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ROSA moschata; var. nepalensis. 
Nepal Musk Hose. 
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ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacex. Div. II. Rose. 
ROSA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 46. 
Div. X. Systyle. Styli in columnam elongatam coherentes. Stipule 
adnate. 
R. moschata, ramulis nudiusculis, foliolis ellipticis acuminatis subtus glaucis 
serratusis conniventibus, stipulis integris, sepalis compositis acuminatis. 
Lindl. Ros. p. 121. cum synonymiis omnibus. 
R. opsostemma. Ehr? beitr. 2. 72. 
R. glandulifera. Roxb. fl. ind. ined. 
8. nudiuscula, foliolis 'oblongis acutis impubibus, petiolis pedicellis calyci- 
busque glandulosis. Lindl. l. c. 
y: nepalensis, foliolis ovato lanceolatis, petalis acutis, pedicellis calycibus- 
que glandulosis. 
3. arborea, caule arboreo. 
R. arborea. Pers. syn. 2. 50. Lindl. mon. ed. angl. 141; ed. gall. p. 138. 
Habitus et note R. moschata africanz. 
. Differt, foliolis firmioribus, ovato-lanceolatis, subtus petielieque aculea- 
tis pubescentibus, pedicellis calycibusque pilosis, glandulosis; petalis ova- 
tis, acutis, columna stylari pubescente. 
In the Rosarum Monographia it is stated, that there is 
no foundation for an assertion made by M. Thory, that 
Rosa moschata is a native of Hindostan. Nor was there, 
the R. glandulifera of Roxb. being avowedly a garden plant. 
We have, however, been lately favoured by the communi- 
cation from the collection of his Royal Highness Prince 
Leopold, of a Rose raised from Nepal seed, which appears 
to us to be decidedly a variety of R. moschata. It differs, 
indeed, in some respects, from the African type of the spe- 
cies, especially in the length of the leaves and in the form 
of its petals, but in other respects it does not appear to 
vary; and experience has shown us, that such differences 
are unimportant. 
It was, we confess, unexpected by us, that an African 
species of Rose should be found in Southern Asia ; as we had 
believed that the form of R.moschata was there represented 
only by R. Brunonii. But we find in our surprise on the 
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