49— ROSA I-'EDTSCHENKOANA Rcgc-I 
Rosa Fedfsclieiikoana: caulibus arcuatis; aculeis gcminis, stipularibus, niagnis, 
uncinatis ; aciculis inteniiecliis, copiosis ; foliolis 7-9, oblongis, parvis, obtusis, sim- 
pliciter serratis, utrinque glabris, vel clorso piibescentibus ; rhachi glabra vel pubes- 
cente ; stipulis longe adnatis, apicibus liberis parvis, ovatis, glandulis, ciliatis ; 
tloribus 1-4; peduncidis brevibiis, hispidis; calycis tubo globoso, aciculato ; lobis 
simplicibus, apice elongatis, dorso glandulosis ; petalis albis, parvis ; stylis liberis, 
inclusis ; fructii ovoideo, rubro, aciculato, sepalis persistentibus coronato. 
R. Fedtsclienkoana Regel in Act ddort. Petrop. vol. v. p. 314 {Tent. Ros. 
Monogr. p. 30 [1877]) (1878). — Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. vol. cxxvii. t. 7770 (1901). 
Stems low, arching ; pyickles in stipulary pairs, large, hooked, moderately stout, 
with copious intermediate unequal aciculi. Leaflets 7-9, oblong, obtuse, small, thin, 
simply serrated, glabrous on both surfaces or pubescent beneath ; petioles glabrous 
or pubescent, not glandular ; stipules adnate, with small free tips, gland-ciliated. 
Flowers 1-4; peduncles short, hispid. Calyx-tube ovoid, densely aciculate ; lobes 
simple with a long point, densely glandular on the back. Petals small, white. 
Styles free, included. Fruit ovoid, bright red, densely aciculate, crowned by the 
persistent sepals. 
The Fedtschenko Rose was discovered in the Turkestan and 
Koram regions of Central Asia over thirty years ago by Madame 
Olga Fedtschenko, by whom it was introduced into the Botanic Garden 
of St. Petersburg. Thence it was sent to Warley, where it flowered 
for the first time in England, but did not bear fruit until the following 
year. The stems are red in the young state, darkening with age ; the 
leaves are pinnate and glaucous, and the flowers white. The odour 
resembles that of Rosa Beggeriana Schrenk. It is most nearly allied 
to Rosa acicularis Lindk, but is smaller in all its parts and more 
densely aciculate. Regel describes four varieties, lagenaejorniis, ovata, 
piibescens and glaiidiiiosa, the characters of which are indicated b}’ their 
names. 
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