288 XLVI. ROSACEA [Rosa 



B. Styles distinct, calyx-segments persistent in fr. 



5. R. macrophylla, Lindl. ; Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 117 ; Brandis F. Fl. 203. 

 Vern. Ban gfdab, Ban Kuja, Ban Kor, Simla. 



A large erect shrub, occasionally unarmed, but generally with straight 

 prickles \—\ in. long, often in pairs below the nodes, no bristles, glandular 

 hairs on stipules, bracts, pedicels and calyx. Leaves 2-8 in. long, glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent, leaflets 3-6 pair. Fl. red, li-3 in. across, in large coiwnibs, 

 bracts large entire. Calyx-lobes often longer than petals, apex dilated, lanceo- 

 late, toothed. Fr. elongate ovoid, soft, 1-1 h in., calyx-segments often 1 in. 

 long. 



Kuram. valley. Himalaya, extending into the inner dry region, Kagan to Sikkini 

 6-10,000 ft. FL April-June, fr. .Oct.— Yunnan. 6. R. Web'biana, Wall. Baluchistan, 

 Kuram valley. Inner and N. W. Himalaya, ascending to 13,500 ft. Kantai, Pangi ; 

 Rangyal, Bash. Leaves 1-3 in. long, leaflets 2—4 pair, obovate or rotundate, entire near 

 base, with deep sharp teeth in the upper half. Fl. pink, solitary, calyx-lobes caudate- 

 acuminate. Fr. sub-globose J in. long. 7. K. Eglanteria, Linn. (S. lutea, Mill., Brandis 

 F. Fl. 201). Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kuram valley. Inner arid K". W. Himalaya, 

 1. 1^-3 in., leaflets 2^t pair, stipules broad, leafy, toothed. Fl. yellow 2-2J in. across, 

 solitary or few together, calyx-lobes caudate-acuminate, glandular. 8. R. xanthina, 

 Lindl. (R. Ecce, Aitchison in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. t. 8.) Kuram valley, forming with 

 Primus brahuica the scrub on stony ridges of the Harial district. Chitral, Turke- 

 stan, Mongolia. North China. Prickles straight from a very broad base, fl. yellow, 

 barely 1 in. across. 



9. R. sericea, Lindl. ; Royle 111. t. 42. f. 1. Vern. Bhibri, Chamba. 



A large shrub, in Sikkim at times a small tree with hard close grained 

 wood, prickles on sterile branches of 2 kinds, short slender, and broad flat, 

 shining, up to h in. long and 1 in. broad ; on flowering branches the broad flat 

 kind only. Leaves 1-3 in., leaflets 3-4 pair cuneate oblong, entire in the lower 

 part, with deep sharp teeth in the upper, more or less silky beneath. Fl. 

 white or pink, 2-2J- in. across, usually tetranierous, solitary on nodding 

 peduncles without bracts, calyx-lobes silky-pubescent, fr. fleshy, scarlet. 



Himalaya from the Sutlej to Bhutan, 7,500-14,000 ft., often gregarious. Fl. May, 

 June. Tibet, China. This and S. macrophylla, when growing in shade are often 

 without prickles, while on open dry hillsides prickles are numerous and the leaves 

 smaller (Collett, Simla Fl. 168). 



C. Styles united into a column exserted beyond the calyx-tube, calyx-seg- 

 ments deciduous. 



10. R. moschata, Mill. ; Brandis F. Fl. 201. Vern. Jhal, Haz. Kuja, 

 Kanjei, Kiu, Kunjo, Rarer, N. W. Himal. 



A thorny shrub, climbing to the top of lofty trees, the flowering branches 

 hanging down in rich festoons, prickles few, stout, recurved. Med. rays of two 

 kinds, narrow and very broad, vessels large. Leaflets pubescent, membranous, 

 3 pair, 1-3 in. long, evenly serrate. Fl. white, 1-1^ in. across, in large com- 

 pound terminal corymbs, ramifications and calyx hoary pubescent, but without 

 bristles or prickles. Calyx-lobes twice or three times the length of tube, 

 glandular serrate and (as well as bracts) often pinnatifid. Styles united into a 

 hairy clavate column. Fr. dark brown, globose or ovoid, \-\ in. diam., crowned 

 by the base of the deciduous calyx-lobes. 



Kuram valley, N. W. Himalaya, east as far as Nepal 2-11,000 ft. Fl. May, June. 

 Afghanistan. China. 11. R. Leschenaultiana, Wight & Am. ; Wight Ic, t. 38. Nilgiri 

 and Palni hills, similar to 10, differs by evergreen leaves, petioles, inflorescence and 

 calyx densely clothed with glandular bristles, and petals slightly pubescent outside. 

 12. R. longicuspis, BertoL, Khasi and Mishmi hills. Kuby Mines district. Upper 

 Burma. L. thinly coriaceous, shining, petals outside velvety-tomentose, fr. globose 

 J-J in. diam., nearly allied to 11 and to M. sempervirens, Linn., of the Mediterranean 

 region. 



