Smithius in Rees’ s Cycl. v. 3o. n. 47- d ix it: ” Nor
u does Gouan mention any thing that affords a per-
« manent mark of discrimination between Rosa pyre-
(( naica and alpina
Rosa glandulosa Bell, deest in ejus herbario, sed habe-
tur in herbario Balbisii, et convenit omnino cum ilia
, quam obtinui ex Delphinatu a Bonjeannio . Est
autem ipsamet Rosa alpina L. in statu potius macro :
« The glandular edging of the stipulas, on which our
(( worthy friend Bellardi has founded his character ,
« and name, is no less evident and constant in pyre-
U naica, and even in alpina itself, of which last in-
« deed we are strongly inclined to consider the sup-
« posed species, both of Gouan and Villars , as melt
re varieties &c. „ Smith, in Rees’ s Cycl. v. 3o.
« n. 4?.
In varietate ft aculei numerosi, aciformes , recti, paten-
te s , vel subretrorsi vestiunt ramos supremos , et etiam
ramulos, sed non constanter. In reliquis nulla diver-
sitas a specie; imo in hac varietate quoque urceus ca-
lycinus ludit glaber, vel hispidus . Laciniae limbi ca-
lycirii in meis exemplaribus aequant, aut superant co-
rollam; quare character constans non est longitudo
dimidia corolls, quam illis tribuit Kochius in Syn.
p. 22,3. Identitatem hujus plants cum Rosa alpina per-
sensit Reichenbachius, qui earn traxit ad Rosam py-
renaicam Gouan. in FI. exc. 3. p. 61S. n. 3g5a.
i 5. R osa pumila : humilis , erecta ; aculeis tenuibus j fo-
liolis late ellipticis, serrato-serratis, subtus discolori-
bus , nervo , venisque pilosis , glandulosisque ; pedun-
culis, urceoque calycino oblongo hispidis , limbi laci-
niis alternis pinnulatis 5 stilis subexertis.
R. pumila Sup.p. 262. Smith, in Rees’s Cycl. e .3o. n. 3a.
Jacq. Austr. a .p. 5g. t. 198. All. Ped. a. p. 14«. n.1802.
Balb. Taur. p. 81.*, Re Seg. p. 4a., et Tor. 1. p. a65.
Bir.Acon. 1. p. 170. Nocc. et Balb. Tic. x. p. a33. Barb.
Agg.p. 35.* Pollin. Ver a .p .i^ 3. a. ft. t . i . f . 3. exclu-
sis a var. ft caule orgyali, et loco natali. Rom. in Da
Rio Giorn. dell’Ital. lett. tom. 24. p. 286. Suffr. Foroj.
p. 146- Sturm. Deuts. FI. 1. abth. 34- heft, optim. Reich.
Exc. 3. p. 622. n. 4009,0*. Host. Austr. 2. p. a3.
R. Polliniana Pollin. Hort. et prov. Veron.pl. nov. p. i 3.*
excl. caule orgyali, et loco natali.
R. Pollinii Pollin. Flag, at lag. di Card. p . 128.* excl, ut
supra.
R. gallica All. Ped. 2. p. i 3g. n. 1797.* herb. Sav. Bot.
Etr. 4. p. 106.* herb. Sebast. et Maur. FI. Rom. prodr.
p. 170.* Ten.Nap. \ .p . 284. B., et Syll.p.u^ft. n.^.B.
De Cand.Franq. 4. par. 2. p .t\t\\. Röhl, cum Mert.
et Koch. Deuts. FI. 3. p. 485. a. Koch. Syn. p. a3o. a.
R. gallica pumila Lindl.Mon. p. 68. De Cand. Prodr. 2.
p. 6o3. a. Gaud. Helo. 3. p. 343. 1. et I I .
R. hybrida Schleich. PI. sicc.*
R. n. 1104. Hall. Hist, stirp. indig. Helv. 3. in add.
p. 188.
Ital. Rosa serpeggiante.
Frut.Legi in Liguria orientali in montibus del Bracco.
Bononis in sylvis collium di Ronzano, di Zolla pre-
dosa, di S. Lorenzo in collina, et in monte Mariano
prope il Sasso, quibus in locis omnibus valde copiosa.
Habui ex Pedemontio ad Albam Pompejam a Beute-
bo , in collibus Taurinensibus, et alia Venaria a Prof.
Balbisio , ex agro Mediolanensi in sylvis della Mer-
lata a PPrr. Balsamo-Cbivellio , et D e Notaris, ex
nemoribus di Torre d’ isola secus Ticinum ab eodem
Prof. De Notaris,Mantua a Gabiana, et al Bosco Fontana
a Barbierio, ex agro Veronensi a Pollinio, turn
in collibus humilioribus vallis P antena, et in summo
monte, qui imminet vico Grezzana, a Manganotto,
ex Tyroli meridionali prope Brixinam ab Eq. D e Heu-
ïxero , ex districtu Bassanensi a Mussolente, Angara-
no, Assiago, Roman, et Gloso a Montiwio, ex montibus
Forojuliensibus a Prof. Brigïiolio , ex sylvis di
Monfalcone a B humattio, ex sepibus Tergestinis a Bia-
soletto, et al Farnedo a T ommasinio , ex sylvis Tar-
visinis , ubi communis, a M ajero , ex monte Cupiolo
districtus Urbinatis ab A zzarolio , ex Ducatu Lucensi
secus la Freddana, a S. Maria del giudice, et a Poz-
zuolo a Prof. Pucgineleio , ex monte Pisano a Prof. P etro
Savio , ex Verruca Pisana a C hirico , ex Pana
in Mugello, et ex monte Sinario prope Florentiam
a B àronio , Yolaterris ab A mideo , ex Canino in agro
Viterbiensi a Rev. Fratre M aüritio D e Brixia , Româ
in collibus , et alla Valle dell’ inferno a Prof. M aurio.
Floret Majo , Junio .
Radix longe repens, caules solitarios hie illic emittens,
sspe approximates. Caulis teres, erectus, a spithama ad
duos pedes longus , alterne ramosus, inferne, cum se-
nescit, obductus cortice fusco-cinerascente, et ab aculeis
cito deciduis inermis, superne viridis, aut in aprico