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ROSA microphylla. 
Small-leaved Chinese Rose, ^ 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RoBAcjtx vera. . n ^. f vi 
Dtv. ix. Caniirae. ^ctc2et ceqmks admci. FoHola ovcUa egtaMdiUo$a, 
raiHru conniventibus. Sepala decidva. Discus incrcusatus faucem 
claudens. Surculi majorum arcuati, Lindley. 
R. microphylla; foliolis nitidis wrgut^ serratis, calyce aculeis densissitnis 
muricato, sepalis brevibus lat^ ovatis apiculatis. Lindl. ros. num. 146. 
R. microphylla. Roxb. fi. ind. ined. Lindley ros. nun. p. 9. erf. gaU. 
p. 104. Trattinn. ros. 2./ol. 194. 
The earliest information European Botanists received 
of this plant, was through a collection of Chinese drawings 
ia the posi^ssion of Mr. Coiebrooke ; upon the authority 
of which it was first taken up in any scientific arrangement. 
It was originally supposed to be related to the 3Iacartney 
Rose, chiefly on account of what appeared in the drawing 
to be large pectinated braeteae. But upon a subsequent 
examination of dried specimens sent from the Botanic 
Garden Calcutta, it was ascertained to be referable to the 
same section as ^e Rbsa indica of the'gard^. 
The living plant does not appear to differ, in any 
respect, from that of the Botanic Garden Calcutta, whence 
it is to be presumed that the individuals now in this 
country were derived. Probably it will not be found more 
tender than other kinds of Chinese Roses, but its extreme 
rarity has hitherto prevented its being tried in the open 
iiir. Our drawing was made last July, from a plant in a 
greenhouse at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, where it has now 
flowered for the first time in Europe. 
