ROSA MICROPHYLLA. 9 
ported from the East Indies by Messrs. Whitley and 
Co. of Fulham, in whose fine collection I have seen it 
growing vigorously, and it proves an highly desirable 
addition to our gardens. It cannot possibly be con- 
founded except with R. bracteata or microphylla, from 
both which its dull narrow leaves, hoary beneath, and 
long slender shoots, distinguish it sufficiently; besides, 
the bracteze are at a little distance from the flowers. 
From a figure in a collection of Chinese drawings 
in the possession of Mr. Cattley it appears to be a na- 
tive of China as well as India. 
6. ROSA microphylla. 
R. foliolis ovatis minoribus, bracteis appressis_pecti- 
natis, fructu aculeato. 
R. microphylla Roxb ! fl. ind. ined. 
Hoi-tong-hong Sinensium.  , 
Hab. in China, Roxburgh. (v. pict. iconibus Sinens. 
bibl. cel. Colebrooke.) 
Apparently a smaller plant than R. bracteata, from 
which it differs in having prickly fruit, and ovate, ob- 
tuse leaves. As Iam scarcely acquainted with it ex- 
cept from a drawing in the possession of Mr. Cole- 
brooke, it is not possible nor indeed advisable to draw 
up a detailed description. Specimens however may 
probably exist among the unarranged plants in the 
herbaria of this country, and may afford materials for 
a complete account of it at some future time. Its 
flowers are double and of a very delicate blush colour, 
so that in a living state it must be a charming plant. 
I have seen some fragments of a Rose nearly allied to 
the Macartney, obtained from a plant in the collection 
of the Right Honourable Lord Suffield at Blickling, 
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