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Tas. 8471 
ROSA OMEIENSIS. 
Western China. 
RosacEan. Tribe RosEax. 
Rosa, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 625. 
Rosa omeiensis, Rolfe; affinis R. sericeae, Lindl, sed foliolis plurimis et 
angustioribus, floribus saepissime minoribus et fructus pedicellis in- 
crassatis et flavis differt. 
Frutex robustus, ramosus, 1-3 m. altus.  /?amuli_juniores saepius dense 
setulosi, vetusti glabri, aculeis validis stipularibus e basi dilatata com- 
presse subulatis subrectis armati. Folia 3-6 em. longa, viridia, 9-13-folio- 
lata; foliola oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, argute serrulata, 1-2 cm. longa, 
3-7 mm. lata, rhachis parce aculeolata, glabra, subtus pallidiora. Stipulue 
petiolo adnatae, 6-8 mm. longae, basi angustae, apice dilatatae, acutae, 
argute dentatae, Fvores in ramulis brevibus lateralibus solitarii, albi, 
circiter 3 em. diametro. Pedunculi graciles, 1-2 cm. longi. Receptaculum 
ellipsoideum, glabrum. Ca/ycis lobi de!toidei, acuti vel acuminati, integri, 
8-10 mm. longi, basi 3-4 mm. lati, villosuli. Petala saepissime 4, 
obcordato-orbicularia, circiter 1°5 cm. lata. Stamina 3-4 mm. longa; 
filamenta glabra; antherae late oblongae. Carpella oblonga, pilosa ; styli 
liberi, brevissime exserti, pilosi. Fructus ellipsoideus, 1-1°3 cm. longus, 
saturate ruber, pedicelli 1-1°3 cm. longi, incrassati, flavii—R. A. ROLFE. 
The Rose here figured may be regarded as the Eastern 
representative of the Himalayan Sosa sericea, Lindl., which 
has been figured at t. 5200 of this work. But R. omeiensis 
differs markedly from £2. sericea by its more numerous, 
relatively narrower leaflets, its usually considerably smaller 
flowers and in the thickened yellow fruiting pedicels. It 
was first discovered a quarter of a century ago by the Rev. 
E. Faber on Mount Omei, Szechuan, at about 8,000 ft. 
above sea-level. Later it was met with in the same neigh- 
bourhood and also on the Fang Mountains, Hupeh, by 
Mr, A. Henry, who has described it as a large spreading 
bush, 6 to 10 ft. high, forming thickets on the mountains 
at elevations of from 8,000 to 9,500 ft. For the introduc- 
tion of . omeiensis to this country, horticulture is indebted 
to Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, through their collector, Mr. 
E. H. Wilson, who met with the species both on Mount 
Omei and on the Fang range, and records it as occurring at 
elevations of from 4,000 to 10,000 ft. elevation. With 
Decemper, 1912. 
