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obovata, circiter 12 mm. longa, 10-12 mm. lata, apice rotundata, 

 emarginata; styli coaliti, 4-5 mm, exserti, pilosi. Fructus globosus, 

 8-12 mm. diam., intense scarlatinus, sepalis deciduis, stylis saepe 

 partim persistentibus. 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, 

 alt. 1300-2300 m., July and November 1908 (No. 1228, type); same 

 locality, alt. 1600-2000 m., November 1910 (No. 4200). 



This species is very distinct from the other members of this group and is well 

 characterized by its glabrous shoots and leaflets which are gland-dotted on the under- 

 side, by its very large paniculate inflorescence of moderately large flowers on 

 filiform pedicels and by its small globose fruit covered with bloom. It may be 

 compared with R. Brunonii Lindley, which, however, is a pubescent plant, with 

 narrower leaflets, larger flowers in much smaller and shorter paniculate corymbs. 

 Rosa filipes has a rather local distribution, but it is not uncommon in the rather 

 dry regions mentioned. 



Rosa Gentiliana Leveille & Vaniot in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LV. 

 55 (1908). — Willmott, Gen. Rosa, II. 513, t. (1914). 



Rosa adenodada Leveille, in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 431 (1912); Fl. Kouy- 



Tcheou, 353 (1915). — Willmott, Gen. Rosa, II. 517, t. (1914). 

 Rosa floribunda Baker in Willmott, Gen. Rosa, II. 513 (non Steven) (1914). — 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LVIII. 210, fig. 70 (1915), descript. excludenda. 

 Rosa cerasocarpa Rolfe in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1915, 89, specimine Henry- 



ano No. 7007 excepto quod ad R. Rubum pertinet. 

 Rosa moschata maculata Hort. ex Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LVIII. 210 (pro 



synon.) (1915). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 May, November and December 1907 (Nos. 3599, 3601, spreading scan- 

 dent bush 2-6 m. tall; Ichang, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 2722*); 

 same locality, A. Henry; Patung Hsien, margin of woods, alt. 1000- 

 1400 m.. May 1907 (No. 3598; scandent bush 3-5 m. tall, flowers white, 

 fragrant); Hsing-shan Hsien, ravines and beside streams, alt. 600-1300 

 m.. May 8, 1907 (No. 3600; wide scandent bush 1-3 m. tall, flowers 

 sulphur-yellow passing to white, fragrant); same locality, alt. 1000- 

 1300 m., June and November 1907 (No. 609''; scandent bush 2-4 m. 

 tall, flowers white, fragrant, fruit dull red) ; Fang Hsien, woodlands, 

 alt. 1000-1600 m., November 1907 (No. 609; bush 3-5 m. tall, fruit 

 dark red). Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, A. Henry (No. 

 5773). Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Herb. Bot. 

 Gard. Hongkong, No. 2647). Kiangsu: without locality, D'Argy 

 (type). Kweichou: " Grotte de Gai-ko," alt. 1200 m.. May 3, 

 1910, J. Esquirol (No. 2100, type of R. adenodada Leveille). 



