I — ROSA PERSICA Michx. 
/yos(7 persica : caiile gracili, debili, sarmentoso ; ramulis piibescentibus ; aculeis 
pluribus, aequalibus, gracilibus, flavis ; foliis sessilibus, siinplicibus, lanceolatis, 
simpliciter scrratis, piibescentibus; stipulis abortivis ; floribus solitariis; pedunculis 
aciculatis ; calycis tubo globoso, hispido ; lobis simplicibus, lanceolatis, dorso 
setosis ; petalis parvis, luteis, macula rubro-brunea prope basim praeditis ; stylis 
liberis ; fructu parvo, globoso, hispido ; sepalis persistentibus, erectis. 
R. pcrsica Michaux in Jussieu, Gen. PI. Apx. p. 452 (1789). — Gmelin, Syst. 
vol. i. p. 855(1796). — Deutsche Dendrol. p. 274 (1893). — Rehder in Bailey, 
Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1549 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch Laitbholzk. 
vol. i. p. 547 (1906). 
R. berberifolia Pallas in Nov. Act. Petrop. vol. x. p. 379, t. 10 (1792). — Roessig, 
Die Rosen, No. 53 (1802-1820). — Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. i. p. 27, t. (1817). — 
Bindley, Ros. Monogv. p. i. No. i (1820). — Ledebour, Icon. vol. iv. t. 370 (1833). — 
Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bol. Belg. vol. xi. pp. loi, 102 {Priniit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. ii. 
pp. 216, 217) (1872). — Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. v. p. 381 [Tent. Ros. Monogr. 
p. 97 [1877]) (1878). — Masters in Bidl. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxviii. pt. 2, p. 135 (1889). — 
Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. vol. cxvi. t. 7096 (1890). 
R. simplicifolia Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Hort. Allert. p. 359 (1796); Parad. 
Bond. t. loi (1808). — Nicholson in Card. Chron. n. ser. vol. ii. p. 468, fig. 100 
(1885). 
HnltJieniia berberifolia Dumortier in Herrmann, Dissert, p. 13 (1824). — 
Ledebour, FI. Ross. vol. ii. p. 72 (1844). — Boissier, FI. Orient, vol. ii. p. 668 
(1872). — Desdglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 191 {Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 22 
[1877]) (1876). . „ . 
Lowea berberifolia Bindley in Bot. Reg. vol. xv. t. 1261 (1829). 
Stems slender, sarmentose ; branches pubescent ; prickles many, slender, sub- 
equal, straw-yellow. Leaves simple, sessile, oblong, lanceolate or linear, simply 
serrated, pubescent ; stipules abortive. Flowers solitary ; peduncles aciculate. 
Calyx-tube globose, hispid ; lobes lanceolate, simple, setose on the back. Corolla 
i-i|- in. diameter; petals lemon-yellow, with a red-brown spot near the base. 
Styles free, densely villous. Fruit globose, hispid, i in. diameter ; sepals per- 
sistent, erect. 
Rosa persica differs from all other Roses by its simple leaves and 
abortive stipules, and has often been regarded as the representative 
of a distinct genus. It ranges from Persia eastwards to the Altai 
Mountains and the Soongarian Desert, reaching an altitude of 5,000 
feet. It is found in abundance near Amadin and in the fields at the 
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