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43810 to 43925— Continued. 



deep pink or red flowers are up to 3 Inches in width and are produced 

 singly or in clusters of varying number. The elongated pear-shaped fruit 

 is bright red. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the Brit- 

 ish Isles, vol. 2, p. 433.} 



43901. Rosa moyesii Hemsl. and Wils. Rosacese. Rose. 

 "Wilson No. 1495a." 



This rose from western China grows from 6 to 10 feet in height and has 

 erect stems armed with scattered broad-based spines. The compound 

 leaves are from 3 to 6 inches long, and the flowers, which are a lurid 

 dark red, are from 2 to 2^ inches mde and occur singly or in pairs. The 

 bottle-shaped fruits are red and crowned by the erect persistent sepals. 

 This is a very hardy rose, and in its native country it is found at eleva- 

 tions of 9,000 feet and over. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 435.) 



43902. Rosa multibracteata Hemsl. and Wils. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A rose from western China growing about 6 feet high, with straight 



paired thorns. The leaves are composed of seven to nine broadly oval 

 leaflets, and the pinlv flowers, which occur in corymbs or singly, are 

 li inches wide. The ovcid fruit is orange-red with persistent sepals. 

 (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 5, p. 

 2998.) 



43903. Rosa multifloea cathayensis Rehd. and Wils. Rosacese. 



Rose. 



The seeds of this plant were introduced under S. P. I. No. 43720. 



43904. Rosa omeiensis Rolfe. Rosacese. Rose. 

 A stout, branched shrub, from 3 to 10 feet high, with the young shoots 



covered with dense bristles and the older stems armed with stout, straight 

 thorns. The long, green leaves are composed of 9 to 13 sharply serrate 

 leaflets, and the white flowers, which are over an inch in diameter, occur 

 singly on short lateral twigs. The bright-red fruits are up to half an 

 inch in length, and their yellow stalks are very striking in autumn. 

 These fruits are said to be eaten in China, where the plant grows at 

 elevations of 8,(X)0 to 9,000 feet. It thrives in good loamy soil and 

 may be propagated from the freely produced seeds. (Adapted from 

 Curtis' s Botanical Magazine, pi. 84"^ 1.) 



43905. Rosa omeiensis pteracantha (Frauch.) Rehd. and Wils. Rose. 

 (B. sericea pteracantha Franch.) Rosacese. 



This Chinese rose is found in the Province of Yunnan and differs from 

 the typical species in having the stems covered with much-flattened 

 spines, which are short and compressed and whose bases are very broad. 

 The white flowers are solitary, and the fruit is pear shaped and bright 

 red. (Adapted from Franchet, Plantae Delavayanae, p. 220, and from 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 438.) 



43906. Rosa pouzini Tratt. Rosacese. Rose. 

 This rose, from southern Europe and northern Africa, rarely exceeds 7 



feet in height. The leaves are composed of five to seven or sometimes 

 nine serrate leaflets, and the small flowers are pale or deep pink, rarely 

 white. (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholz- 

 kunde, vol. 1, p. 563.) 



