Messrs. Veitch it flowered and fruited in 1908, and pro- 
vided the material from which our illustration has been 
prepared. Judging by the manner in which it grows in 
their nursery at Coombe Wood, R. omeiensis appears to be 
as hardy and vigorous as its ally, R. sericea. It has the 
same elegant, much divided foliage, which imparts to the 
whole plant a fern-like grace, while the yellow stalks of 
the fruits add a curious and striking feature to the plant in 
autumn. It thrives in good loamy soil, and the seeds it 
bears so freely will afford an easy means of propagation. 
According to Faber, the fruits are eaten in China, and have 
a pleasant acid taste. 
Descriprion.—Shrub, 3-10 ft. high, freely branching, 
the young shoots usually densely setulose, the older shcots 
glabrous, armed with stout stipular subulate spines which 
are nearly straight and are somewhat flattened and wide- 
based. Leaves 14-23 in. long, green, 9-13-foliolate ; leaflets 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, sharply toothed, 4-3 in. long, 
$7-z In. wide, rachis sparingly prickly, glabrous, rather 
pale on the under surface ; stipules adnate, 1-1 in. long, 
narrowed at the base, dilated at the apex, acute, sharply 
toothed. Flowers solitary on short. lateral twigs, white, 
over 1 in. in diam.; peduncles slender, 1-2 in. long. 
Receptacle ellipsoid, glabrous. Calyz-lobes deltoid, acute 
or acuminate, entire, } in. long or longer, somewhat villous. 
Petals usually 4, obcordate-orbicular, about 2 jin. broad. 
Stamens 1-1 in. long; filaments glabrous; anthers wide- 
oblong. Carpels ae pilose ; styles free, shortly exserted, 
pilose. Fruit ellipsoid, 1-3 in. long, bright red; pedicels 
37¥ In. long, thickened, yellow. 
Figs. 1 and 2, stamens; 3, carpel :— all enlarged. 
