Tab. 8688. 

 rosa cerasocarp.4. 



China. 



Eosaceae. Tribe Roseae. 

 Rosa, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 625. 



Rosa (§ Synstylae) cerasocarpa, Bolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1915, p. 89 ; a 

 B. longicuspidi, Bert., foliolis paucioribus et majoribus, sepalis angu'sti- 

 oribus, et fructibus minoribus differt. 



Frutex scandena vel subscandens, alta. Band glauci vel subglauci, aculeia 

 validis recurvis basi late dilatatis sparse annati. Folia 12-18 cm. longa, 

 5-foliolata vel rarissiine 3-foliolata, rbachis.breviter glandulosa et sparse 

 aculeata ; foliola breviter petiolulata, ovata vel elliptico-ovata, acuminata, 

 argute serrata, glabra vel subglabra, subcoriacea, 5-10 cm. longa, 2-5-5 cm! 

 lata, subtus glaucescentia, venis prominentibus ; stipulae adnatae, angus- 

 tissimae, apice liberae, divergentes et acuminatae, marginious sparse 

 glandulosis. Flores 2 5-3 cm. diametro, in cymas terminales coryinbi- 

 formes 8-15 cm. diametro multifloras dispositi ; pedicelli 2-4 cm. lon<*i, 

 crebre glandulosi. Beceptaculum anguste obovoideum, 4 mm. longum] 

 villosum et glandulosum. Calycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, acuminata vel 

 caudato-acuminati, pubescentes et glandulosi, interdum pinnatisecti, 7-8 

 mm. longi, reflexi. Petala cuneato-obcordata, alba, circiter, 1 ■ 2 cm. longa. 

 Filamenta glabra, 7-8 mm. longa. Carpella copiose villosa ; styli in 

 columnam connati, 6 mm. longi. Fructus globosus, saturate ruber, circiter 

 1 cm. longus, calycis lobis et stylis deciduis.— R. A. Rolfe. 



The Rose here figured is a member of the Synstylae t 

 and is one of the group whereof the well-known Rosa 

 moschata, Herm., figured at t. 7241 of this work, is the 

 type. The material for our plate was supplied by 

 Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, The Ferns, Witcombe, who 

 informs us that his plant was obtained originally from 

 China through the late Sir Thomas Hanbury, La Mortola. 

 The flowering branch figured was received in June, the 

 fruiting spray in November, 1914. The plant has thriven 

 well under the conditions suitable for E. moschata, and 

 when in full blossom is singularly pleasing. Like other 

 members of the group to which It. moschata belongs, 

 the present species, described by Mr. Rolfe as E. ceraso- 

 carpa, from the plant here figured, is difficult to delimit. 

 When the original account was prepared Rolfe identified 

 as belonging to his new species a specimen in fruit 



Decembek, 1916. 



