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ROSA ANEMON.^'^ORA.— j^ ^ :jS (Ylieh-chi-luia), 

 M M ^X (Yiieh-yueh-hiiug). This is the Chinese montlily 

 rose, a variety of the j^osa sempervirens^ a common scrambling 

 shrub, bearing a profusion of red flowers, mostly barren. It is 

 supposed to act on the blood, reduce swelling, and destroy 

 poison in ulcers. The flowers are said to encourage the 

 breaking of stumous abscesses when taken internally, after 

 having been prepared according to very disgusting process 

 suggested by an ancient formulary. 



ROSA BANKSIA.— Tfc ^ (Mu-hsiang). This is not 

 described under this term in the Peiitsao^ what is there said 

 referring to Aplotaxis and Aristolodiia (which articles see). 

 Li Shih-chen speaks of a kind of rose (^ ^) being called AIu- 

 hsiang^ but no further reference is made to it. 



ROSA INDICA, Rosa imtltiflora.—% ^ (Ch'iang-wei). 

 This is a geneial name for the species. Tlie fruit is called '^ 

 ^ (Ying-shih), and the plant ^ ^ (Ch'iang-mi), "wall-rose." 

 One kind with very large flowers is called ^ %^ (Fo-chien- 

 hsiao), "Buddha sees and smiles." It grows wild in the 

 forests and on banks. In the spring, children strip tlie bark 

 and spines from the young shoots and eat these latter. The 

 flowers have yellow anthers and pale or pink petals. Cultivated 

 varieties have white, yellow, red, and purple flowers. The 

 fruits are used in wounds, sprains, injuries, foul sores, and are 

 said to be anodyne. The root is considered carminative 

 and astringent, and is used in fluxes, ulcers, wounds, skin 

 diseases, and polyuria. The leaves are applied in ulcers. Li 

 Shih-chen speaks of a perfume found among the ^ # (which 

 may refer to any place outside of China, and whose people 

 approach China from the South), called ^ f i ^ (Ch'iang-wei- 

 lu). This may refer to Attar of Roses ; or this latter may be the 

 ^ IE tI^ (Ch'iang-wei-shui), brought to Canton and Fukien by 

 Arabian traders, and referred to in the annals of the vSung 

 dynasty, quoted by Dr. Bretschneider in a series of articles of 

 great interest in the "Chinese Notes and Queries" for 1870. 



ROSA L^VIGATA.— ^ fi ^ (Chin-ying-tsu), 166. 

 The second character should be H (Yiug), as its seed capsule 



