38— ROSA MICROCARPA Lindl. 
Rosa niicrocarpa : ramis elongatis, sarmentosis ; aculeis sparsis, conformibus, 
parvis, falcatis ; foliolis 3-5, oblongis, acutis, rigidis, simpliciter serratis, utrinque 
glabris ; rhachi glabra vel pubescente, aciculata, baud glandulosa ; stipulis liberis, 
linearibus, caducis, glanduloso-ciliatis ; floribus pluribus, corymboso-paniculatis ; 
ramis inferioribus foliis compositis stipatis ; pedicellis nudis ; calycis tubo minuto, 
globoso, nudo ; lobis simplicibus, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis ; petalis minutis, 
orbicularibiis, albis; stylis villosis, liberis, protrusis ; friictu globoso, minimo, nudo, 
rubro ; sepalis decidiiis. 
R. inicrocarpa Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 130, No. 75, t. 18 (1820).— Seringe in 
De Candolle, Prodv. vol. ii. p. 601 (1825). — Hance in Joarii. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii. 
p. 102 (1873). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 244, vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 164 
{Primit. Moiiogr. Ros. fasc. iii. pp. 251, 368) (1874, 1875) ; vol. xviii. p. 276 {Priuiit. 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. v. p. 522) (1879) ; vol. xxv. pt. 2, p. 13 (1886). — Deseglise in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 233 {Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 64 [1877]) (1876). — Franchet in 
Noiiv. Arch. Mus. ser. 2, vol. v. p. 270 {Plant ae Davicliauae, vol. i. p. 1 18 [1884]) 
(1883). — Forbes & Henisley in Jouvu. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 251 {iion Retzius) 
(1887); Ind. Flor. Sinen. vol. i. p. 251 (1887). 
R. indica Linnaeus,^. Plant. vo\. i. p. 492 {ex parte) (1753). — Koehne, Deutsche 
Dendrol. p. 277 (1893). 
R. cymosa Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. i. p. 87 (1823). 
R. amoyensis Hance in Jonrn. Bot. vol. vi. p. 297 (1868). 
R. intermedia Carri^re, Rev. Hort. p. 270, fig. 29 (1868). 
R. dnbia Carriere, Rev. Hort. p. 271, fig. 30 (1868). 
R. Banksiae, var. niicrocarpa Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. v. p. 376 { 7 'ent. 
Ros. Monogr. p. 92 [1877]) (1878). 
Stems long, sarmentose ; prickles scattered, uniform, small, falcate. Leaflets 
3-5, oblong, acute, rigid, simply serrated, usually glabrous on both surfaces, the 
end one in. long; petioles glabrous or pubescent, aciculate, not glandular; 
stipules free, linear, deciduous, gland-ciliated. Flowers very numerous, arranged in 
a corymbose panicle, the lower branches of which are subtended by compound leaves ; 
pedicels glabrous or pubescent, not aciculate. Calyx-tube globose, naked, Pi. diam. ; 
lobes simple, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, i in. long. Petals white, orbicular, h in. 
long and broad. Styles villous, free, protruded from the disc. Fruit globose, naked, 
bright red, scarcely i in. diam. ; sepals deciduous. 
Rosa microcarpa is a well-marked species of the Banksian group. 
It is one of the commonest Roses in China, being abundant in all the 
warmer parts from Hong- Kong in the south to Mount Omi in the far 
west, and it is exceedingly common throughout the Yangtse Valley. 
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