ROSA ANEMONEFLORA Fort. 
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Rosa imenwuejioni : caulc elongato, sarmentoso ; aculeis parvis, sparsis ; foliolis 
3-5, ovato-lanceolatis, angustis, acuminatis, argute serratis, facie glabris, dorso 
glaucis ; rhachi aculeata ; stipulis angustis, integris, subglandulosis, apicibus liberis, 
subulatis ; floribus parvis, corymbosis ; pedunculis glabris ; calycis tubo ovato- 
urceolato, nudo ; lobis subintegris, glabris ; stylis coalitis. 
R. aiieiiiojieflora Fortune ex Lindley in Journ. Hort. Soc. vol. ii. p. 316(1847). 
— Regel in x^cf. Hort. Petvop. vol. v. pt. 2, p. 367 {Tent. Ros. Monogr. p. 83 [1877J) 
(1878). — Crepin in Bait. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. x.xii. pt. 2, p. 45 (1881); vol. xxv. pt. 2, 
p. 195 (1886). 
Stem long, sarmentose ; prickles small, scattered. Leaflets 3-5, narrow, 
acuminate, ovate-lanceolate, finely serrated, glaucous beneath, glabrous on the upper 
surface ; petioles aculeate ; stipules narrow, entire, subglandular ; auricles subulate. 
Flowers small, corymbose; peduncles fli-SLxows. Calyx-tube ovate-urceolate, naked ; 
lobes subentire, glabrous. Petals small, white, rounded. Styles united in a column. 
Th is Rose was found growing in the gardens of Shanghai h)' 
Fortune, who in the autumn of 1844 sent it to Chiswick, where it was 
grown. Two years later it was described by Findley in the Journal 
of the Horticultural Society} 
Crepin was of opinion that the single form had been found pre- 
viously to the discovery of the double variety by Fortune, judging 
from an interesting series of specimens sent to him for examination from 
St. Petersburg, where they had been raised from seed collected in 
southern China. He also found in the Vienna herbarium, m company 
with some of P ortune’s specimens, an old specimen which had come 
from PortenschlaCs collection. 
In many respects Rosa anemoneflora resembles Rosa niacrocarpa 
F. and Rosa nioschata Mill. It may readily be distinguished from 
other Roses of the Systylae section by its narrow acuminate leaflets, 
usually three, occasionally five, on the stem leaves. The individual 
flowers bear a close resemblance to the double A nciuonc nenuorosa F. ; 
they are disposed in corymbs and are of a dull white. This Rose is 
seldom to be met with in gardens, but it is altogether so distinct that 
it should be included m every collection of Roses. A severe winter 
* Vol. ii. p. 316 (1847). 
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