Fasciculata Nova

Cels, Paris Nursery Catalogue, 1836-1837, p.9. No description. Cachet Catalogue, 1840-1841, p.1 as "pink". Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, p.93, 94, 227: Leaves 6 cm wide x 7 cm long, oval, almost round, a little acuminate, thick, convex, of a deep green, serra­tions small and wide. Bud, oval-obtuse, scales blackish at the base and yellowish at the apex. Flower over 8.5 cm across, full, of a pale rose. Corolla rose-like, a little reflexed. Exterior petals in two rows, long, very wide, spoon shaped; the others reflexed, deeply notched at the apex. Those of the interior, separated from those of the circumference, small, short, thick-set, very numerous, strap-like, some with stripes of white, the others pale red. Originated in Belgium by Cazier. Orthographic error: ‘Fassiculata Nova’.