15— ROSA LESCHENAULTIANA Wight & Arnott 
Rosa Lescheiiaultiana : caulibus longis, diffusis ; aculeis parvis, sparsis, leviter 
hamatis ; foliis persistentibus ; foliolis 5-7, ellipticis vcl oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis 
vel acLiminatis, interdum basi rotuiidatis, minute serratis, supra atroviridibus, infra 
pallidioribus ; rhachi infra aculeis hamatis numerosis instructa, glanduloso-pubes- 
cente, glandulis saepius stipitatis ; stipulis adnatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, apice liberis, 
subulatis; floribus numerosis, corymbosis, alabastris, acutissimis; pedicellis validis, 
glandulosis, bracteatis ; bracteis anguste oblongis, acuminatis, glanduloso-pubcs- 
centibus, deciduis ; calycis tuboovoideo, glandulosissimo ; lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, saepe foliaceis, extra glandulosissimis, intra pubescentibus ; petalis 
albis, late obovatis, rotundatis, integris vel emarginatis ; stylis conjunctis, exsertis, 
pilosis; carpellis setis paucis instructis ; fructu globoso, rubro ; sepalis caducis. 
R. Lescheiiaultiana Wight & Arnott, Prodr. FI. Ind. 301 (1834). — Wight, Icon. 
t. 38 (1840). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 2.^c){Pvimit. Monogr. Ros. 
fasc. iii. p. 266) (1874). — Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 203 {Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 34 [1877]) (1876). — Hooker f., FI. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 368 (1879). — Brandis, 
Indian Trees, p. 288 (1906). 
R. sempervirens, var. Lesclienaultiana Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. iii. p. 87, 
t. (1824). 
R. nwscliata, var. Lesclienaultiana Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. 
p. 1550 (1902). 
A large, straggling evergreen bush. Prickles small, sparse, slightly hooked. 
Leaves, including petioles, 4-6 in. long. Leaflets 5-7, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 
\\-2\ in. long, |-i in. wide, acute or acuminate, sometimes rounded at base, finely 
serrate, dark green above, paler below. Petioles with numerous hooked prickles on 
under side, glandularly pubescent, glands often stipitate. Stipules adnate, i in. long, 
glandular-ciliate, apices free, subulate. Flowers 2-2^ in. across, numerous, in large 
corymbs ; buds very acute. Pedicels 1-2 in. long, stout, glandular, bracteate ; bracts 
narrowly oblong, acuminate, pubescent and glandular, deciduous. Calyx-tube ovoid, 
very glandular ; oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, i-id in. long, often foliaceous, 
very glandular outside, pubescent inside. Petals white, broadly obovate, i-ii in. 
long, I in. wide, rounded, entire or emarginate. Styles coherent, exserted, pilose ; 
carpels with few setose hairs. Fruit globose, red ; sepals deciduous. 
This Rose has often been called the South Indian form of Rosa 
inoschata Mill., but it is a perfectly good and distinct species. It is 
closely related to the South European Rosa scmpervivens L., and has 
been considered by Seringe^ and others as a geographical form of this 
species, from which it differs by its more robust halait, larger flowers, 
^ In De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 598 (1825). 
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