Eitbns] XLYL ROSACE.^ 287 



of Burma. Western G-liath fiom Maliable&liwar boutln\ardb, Bcibabndan liills, Mysore. 

 Lower Palnis, 4,000 ft. Javadi liillb, 3,000 ft. Fl. Marcli-May in tlie Nortli, Jan.- 

 Feb. in the Sontli.™ Ceylon 3-6,000 ft., Java. JR.foHosu% Don, Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 340, is 

 a prostrate form of 24, with smaller leaflets. 



25. R, racemosus, Roxb. Nilgirib, Palnis Closely allied to 24, with copious glandular 

 hairs and sliort bristles, leaflets broadly ovate, calyx prickly, petals red, large. 26. 

 E. opulifolius, Bertol. Khasi bills. Branclilets, petioles and inflorescence densely 

 AVOoUy-tomentose, 1. coriaceous, densely clothed beneath with white wool, fl. in short 

 compact woollv and glandular hairy racemes, petals small, red. 27. R. pungens, Camb. 

 Kashmir. Branclilets trailing, with numeious straight prickles, leaflets bright green 

 on both sides Fl. nearly 1 in. across, on long slender jjedieels, solitary or 2-3 together, 

 calyx densely prickly. 



28. R. rosaefolius, Smith; Brandis ¥. Fl. 198. Vern. Yeslml^ Kumaon. 



A spreading shrub, glabrous or glandular-hairy, prickles on branches and 

 petioles. Leaflets 1-3 pair, 2,reea on both surfaces, lanceolate, deeply serrate or 

 lobed, stipules subulate. Fl. |-1 in. across, hi lax panicles, petals white, 

 exceeding the calyx, fr. cylindric, of innumerable minute orange-red drupes^ 

 edible. 



Himalaya, Kiimaon to Sikkim, 4-7,000 ft. Khasi hills, Manipur. Burma hills above 

 3,000 ft. Fl. Aj^ril.— -Java. Often cultivated with double floA\ers. 



Potentilla fruticosa, Linn. Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikklm, from 8,000 ft. to the Snow 

 limit, Caucasus, Armenia, Northorn Asia. Mountains of Europe and polai regions of 

 North America. A small stiff' branched shrub, 1 pinnate, leaflets 3-7, \-\ in. long, silky, 

 stipules large, membranou.s, adiiate to petiole. Fl. yello^\, solitary, nearly 1 in. across, 

 bracteoles entire or bifid, alternating with calyx-segiuents. A low spreading shrub in 

 Hayara 8.000 ft, with white fi. Is perhaps P. fruticosa var. ochreata. 



7. ROSA, Linn. ; FL Brit. Ind. ii. 3(53. 



Erect or climbing shrubs, as a rule prickl3^ Leaves imparipinnate, stipules 

 more or less adnate to petiole. Fi. in terminal coiymbs or panicles, rarely 

 solitary. Calyx-tube persistent in fruit, mouth contracted, limb divided into 

 5 rarely 4 leafy segments. Ovaries oo, rarely few, free, enclosed in the calyx- 

 tube, the styles protruding and in some species united. Fr. a pulpy or dry 

 red or black berry, enclosing numerous dry 1 -seeded very hairy carpels. Species 

 100, temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, a few species within the 

 tropics. 



A. Styles distinct, calyx-segments deciduous. 



R. damasceaa, Mill. (Golab) is the rose chiefly cultivated for Attar and Bose water. 



1, R. involucrata, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 234 ; Kurz F. PL i. 440.— Syn. 

 E, Lyellil^ Lindl. ; Brondis F. Fl. 199. 



A large shrub, branches arching, branchlets and inflorescence densely grey- 

 tomentose, prickles straight, frequently in pairs at the nodes. Leaflets 3-4 

 pair, elliptic-oblong, finely serrate, 1-1^ in. long, upper surface shining, stipules 

 small, laciniate. Fl. white, fragrant'^ 2-3 in. across, bracts broad, serrate. 

 Fr. \ in. long, densely tomentose. 



Nepal, Gorakhpur, Gangetic plain in swamps and on banks of rivers and lakes. Silhet. 

 Assam, Manipur, banks of rivers. Mount Abu. Upper Bui ma. PL Feb.-March. 2. 

 R. anserinsefolia, Boiss., Afghanistan, Baluchistan (;SVr«i), Waziristan, Kuram valley, 

 prickles curved, leaflets elliptic, sharply serrate, ^--| in. long, pubescent on both sides, 

 fl. 1 in. across. In Journ. Linn. Soo. xix. 161 and xxviil. 315 this is called R. Beggerlmia, 

 Schrenk. 



3. R. gigantea, Collett; Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. t. 9. Manipur 6,000 ft. Shan hills, 

 4-5,000 ft. Yunnan. A powerful climber, stems thick, branches with stout flat prickles, 

 made into walking sticks. FL mostly solitary, white 8-5 in. across, fr. globose. 4. R. 

 Collettii, Cr6pin ] Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. t. 10. Shan hills 3-4,000 ft., on banks of 

 streams, leaflets 3 pair, fl. corymbose, 1 in. across. 



