Bosor,'} LI. EOSAOE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 367 



tent. Petals obeordate. Fruit ovoid or globose, ^-1 in. diam., glandular or glabrous 

 Btigmas villous ; achenes many, ^ in. long, pale. — Differs from if. pimpmeUifolia in 

 the fe-wer leaflets, uniform prickles, pubescent longer sepals, and fruit not depressed. 



6. R. sertcea, Limdl. Monogr. JXos. 105, t. 12 ; suberect, prickles broad 

 compressed, bristly or not, leaflets acutely toothed towards the rounded tip silky 

 beneath, flowers solitary ebracteate white Or pale straw-coloured, petals usually 

 4, fruit pyriform. Soyle III. 208 ; Bon Prodi: 236 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6200 ; 

 Srandis For. Fior-. 2^)2 ; Orepin in Bull. Bot. Soc. Belg. xiv. 161; Watt. Cat. 

 695. R. tetrapetala, Ragle III 208, t..42. E. WaUichii, Trattin. Bos. ii. 293. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Ktimaon 9-13,000 ft. to Sikkim, alt. 9-14,000 ft. and 

 Bhotan, alt. 5-10,000 ft. — Distrib. China, Yunan (form -with leaves very hairy on 

 both surfaces). 



Erect or subseand'ent ; branches perfectly glabrous and unarmed or prickly only, or 

 also loosely or densely bristly and glandular; prickles ^-1| in., straight, brown. 

 Leaves 1-3 in., crowded ; leaflets 7-9, ^1 in., usually oblong, obtuse with an excurrent 

 midrib, rarely villous on both surfaces ; stipules oblong, membranous, apiculate. 

 Flowers 2-2^ in. diam., on short lateral shoots, hence almost axillary ; peduncle and 

 calyx-tube bristly and glandular. Calgx-loies pubescent, ovate-lanceblate, persistent. 

 Petals obcordate, rarely 5, white rarely pink or faintly yellowish, ^ruii subglobose 

 or broadly pyriform, silky or glabrous ; achenes few, J in. long. 



Sect. n. Styles united iato a column which is exserted far beyond the calyx- 

 tube. 



7. R. moscliata, Mill ; Brandis For. Flor. 201 ; climbing, prickles 

 lecurved, leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate puberulouS beneath, flowers many 

 in compound corymbs white, sepals often pinnatifid, fruit small subglobose. 

 WfOl. Cat. 688 ; Bot. Beg. t. 829, 861. ? R. recurva, Boxb. Fl Ind. ii. 514. 

 R. Brunonii, lAndl Monogr. Bos. 120, t. 14; Don BroSr. 236 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 4030 ; Wall Cat. 689 (Brunonis). R. Lindleyi, Serb. Wall R. pubescens, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 514. R. glandulifera. Herb. Roxb. 



Temperate Central and Western Himalaya, from Mvbbee to Nipal, alt, 2-11, 000 ft. 

 — ^DisTEiB. AfTghanistan. 



A tall climber ; prickles scattered, stout. Leaves 2-6 in. ; leaflets 2-4 pair, 

 1-3 in., acute or acuminate, serratures very numerous and acute, base rounded ; sti- 

 pules glandular, free part subulate. Inflorescence pubescent and usually glandular, 

 but not prickly or bristly, bracts subulate. Flowers 1^2 in. diam., very numerous ; 

 pedicels 1-1^ in., slender. Calyx-tube small, obovoid ; lobes J in., lanceolate, cau- 

 date-acuminate, entire or cut or pinnatifid, reflexed after flowering, deciduous. Petals 

 orbicular-obovate, yellowish-white. Fruit \m. diam., dark brown, glabrous ; styles 

 far exserted. 



8. R. longricuspis, Bertol. Misc. Bot. xxi. 15, t. 8 ; climbing, prickles 

 scattered curved, leaves evergreen, leaflets glabrous shining ovate-lanceolate ser- 

 rate caudate-acuminate, petioles and inflorescence glandular and bristly, flowers 

 corymbose, petals tomentose ext€ffnally, fruit subglobose. Orepin in Bull. Soc, 

 Bot. Belg. xiii. 256. R. sempervirens, L.; Mook.-f. Sf Thorns. Herb. Ind. Or. 



-Khasia Mts.. alt. 2-5000 ft. Mishmi Hilm, Griffith. 



A tall and often very strong climber, with a stout trunk. Leaves 3-6 in. ; leaf- 

 lets 2-3 pair, 2-3 in , petioliilate, firmly coriaceous, very sharply serrate, quite gla- 

 brous, base rounded ; petiole stout, often glandular and prickly ; stipules with ovate 

 or subulate free portions. Corymbs short, more or less glandular, sometimes with 

 minute prickles ; bracts large, lanceolate, caudate, glandular all over. Flowers 1^ in. 

 diam.; pedicels rather stout. Calyx-tvhe broadly obovoid; lobes very large with 

 often ciliated toothed tips, sometimes with a few long teeth at the side. Petois obcor- 



