Magnifica Rubra

Berlèse, 1840. Monographie, ed.2, pp.190-192, 234: Originated in Italy by Dr Sacco, Milan. The leaves are over 5 cm. wide x 7 cm long, oval, strongly serrated, dark green; the bud is round, flattened, the scales blackish at the base, whitish at apex. The flower is over 9 cm across, salmon red. The exterior petals, in several rows, are wide,, short, irregular, reflexed; the following ones are small, of the same form, numerous, in irregular groups, confused and mixed with sterile stamens and forming a wide, convex flower, similar in form to Lefévriana. Synonyms: ‘Magnifica Nova’, ‘Magnifica. Rubra d’Italie’. See colour pl.IV, Book IV, 1849, Nouvelle Iconographie.