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nosa ?, glaberrima ; foliis longius petiolatis serratis serraturis distanti- 
bus incurvis glanduliferis late cordato-sagittatis v. cordato-hastatis 
sinu nempe basilari latissimo semicirculari quasi excavato lobis latera- 
libus longe deorsum productis rotundatis vel acutiusculis medio equi- 
longis, stipulis magnis liberis lineari-lanceolatis subfaleatis acuminatis 
remote denticulatis, floribus longe pedunculatis, pedunculis supra 
medium bibracteolatis folio plus minus longioribus, sepalis lanceolatis 
acuminatis appendicibus brevibus obtusis, petalis calyce duplo longio- 
ribus oblongis obtusis dilute violaceis venis saturatioribus pictis late- 
ralibus velutinis calcare obtusissimo sepalis duplo breviore, stylo deor- 
sum attenuato stigmate uncinato papilloso, capsula ovoidea, seminibus 
maturis plumbeis.— Diffusa, longe serpens inter gramina in rivulo 
exiguo intra sepimenta magni templi Pak-wan-tung, ad Sai-chii-shan, 
prov. Cantoniensis, m. Aprili 1866, leg. T. Sampson. (Exsicc. n. 
13053.) 
Appears nearest to V. Wightiana, Wall. 
D4, Rosa (Nobiles) Ambyensis, n. sp. ; ramulis striatulis purpurascen- 
tibus glabris opacis, aculeis sparsis recurvis basi complanatis pallide 
rubro-purpureis lucidis, foliolis 5-7 increscentibus ovatis ellipticis vel 
ovato-lanceolatis ipso apice obtusis imcumbenti-serratis subtus palli- 
dioribus utrinque. glaberrimis et lucidis necnon conspicue etsi subti- 
liter prominulo-reticulato-venulosis petiolis parce aculeolatis, stipulis 
acuminatissimo-setaceis ciliatis ac parce glandulosis denticulatis a pe- 
tiolo prorsus liberis, corymbis setaceo-bracteatis, floribus parvis, pedi- 
cellis angulatis 4-4 poll. longis cum tubo calycino eampanulato 1j— 
lin. longo glaberrimis, calycis laciniis oblongis acutissimis extus pube- 
rulis vix glandulosis intus dense albo-tomentosis parce setaceo-pinnati- 
fidis basinque versus aculeolis 1-2 preeditis ipsius tubo sesquilongiori- 
bus petalis albis oblongis emarginatis sesquibrevioribus, stylis lanosis- 
simis basi tantum in columnam brevem glaberrimam coalitis stami- 
nibus duplo brevioribus, cynarrhodis globosis erectis laciniis calycinis 
arcte reflexis coronatis pisi magnitudine, ovariis sessilibus.—In col- 
linis demissis circa urbem Amoy, satis vulgaris : ipse legi m. Octobri 
1857, postea specimina a cll. De Grijs et Sampson collecta pluries 
accepi. (Exsicc. n. 5690. 
Mr. J. G. Baker, whose critical knowledge of the genus Rosa is, I 
believe, unequalled by that of any British botanist, has examined my 
plant, and remarks, in a note, “ Leaves of R. sempervirens, but 
