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October 1908 (Nos. 3589, 3586; bush 2.5-5 m.; flowers pale rose color, 

 fruit scarlet); west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 2000- 

 2600 m., June, July and September 1908, October 1910 (Nos. 1062, 

 4028X; bush 4 m., flowers pale pink, fruit scarlet). 



This handsome Rose is abundant in the thickets and on the margin of woods 

 in the regions east of Tachien-lu, where the type is common. With its large pale 

 pink flowers and large leaves this form looks very distinct from the type. 



Rosa Murielae Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.5-3 m. altus; rami satis graciles, erecti v. patentes, glabri, 

 rubescentes, saepe cinerascentes et dense setosi, aculeis sparsis gracili- 

 bus rectis basi leviter dilatatis 3-6 mm. longis muniti v. interdum 

 inermes. Foha 9-15-foliolata, petiolo incluso 4-15 cm., plerumque 

 8-10 cm. longa; foliola membranacea, breviter petiolulata, elliptica 

 V. elliptico-oblonga, rarius ovata v. ovalia, acuta v. obtusiuscula, ple- 

 r7imque apiculata, basi late cuneata v. rotundata, simpliciter serrata 

 et plerumque margine leviter revoluta, dentibus leviter incurvis v. 

 porrectis manifeste glanduloso-mucronatis v. fere aristatis, 1-4 cm., 

 plerumque 1.5-2 cm. longa et 0.5-1.5, plerumque 0.8-1 cm. lata, supra 

 glabra, saturate viridia, subtus pallidiora, glabra costa media adpresse 

 pilosa excepta, utrinsecus nervis 4-7 subtus leviter elevatis v. fere 

 obsoletis, venulis obsoletis; petioh 0.8-2 cm., plerumque 1-1.2 cm. 

 longi ut rhachis villosi et sparse aciculati, interdum sparse stipitato- 

 glandulosi; stipulae adnatae, membranaceae, 0.6-1 cm. longae, in 

 foHis inferioribus latae, in superioribus satis angustae, auriculis triangu- 

 laribus patentibus acutis v. acuminatis, glabrae, margine sparse glan- 

 duloso-ciliatae v. fere nudae. Flores albi, 2-3 cm. diam., in corymbis 

 umbelliformibus, 3-7-floris, breviter pedunculatis; bracteae et bracte- 

 olae lanceolatae v. ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 8-10 mm. longae, 

 mox deciduae; pedicelli filiformes, 1.5-4.5 cm., plerumque 3 cm. longi, 

 breviter villosuli v. fere glabri, saepe stipitato-glandulosi; receptacu- 

 lum ellipsoideum, glabrum v. apice villosulum; sepala ovata, circiter 

 5 mm. longa, subito in acumen foliaceum 6-10 mm. longum contracta, 

 integra, extus dense villosula v. fere glabra; petala orbiculari-obovata, 

 rotundata v, emarginata, circiter 1 cm. longa; stamina numerosa, an- 

 theris basi leviter divergentibus; styli 8-10, leviter exserti, staminibus 

 multo breviores, dense villosi. Fructus ellipsoideus, apice in coUum 

 constrictus, 1.2-1,8 cm. longus et 0.6-1 cm. diam., aurantiaco-ruber, 

 sepalis erectis persistentibus coronatus. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, thickets, alt. 2300-2800 m., June 



