TAB. 8569. 
ROSA SETIPODA. 
China. 
RosacEaE. Tribe RosEaLz, 
Rosa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 625. 
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Rosa (§ Cinnamomeae) setipoda, Hemsl. et H. H. Wils. in Kew Bulletin, 1906, 
p- 158; species inter affines inflorescentia permagna laxa, bracteis foliaceis 
et pedicellis setis longis patentissimis capitato-glandulosis instructis 
distincta. 
Frutec 2-8 m. altus; ramuli subglabri, aculeis geminatis rectis basi late 
dilatatis 5-8 mm. longis armati. Folia 6-18 cm. longa, 7-9-foliolata, 
rhachis breviter glandulosa et aculeolata, foliola subsessilia, late elliptica, 
obtusa vel subacuta, serrata vel duplicato-serrata, supra atroviridia, subtus 
glauca, venis prominentibus et puberulis, 8-6 cm. longa, 1-3 cm. lata; 
stipulae adnatae, 1:5-2°5 cm. longae, anguste oblongae, acutae, marginibus 
crebre ciliato-glandulosis. Flores speciosi, circiter 5 cm. diametro, in 
cymas terminales corymbiformes laxas dispositi; pedicelli 3-5 cm. longi, 
glanduloso-setulosi. Receptaculwm anguste oblongo-ovoideum, 8-10 mm. 
longum, copiose setuloso-glandulosum. Calycis lobi ovato-lanceolati, 
caudato-acuminati, intus pubescentes, apice foliacei et acute serrati, 
9-2°5 cm. longi, patentes vel reflexi. Petala late obcordata, circiter 
2°5 em. lata, pallide rosea, basi albidula. Filamenta glabra, 3-4 mm. 
longa; antheris aureis. Carpella copiose villosa; styli 6 mm. longi, © 
villosi. Fructus ovoideus, apice attenuatus, saturate ruber, circiter 2°5 
cm. longus, sepalis persistentibus erectis coronatus.—R. A. Roure. 
The striking Rose here figured was met with by 
Mr. E. H. Wilson in the Fang district in North-western 
Hupeh, Central China, at from 7000 to 9000 feet above 
sea-level, when collecting on behalf of Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons. It was raised by that firm in 1904, and 
flowered for the first time in their nursery at Coombe 
Wood in 1909. In the interval the species was described 
as R. setipoda from herbarium material collected by 
Mr. Wilson, and at a still earlier date by its original 
discoverer, Mr. A. Henry. According to both collectors 
the species is not uncommon in shrubberies in Hupeh. 
Mr. Wilson describes it as a remarkable rose, recalling 
by its general facies &. macrophylla, Lindl, with large 
corymbs of handsome flowers to which a singular appear- 
ance is imparted by reason of the long pedicels clothed 
with spreading gland-tipped bristles, and beset with 
Avuaust, 1914. 
