CO HOSACE.E. 



1 mm. longis § mm. latis Ijasi lAus apice mimis loLatis. Disciis ad orcm calycis 

 tiibi situs coniformis 1 mni. longiLs stylos firme amplectans ; styli circ. 10 supra 

 flisciim 3^ mm. excelsi toto longitndine connati albo-pilosi apice stigmate ter- 

 minati; stigmate singulo peltiformi, iieltis rotundatis Jmm. in diaraetro; styli 

 infra discum liberi. Carpella 10 libera semi-ovato-lanceolata latere complanata 

 latere glabra dorso dense strigoso-iiilosa. 



Hab. Tappansha, Holisha, ad COOO ped. alt., Sopt. 1912, leg. R. Pkice. 



Near Rosa set-rata Eolfe, but distinguishable froni it by the much smaller 

 flowcrs and sciTulate stipules. 



Rosa moschata Mill. ; Hook. f Fh Brit. lm\. II. p. SC? ; Hemsl. Ind. 

 Fl. 8in. I. IX 252; Schn. Handb. Laubholzk. I. \\ 542, fig. 319, m— n^ 



Rosa Brunonii Lindl. Bot. Mag. t. 4030. 



Hab. Mt. Arisan : prope Funkiko, leg. Takeo Ito et B. Hayata, ]\Iart. 

 1914. 



Our plaiit accords exactly witli tlie descriptions and figures giveu in the 

 above cited literature. As the species exists also in Japan, there can be no 

 dispute about oiu- jJaufs being referable to li. moschata. Tlie foUowing des- 

 cription is drawn from our specimens. 



Frutex scandentissimus ad trimcum arboris scandens, rami ramidique a 

 summo trunci arboris verticalitcr penduli ; rami defoliati teretes fusco-virides- 

 centes longitudinaliter multi-sidcato-striati haud lenticeUati remote vel densius- 

 cule aculeati, aculeis late triangidaribus latere comjJanatis 3 mm. longis basi 

 7 mm. latis ajiice cuspidiformibus desccndentibiis apice deorsum recurvis, cicatri- 

 cibus aculeorum elongato-elliiiticis 7 mm. longis 2 mm. latis, i-amis \Am minus 

 flexuosis. Eamuli foliiferi et floriferi liaud aculeati circ. 20 cm. longi a ramo 

 angulo subrecto divaricati altornatim foliiferi apice inflorescentia teniiinati. 

 Folia alterna a se circ. 3 cm. distantia 5-G foliolata chartaceo-membranacea su^ira 

 in exsiccato fuscentia subtus pallidiora supra in vivo nitida glabra subtus sub- 

 glabra in ambitu ovata 12-16 cm. longa S-16 cni. lata, foliolo terminali oblongo 

 vel oblongo-ovato 6-8 cm. longo 2^-3^ cm. lato apice acuminato vel phis minus 

 caudato-acuminato ad summum acuminatissimo basi obtusissimo-rotundato vel 

 tenuissime cordato, margine medio sui-sum regulariter sen-ulato, (sen-ulis cuspi- 

 dato-triangularibus ascendentibiLS apice recurvis vel inciu"vis), prope basin sub- 



