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38142 to 38168— Continued. 



38159 to 38166. Rosa spp. Rosacese. Rose. 



38159. Rosa soulieana Crep. 



See S. P. I. Nos. 21747 and 32962 for previous introductions. 



38160. Rosa xanthina X (?). 

 Hybrid. 



38161. Rosa rubus Leveille and Vant. 



" Wilson No. 431. From Patung, western Hupeh, at an altitude of 

 600 to 1,300 meters." 



" This is a common species everywhere in western Hupeh and 

 eastern Szechwan from river level to 1,300 meters. The densely 

 hairy shoots and leaves readily distinguish it from its near relatives. 

 The leaflets are often large and coarsely toothed, and the leaves 

 though variable in shape resemble those of certain species of Rubus. 

 The fruit is globose, and the pedicels are relatively long and stout." 

 (Sargent, Plantae WUsonianae, vol. 2, p. 309, 1915.) 



38162. Rosa banksiae normalis Regel. 



"(No. 619. Near Ichang, Hupeh, China. October, 1907.) A 

 scandent bush 6 meters and more tall and as much in diameter, 

 flowers pure white, fragrant, fruit dull red, abundant. This rose is 

 very abundant in western Hupeh and eastern Szechwan from river 

 level to 1,000 meters altitude, and is fairly common in western 

 Szechwan in the valleys of the Tung and Min Rivers and neighbor- 

 ing regions up to 1,500 meters altitude. It delights in glens, ravines, 

 and rocky places generally, where it forms tangled masses 6 meters 

 and more high and as much in diameter ; commonly it rambles over 

 trees, and Wilson has seen trees 15 meters and more tall completely 

 festooned with this rose. The flowers are always pure white, and 

 we have never observed any tendency toward double flowers in the 

 wild plant; nor did Wilson see it or any of its forms cultivated in 

 gardens in central or western China. The umbellate inflorescence 

 well distinguishes this species from its nearest relation Rosa micro- 

 carpa Lindley. The root bark is used locally for strengthening and 

 dyeing fishing nets brown. This variety appears to be confined to 

 central and western China, and we have seen no specimens of the 

 wild plant from regions east of the 112th meridian of longitude." 

 (Sargent, Plantae WUsonianae, vol. 2, p. 317, 1915.) 



38163. Rosa helenae Rehder and Wilson. 



" Wilson No. 666. From Wushan, eastern Szechwan, at an alti- 

 tude of 1,000 to 1,500 meters." 



"Rosa helenae is very abundant in rocky places from river level 

 to 1,500 meters everywhere in western Hupeh and eastern Szechwan, 

 but has not yet been reported from farther west. It forms in way- 

 side thickets and by the banks of streams tangled masses often 6 

 meters tall and as much through, and in the margins of woods it 

 rambles over small trees. When covered with masses of its white 

 fragrant flowers this rose is very beautiful. It has proved quite 

 hardy and flowered profusely at the Arnold Arboretum." (Sargent, 

 Plantae WUsonianae, vol. 2, p. 311, 1915.) 



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