Rosa ROSACEAE Pyracantha 



446). Climbing shrub; fls. white. Eastern China; locally in Ku. Planted, orna- 

 mental. 



2. Rosa multi-flora Thunb. var. cathayensis (Bailey) Rehd. & Wils. g^H (Yeh 

 Ch'iang Wei; Wild Rose) (R.M. 445). Shrub, fls. pink, VI-VII. China; locally 

 in An., Che., Hon., Hup., Ki., Ku. Brushland. 



3. Rosa moschata Hermm. Musk Rose WMMit (Huang Li Ch'un Hua; Yellow 

 Poppy) (R.M. 446). Scandent shrub; fls. white, VI; fr. VIII. Eurasia, North 

 Africa; locally in An. Brushland. 



4. Rosa henryi Boulenger %MM (Hsiu Ch'ang Wei; Beautiful Rose) (R.M. 447) 

 Scandent shrub, to 4m.; fls. white, fragment, VI-VII; fr. dark red, VIII-IX. 

 Central China; locally in An., Ki. Thickets. 



5. Rosa souliana Crep. (R.M. 447). Erect shrub, to 4 m.; fls. white, VI; fr. orange 

 red, VII. China; locally in An. Brushland. 



6. Rosa chinensis Jacq. China Rose H^tt (Yueh Chi Hua; Monthly Flower) (R.M- 

 449). Bush; fls. red, pink, white, VI-LX. China; locally in Ki., Ku. Many 

 cultivated varieties. 



7. Rosa banksiae R. Br. Banks' Rose -Jf^tt (Mu Hsiang Hua; Fragrant-tree Flower) 

 (R.M. 450). Scandent shrub, to 6 m.; fls. white or yellow, V-VIII, in umbels. 

 China, Japan; locally in Che., Ku. Thickets, cultivated, ornamental. 



8. Rosa cymosa Tratt. (R. microcarpa Lindl.) /J^^t (Hsiao Kuo Ch'iang Wei; 

 Small-fruited Rose) (R.M. 450). Rambling shrub; fls. white, in corymbs. China; 

 locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Brushland. 



9. Rosa laevigata Michx. Cherokee Rose &l$=?- (Chin Ying Tzu; Golden Cherry) 

 (R.M. 450). Scandent shrub, to 5 m.; fls. white, IV-V; fr. VI-VIIII, spiny. 

 China; locally in An., Che., Ki. Thickets. Introduced and widely naturalized in 

 southeastern North America before 1800. 



10. Rosa rugosa Thunb. IfclfcfE (Mei Kuei Hua; Jasper Flower) (R.M. 438). Erect 

 shrub, to 2 m.; fls. purple to white, V-VIII; fr. brick red, smooth. China, Korea, 

 Japan; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



IV. Pomoideae Pear Subfamily $IWPc (Li Ya K'o) 

 Trees and shrubs: receptacle joined to the ovary, or sometimes prolonged beyond 

 it into a hypanthium: carpels inferior, sometimes bony, usually 5: fr. a pome. 



15. Cotoneaster Medic. Star Quince ifiXfe^feM (P'u Ti Wu Kung Shu; 

 Spreading-on-the-ground Centipede Genus) 



Shrubs with small coriaceous simple entire Ivs., often evergreen: fls. small, white 

 or pink, usually clustered; ovary inferior, with 2-5 bony 2~seeded carpels, becoming at 

 maturity a small red or black drupaceous pome. 40 or more species, the majority of 

 them occurring in China. (A Latin name or Greek origin from kotaneon, quince; and 

 aster, similar, referring to the quince-like lvs. of some species.) 



1. Cotoneaster hupehensis Rehd. & Wils. UtM^ (Hu Pai Hsiin Tzu) (R.M. 353). 

 Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. V; fr. red, VIII-IX. Central and western China; locally in 

 An. Forest. 



16. Pyracantha Roem. Firethorn j^rM (Pi Jo Shu) 

 Evergreen thorny shrubs tvith usually crenate or serrate lvs.: fls. white, clustered: 

 fr. a red or orange pome with five 2~seeded bony carpels: similar to Cotoneaster. 6 

 species, in southern Eurasia; 4 in China. (Greek: pyr, fire; and acanthos, thorn, re- 

 ferring to the bright red fr. and thorny brs.) 



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