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Sect, 6. INDICAE Thory. 

 Clavis specierum. 



Flores rubri v. rosei, vix v. leviter fragrantea; sepala plerumque pinnata. Fructus 

 ovoideus v. pyriformis. Stipulae glanduloso-ciliatae .... 18. i?. chinensis. 



Flores albi, v. pallida rosei v. flavescentes, fragrantissimi; sepala Integra v. interdum 

 sparse pinnata. Fructus depresso-globosus. Stipulae eglandulosae v. auriculis 

 sparse gland uloso-ciliatis 19. i2. odorata. 



Enitmeratio specieritm. 



18. Rosa chinensis Jacquin. See p. 320. 



Rosa chinensis, f. spontanea Rehder & Wilson. See p. 320. 



19. Rosa odorata Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Loud. 119 (1818). 



Rosa indica odorata Andrews, Roses, II. t. 77 (1810-18?). 



Rosa indica fragrans Thory in Redoute, Roses, I. 61, t. 19 (1817). 



Rosa indica, ^ odoratissirna Lindley, Ros. Monog. 106 (1820); in Bot. Reg. X. 



t 804 (1824). — Regel, Tent Ros. Monog. 94 (1877); in Act. Hort. Petrop, 



V. 358 (1878). 

 Rosa od&ratissima Sweet ex Lindley, Ros. Monog. 106 (pro sjiion.) (1820). 

 Rosa Thea Savi, Fl Hal. 11. t. 47 (1822). 



Rosa indica, var. ochroleuca Lindley in Trans. Hort. Soc. Land. VI. 286 (1826). 

 Rosa indica sulphurea Andrews, RoseSj II. t. 86 (1826-28?). 

 Rosa fragrans Thory in Redouts, Roses, ed. 3, III. groupe 25, t. [19] (in tab, 



tantum) (1835). — K. Koch, Dendr. I. 273 (1869). 

 Rosa chinensis, a indica Koehne, Deutsch. Dendr. 281 (pro parte) (1893). 

 Rosa chinensis, vQ,r. fragrans Rehder in Bailey, Cycl, Am. Hort. IV. 1551 (1902). 

 Rosa gechouitangensis L6veill6 in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XI. 299 (1912). 

 Rosa oulen^ensis [sic] Leveill6, 1. c. (1912). — Willmott, Gen. Rosa, II. 523, 



t. (1914). 

 Rosa tongtchouanensis L^veill^ in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. XI. 300 (1912). — 



Willmott, Gen. Rosa, 11. 523, t. (1914). 



Yunnan: " Ge-choui-tang, alt. 2450 m., April 1911," E. E. Maire (type of 

 R, gechouitangensis L^veilM); *'Ou-long, alt. 2500 m., April 1911," E. E. Maire 

 (type of R. oulengensis L6veill6); '* Haies de Tong-tchouan et de La-kou, alt* 

 2400-2500 m., March and April 1911," E. E. Maire (type of R. tongtchouanensis 

 L6veill6); Mengtsze, cultivated?, A. Henry (No. 10828; cUmber, pink flowers). 



This Rose in various forms is commonly cultivated in western Yunnan and 

 doubtless from there has been introduced to other parts of China, notably to the 

 sea-board; from there it was first taken to Europe and to other parts of the world. 

 Forms are semi-double or very double and in color are white, yellow, buff or pale 

 rose-pink or combinations of these colors. The leaves have 5-7 leaflets. 



The differences on which L^veilld relies for the estabhshment of his species here 

 quoted do not hold good in the specimens before us; indeed, so nearly identical 

 are they that they might have been collected from the same bush. 



Rosa odorata, var. gigantea Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



Rosa gigantea Collett apud Cr^pin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. XXVIl. 148 (1888); 

 in XXVIII. Compt. Rend. 11 (1889); in Gard. Chran. ser. 3, VI. 12, fig. 4 

 (1889). — CoUett & Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVIII. 55, t. 9 (1890), — 

 Hemsley in Bot. Mag. CXXX. t. 7972 (1904). — Willmott, Gen. Rosa, I. 99, 

 t. (1911). — Rafiail in6'ar<i. Chron. ser. 3. LI. 314. fitr i?;fi noi9i 



