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Chili: Tientsin, F. N. Meyer, no. 697, April 3, 1908 (cuttings or seeds 

 only; plants growing in Chico, Calif. [Herb. U. S. Dept. Agric.]).— See 

 also F. N. Meyer, 1. c. 



Honan: Cheng chow, cultivated, J. Hers, no. 2511, June 1, 1923. 

 Distribution: also cultivated in other provinces of China. 



Rosa multiflora var. Praegeri Dingier in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xxxvii. 



abt. II. 135, tab. 6a (1919). 



Shantung: Litsun valley, Praeger (ex Dingier, 1. c). 



According to the description it differs from var. cathayensis chiefly in 

 its smaller broad and obtuse leaflets pubescent on both sides, in the white 

 flowers and in its prostrate habit. 



Rosa Rubus Leveille & Vaniot in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. 55 (1908). 



Rosa moschata var. micranlha Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xvm. 302 (Prim. 

 Monog. Ros. 548) (1879); in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1897, 231. 



Shensi: Niu pei shan, alt. 700 m., J. Hers, no. 2456, October 11, 1922. 



See also Crepin, 1. c. 



Hers' no. 2456 which is in ripe fruit differs from the typical form in its 

 somewhat less pubescent and less coarsely serrate leaflets with the veins 

 more prominent beneath. 



(1768).— Dingier in Bot. 



Rosa moschata Miller, Diet. ed. 8, no. 13 

 Centralbl. Beih. xxxvn. abt. n. 135 (1919). 



Shantung: Litsun, alt. 300 m., M. Du Bois- Raymond, no. 203 (ex 

 Dingier, 1. c). 



The plant certainly does not belong to the true R. moschata, but may 



Leveille 



from Kiang.su. 



Rosa Maximowicziana Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. v. 378 (1877).— 



Cowdry in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. liii. 164 (PI. Peitaiho) 



(1922). 



Chili: Pei tai ho, banks and rocks (ex Cowdry, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Manchuria, Korea. 



Rosa Wichuraiana Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxv. 189 (1886).— 



Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PI. Wilson, n. 335 (1915). 



Rosa Luciae var. poteriifolia Franchct & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. n. 345 

 (187!)).— Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xviii. 286 (Prim. Monog. Ros. 

 532) (1879). 



Shantung: Chifu, H. Wawra (ex Crepin, 1. c. [1879]). 

 Distribution: also Kwangtung, Kwangsi; Korea, Japan, Formosa. 



Rosa microcarpa Lindley, Monog. Ros. 130, t. 18 (1820). — Crepin in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xiv. 164 (Prim. Monog. Ros. 368) (1875).— Franchet 

 in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, v. 270 (PI. David, i. 118 ) (1883). 



? Shensi: A. David (ex Crepin, 1. c). 



Distribution: Chekiang, Fokien, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan, Kweichou. 



