166 ROSACES. [RulllS. 



1. R. ellipticus, Smith; -Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 336. R. fiavus, Ham., 

 Brandis 197; Kurz i. 438; Gamble 35. R. Gowreephul, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 517. Vern. Akhi, ankri, kundchi, guracha, pukana, Pb. ; Esar, 

 hishaluy hisaluj Kumaun ; Tolu aselu, escalu, cesi, Nep. ; Kashyem, 

 Lepcha. 



A large thorny shrub with brown bark and moderately hard, light- 

 brown wood. Pores small ; medullary rays short, very broad and 

 moderately broad. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Bhutan, between 1,500 and 8,000 feet ; Khasia Hills 

 and Assam. 



The fruit is yellow and with the flavour of the raspberry ; it is commonly eaten 

 and made into preserves in the Himalaya, and is certainly one of the best of the wild 

 fruits of India. 



E 2367. Tukdah Forest, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet. 



2. R. lasiocarpus, Smith; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 339; Brandis 198 ; 

 Kurz i. 439 ; Gamble 36. Vern. Gunacha, pukana, Hazara; Kandidri, 

 kharmuch, surganch, Kashmir; Tulanch, Chenab; Niu, kalliachi, Beas; 

 KlencJiUy galka, Simla; Kalga, Sutlej ; Kalawar, kala hisalu, Kumauu ; 

 Kala aselu, Nep. ; Kajntalam, Lepcha. 



Bark smooth. Structure similar to that of R, ellipticus. 



Himalaya, Khasia Hills, Burma, South India and Ceylon. 



The fruit has a glaucous blue-black colour ; it is small, but of good flavour. 



E 2368. Tukdah Forest, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet. 



3. R. lineatllS, Reinw. ; Hook. Fl. Ind.ii, 333 ; Gamble 36, Vern. 

 Gempe aselu, Nep. 



A large thornless shrub with red bark peeling off in paper}' flakes. 

 Wood yellowish brown, in structure resembling that of JR. ellipticus. 



Sikkim Himalaya, 6,000 to 9,000 feet. 

 Stems used to make fences. Fruit red, edible. 



E 3307. Darjeeling 7,000 feet. 



6. ROSA, Linn. 



Contains 9 species without including those cultivated in India, full account of 

 which is given in Brandis' Forest Flora, and referred to in the Flora Indica ii. 363. 

 Rosa involucrata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 513, is a sub-scandent shrub of the banks of streams 

 in the Gangetic plain, westward to Mount Aboo and eastward to Burma. R. Eglanteria, 

 Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 366 (R. lutea, Mill. ; Brandis 201), is a shrub of the 

 arid parts of the inner Himalaya, with yellow flowers. R. Webbiana, Wall ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 366 ; Brandis 202. Vern. Kantian, shingdri, Hazara ; Shikand, ghawtr/i, 

 manayar, brazen, Chenab; Chua, Lahoul ; Sia, Ladak, Piti; Ringyal, Kan invar, 

 is a pink-flowered erect shrub of the same region. R. anserincefolia, Boiss.; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 365, is a common, wild and cultivated, white-flowered rose of Afghanistan. 

 R. longicuspis, Bertol. ; Hook. FL Ind. ii. 367, is a climber of the Khasia Hills from 

 2,000 to 5,000 feet ; and R. Leschenaultiana, W. and A. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 368, a 

 climber of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills. 



1. R. moschata, Mill. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 367 ; Brandis 201. Vern. 

 Kujij kajei, karer, kwia, kwiala. Hind. ; Phulwara, dial, Kashmir. 



A lar^e, thorny, climbing shrub. Bark greyish brown. Wood moder- 

 ately hard, porous. Annual rings marked by a continuous line of lar^o 

 pores in the spring wood, the pores in the aulunm wood being scanty 

 and small. Medullary rays broad to very broad. 



