26— ROSA CllINENSIS Jacq. 
(ROSA INDICA Lindl.) 
/^os(7 cJiinensis : caiile arcuato ; aculeis sparsis, conformibus, falcatis ; foliolis 
ol)Iongis, acutis, viridibus, sinipliciter serratis, utrinque glabris , ihachi glabra , 
stipulis adnatis, apice libero ovato ; floribus panels, corymbosis ; pedunculis nudis 
vcl parce setosis ; calycis tubo subgloboso ; lobis dorso glabiis, apice elongatis, 
siniplicibus vel parce pinnatifidis ; petalis plerumque rubris ; stylis liberis, inclusis; 
fructii turbinato, riibro ; sepalis caducis. 
A’, chinensis Jacquin, Obs. Hot. vol. ill. p. 7, t. 55 (1768).— Thory in Redout^, 
Roses, vol. i. p. 49, t. (1817).— K. Koch, Demirol. vol. i. p. 272 (1869). — Koehne, 
Dent 'sehe Dendrol. p. 280 (1893).— Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 155 
(1902).— C. K. Schneider, III. HandbucJi Laubliohk. vol. i. p. 546 (1906). 
R. siuica Linnaeus, Syst. Veg. ed. 13, p. 394 (form with monstrous calyx) (1774). 
R. canina Thunberg, FI. Jap. p. 214 {non Linnaeus) (1784). 
R. semperjlorens carnea Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 19 (1802-1820). 
R. indica Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 106, No. 58 (1820). — Lawrance, Roses, t. 6 
(1799). — Alton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. iii. p. 266 (1811). — Thory in Redout^, Roses, 
vol. i. p. 49, t. (1817). — Hooker /, FI. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 364 (1879). — Crepin in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxv. pt. 2, p. 14 (1886). — Forbes & Hemsley in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 249 (1887). 
green, moderately tall, arching scattered, uniform, stout, hooked. 
Leaflets 5-7, oblong, acute, green, middle-sized, simply serrated, glabrous on both 
surfaces ; petioles glabrous ; stipules adnate, with small ovate free tips. Flowers 
1-5, corymbose ; peduncles naked or slightly setose ; bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube 
subglobose, naked ; lobes ovate, long pointed, naked on the back, simple or slightly 
compound. Petals pink in the typical form. Styles free, included. Fruit turbinate, 
naked, red ; sepals deciduous. 
1 he Chinese Monthly Rose has been cultivated from time im- 
memorial m the East, and is now the most popular and widely grown 
Rose m Europe. Through its many varieties and hybrids it is the 
parent of a large proportion of the Roses now in cultivation. Of its 
country and origin nothing can be ascertained, but it does not appear 
to have been known in England before Sir Joseph Banks introduced 
it in 1789, and it is recorded to have flowered for the first time in 
Mr. Parsons garden at Rickmansworth. It is not admitted by 
Hooker as a native of India, nor does Matsumura include it in the 
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