Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the office of foreign seed and plant introduction during the period from October 1 to December 31, 1916. (No. 49; Nos. 43391 to 43979) p. 94
USDA

43910. ROSA SATURATA Baker. Rosaceae.
This rose from central China is a shrub about 8 feet in height, nearly unarmed, with compound, sharply serrate leaves. The solitary flowers are dark red with purplish anthers and are abut 2 inches wide. The nearly round fruit is coral red and three-quarters of an inch long. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 2998.)

43911. ROSA SATURATA Baker. Rosaceae. Rose.
"Wilson No. 316. A bush 3 to 7 feet tall with rose-red flowers and coral-red fruits from thickets at Fanghsien, western Hupeh, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet, July and September, 1907."

See previous number, S. P. I. No. 43910, for description.

Zeitschrift fur induktive Abstammungs und Vererbungslehre; Supplement 2, 1928
Differential Polyploidy in the Genus Rosa L.
C. C. Hurst

R. saturata is a subspecies found at Kew, and said to be from China, which closely resembles R. johannensis Fern. (1918) from New Brunswick and Maine USA.