in multifloris) late virides, nuda, floribus approximate v. dis- 
tantes. Pedunculi e¢ calycis tubus ovatus nudi; sepala simplicia glandulosa 
et setigera, integra, petalts longiora. Pet. subintegra plana basi pallidiora, 
Stam. lutea. Discus depressus, faucis aperturam Jeré claudens. Ovaria 
hirsutissima, 15-20-25. Styli breves libert hirsuti exserti: stig. depressa. 
Fructus ovatus coccineus, sepalis deciduis. Lindley MSS. __ ok 
Native of the woods of Dauphiny, where it was found by 
Villars. It is also indigenous in the Alps of Savoy and 
Switzerland, in Austria about Gutenstein, among the 
Pyrenees, and on mountains in Auvergne. 
Distinct from canina as this plant at first sight appears, a 
careful examination will show that, except colour, it has little 
to distinguish it from that species. It may however be known 
by its very glaucous purple aspect, by the small size of its 
red flowers, the very ConGETN orifice of the fruit, little 
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