XLYI. ROSACE.^ [Ro^a 



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



5. R. macrophylla, Lincll. ; Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 117; Branclis F. Fl. 203. 

 Yarn. Ban gulcib^ Ban Kicja, Ban Kor, Simla. 



A large erect slirub, occasionally unarmedj but generally -with straight 

 prickles l~\ 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-() pair. Fl. red, Ij-B in. across, ia large corymbs, 

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

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

 long. 



Kuram valley. Himala\a, extending into the niner dry region, Kagan to Sikkim 

 6-10,000 ft. Fl. April-June, fr. Oct.— Yunnan. 6. R. Webbiana, Wall. Baluchistan, 

 Kuram valley. Inner and N. TV. Himalaya, abcending to 13,500 ft. Ka nf a i^ Fungi -^ 

 Rangyal^ Bat-li. Leaves 1-8 in. long, leaflets 2-4 pair, obo"vate or rotundate, entire near 

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

 acuminate. Fr. feub-glohose \ in. long. 7. R. Eglanteria, Linn. {R. lutea^ Mill , Brandis, 

 F. Fl. 201). Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kuram valley. Inner aridN. W. Himalaya, 

 1. 1J~3 in., leaflets 2-4 pair, stipules broad, leafy, toothed. Fl. yellow 2-2^ in. across, 

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

 Lindl. {jR, Ecce^ Aitchisoii m Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. t. 8.) Kuram valley, forming with 

 Primus hrahuica the bcrub 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. Yern. BTiibri^ Chamba. 



A. large shruh, 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 i 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™2^ in. across, usually tetramerous, solitary on nodding 

 peduncles without bracts, calyx -lobes silky-pubescent, fr, fleshy, scai^et. 



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

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

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

 smaller (Collet t, Simla Fl. 168) 



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

 ments deciduous. 



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

 Kanjeij Km^ Kunjo, Karer^ IST. 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 ver}^ broad, vessels large. Leaflets pubescent, membi-anous, 

 8 pair, 1-3 in. long, evenly serrate. M. white, 1-1 1 in. across, in large com- 

 pound terminal corymbs, ramiflcations and calyx hoary pubescent, but withou.t 

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

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

 hairy clavate column. 'Fr. dark brown, globose or ovoid, J-l 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. Lesclienaultiaiia, Wight &Arn.; Wight let. 38. Nilgiri 

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

 <.^alyx densely clothed with glandu.lar bristles, and petals slightly pubescent outside. 

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

 Burma. L. thmly coriaceous, shining, petals outside velvety-tomentose, fr. glohose 

 J-J in, diam., nearly allied to 11 and to i?. sempervirem, Linn., of the Mediterranean 

 region. 



