6— ROSA MULTI FLORA Thunl). 
/vosa null tiJJ ora : caulibus elongatis, sarmentosis, ramulis viridil)us ; aculeis 
parvis, sparsis, conformibus, falcatis; foliolis y-Q.oblongis, acutis, simpliciter serratis, 
facie viridibus, glabris, dorso plus miniisv'c pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, 
aciculis paucis falcatis praedita ; stipulis profunde laccratis, apice libcro lanccolato; 
lloribus multis, parvis, dense paniciilatis ; bracteis lanceolatis, laceratis ; pedicellis 
plerumque setosis ; calycis tubo oblongo, niido ; lobis ovatis, pinnatifidis, dorso 
parce glanduliferis; petalis parvis, orbicularibus, albis vel rubcllis; carpellis 20-25 ; 
stylis pilosis, coalitis, protrusis ; fructu minimo, siibgloboso, niido ; sepalis caducis. 
R. ninltiflora Thunberg, I'l. Jap. p. 214(1784). — Lindley, Ros. Moiiogr. p. 1 19, 
No. 66 (1820). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 598 (1825). — ^Miquel, Prol. 
PI. Jap. p. 227 (1866-67). — Crdpin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Bcig. vol. xiii. p. 250 [Priniif. 
Mouogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 257) (1874); vol. xviii. pp. 277-285 {Priniit. Monogr. Ros. 
fasc. V. pp. 523-531 [1880]) (1879). — I'ranchet cN Savatier, Enuni. PL Jap. vol. i. p. 134 
(1874); vol. ii. p. 343 (1876). — Franchet in Mdni. Soc. Sci. Nat. C/ierh. vol. xxiv. 
p. 216 (1882).^ — Forbes &: Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 253(1887). — 
Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. vol. cxvi. t. 7119 (1890). — Sargent in Garden and Forest, 
vol. iii. p. 405, fig. 51 (1890). — Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 277 (1893). — Rehder 
in Bailey, Cycl. Ain. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1549 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch 
Laubliolzk. vol. i. p. 540 (1906). 
R. polyant tios Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 35 (1802-1820). 
R. japonica Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 51 (1802-1820). 
R. niultijtora, /3 Thunbergiana Thory in Redouts, Roses, vol. ii. p. 70 (1821). 
R. Thunbergii 'YxdiiwwiXzV, Ros. Monogr. vol. i. p. 86 (1823). 
R. potyantlia Siebold N Ziiccarini in Abti. Acad. Muench. vol. iv. p. 128 
('S46). 
R. intenncdia Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 270, figs. 29, 30. — Crepin in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. viii. p. 344 {Priniit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. i. p. 123) (1869). 
R. IVichuriae K. Koch, IPoclienschr. vol. xii. p. 202 (1869). 
R. thyrsijtora Leroy ex Desdglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. jx 204 {Cat. 
Rais. Ros. p. 35 [1877]) (1876). 
Stem long, sarmentose, reaching sometimes a length of 20-25 ^cet ; young 
branches bright green ; prickles small, scattered, uniform, hooked. Leajlets 7-9, 
oblong, acute, simply serrated, middle-sized, green and glabrous above, more or less 
pubescent beneath ; petioles pubescent, with a few falcate aciculi, without glands ; 
stipules deeply laciniated, with lanceolate gland-ciliated free tips. Ploivers forming 
a dense panicle, sometimes half a foot long ; bracts small, lanceolate, laciniated ; 
pedicels usually setose, rarely naked. Calyx-tube oblong, naked ; lobes ovate, pin- 
nate, usually more or less glandular on the back. Petals orbicular, white in the 
type, about i in. long and broad. Carpels 20-25 ; styles pilose, united in a column 
protruded beyond the disc. P'ruit small, subglobosc, naked ; sepals deciduous. 
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