CO ROSACES. 



Imin. longis mm. latis basi plus apice minus lobatis. Discus ad orem calycis 

 tubi situs coniformis 1mm. longus stylos firme amplectans ; styli circ. 10 supra 

 discum 31 mm. excelsi toto longitucline connati albo-pilosi apico stigmate ter- 

 minati; stigmate singulo peltiformi, peltis rotundatis mm. in diametro; styli 

 infra discum liberi. Carpella 10 libera semi-ovato-lanceolata latere complanata 

 latere glabra dorso dense strigoso-pilosa. 



HAB. Tappansha, Holisha, ad 6000 peel, alt., Sept. 1912, leg. K. PRICE. 



Near Rosa serrata EOLFE, but distinguishable from it by the much smaller 

 flowers and serrulate stipules. 



Rosa moschata MILL. ; HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 367 ; HEMSL. Incl. 

 Fl. Sin. I. p. 252; SCHN. Handb. Laubholzk I. p. 542, rig. 319, m n 2 . 



Rosa Brunonii LINDL. Bot. Mag. t. 4030. 



HAB. Mt. Arisan : prope Funldko, leg. TAKEO ITO et B. HAYATA, Mart. 

 1914. 



Our plant accords exactly with the descriptions and figures given in the 

 above cited literature. As the species exists also in Japan, there can be no 

 dispute about our plant's being referable to R. moschata. The following des- 

 cription is drawn from our specimens. 



Frutex scandentissirnus ad truncum arboris scandens, ranii ramulique a 

 surnmo trunci arboris verticaliter penduli ; rarni defoliati teretes fusco-virides- 

 centes longitudinaliter multi-sulcato-striati hand lenticellati remote vel clensius- 

 cule aculeati, aculeis late triangularibus latere complanatis 3 mm. longis basi 

 7 mm. latis apice cuspidiforniibus descendentibus apice deorsum recurvis, cicatri- 

 cibus aculeorum elongato-ellipticis 7 mm. longis 2 mm. latis, ramis plus minus 

 flexuosis. Ramuli foliiferi et floriferi baud aculeati circ. 20cm. longi a ramo 

 angulo subrecto divaricati alternatim foliiferi apice inflorescentia terrninati. 

 Folia alterna a se circ. 3cm. distantia 5-6 foliolata chartaceo-membrauacea supra 

 in exsiccato fuscentia subtus pallidiora supra in vivo nitida glabra subtus sub- 

 glabra in ambitu ovata 12-16 cm. longa 8-16 cm. lata, foliolo terminali oblongo 

 vel oblongo-ovato 6-8 cm. longo 2|-3| cm. lato apice acuminato vel plus minus 

 caudato-acuminato ad sunimum acuminatissimo basi obtusissimo-rotundato vel 

 tenuissime cordato, rnargine medio sursum regulariter serrulato, (serrulis cuspi- 

 dato-triangularibus ascendentibus apice recurvis vel incurvis), prope basin sub- 



