Lindbriata Vera

Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, pp.131-132, 229 as ‘Lindbria Vera’: Leaves 10 cm x 6 cm, rounded, a little acuminate. tip reflexed, venation pronounced, strongly serrate, dark green. Buds large, obtuse, scales blackish at base, yellowish at apex. Flower, 10 cm across, full, approaching a clear, cherry-red to rose; corolla like a spread-out rose with 5-6 rows of exterior petals, rounded, oval, some notched, others entire, some divided vertically by lines of dark red with deep red at the base of the petals, unevenly imbricated; those at the centre, irregular, long, twisted ribbon-like, forming a centre full and irregular. Originated by Berlèse, Paris, France. Orthographic error: ‘Lindbria Vera’.