Tas. 8158. 
ROSA SoULIEANA. 
Western China. 
RosaceaE. Tribe Rosean. . j 
Rosa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 625. 
Rosa (§ Systylae) Soulieana, Crépin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 1896, vol. xxxv. 
Comptes Rendus, p. 21; species R. moschatae, Mill., proxima; differt foliis 
minoribus, foliolis ovalibus utrinque rotundatis, pedunculis minus glandu- 
losis et sepalis breviter acuminatis. 
Frutex robustus, habitu R. caninae, 2-8 m. altus, aculeis rectis vel in ramis 
floriferis curvatis basi latis crebre armatus, praeter glandulas parvas 
breviter stipitatas glaber. Folia pallide viridia, 5-9-foliolata, plerumque 
7-foliolata, maxima 10 cm. longa sed saepius 6-8 cm. longa. oliola ovalia, 
ovata vel ovato-oblonga, interdum usque ad 3 cm. longa, brevissime 
petiolulata, minute serrulata; rhachis aculeolata. Stipulae latae, adnatae, 
minute glanduloso-marginatae, parte libera acutae. Flores eburnei, circiter 
4 cm. diametro, in corymbos compositos amplos densos terminales dispositi, 
vel interdum in ramis brevibus lateralibus solitarii; pedunculi graciles, 
glandulis minimis instructi. Calyx inconspicue glandulosus ; lobis breviter 
acuminatis integris vel paucidentatis. Petala emarginata. Ovaria pilosa, 
stylis persistentibus. Fructus ovoideus vel fere globosus, circiter 1°5 cm. 
diametro maximo, aurantiaco-cinnabarinus. 
Rosa Soulieana is one of the most desirable of the single 
white roses, both in flower and fruit. Kew received it from 
Messrs. de Vilmorin in 1899, and it may be seen to great 
advantage in the Rose Valley near the Pagoda. It differs 
from R. moschata in the smaller leaves, usually oval leaflets 
rounded at both ends, shortly stalked glands on the 
peduncles and in the shorter tails of the sepals. 
R. Brunonii, Lindl. (B.M. t. 4030) often erroneously 
written Brunonis, and quoted as a synonym of &. moschata, 
Mill., is easily distinguished by its very hairy peduncles. 
There are wild specimens of this species in the Kew 
Herbarium from various localities in the province of 
Kwangtung. In foliage it is much nearer &. Soulieana 
than it is to R. moschata. : 
On the authority of the late Professor Crépin, in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg., 1905, vol. xxxiv. Comptes-fendus, p. 57, 
the plant figured in the Magazine (t. 7421) as R. Luciae, 
Franch. et Rochebr., is not that species, but is his &. 
OctTosER, 1907. 
