50— ROSA MACROPHYLLA Lindl. 
/\!os (7 juacrophylla : caulc crecto ; ramulis rubro-bruneis, iiicrmibus, vel aculeis 
rectis geminis stipularibus, aciculis intermixtis, armatis ; foliolis 9-1 1, oblongis, 
acutis, simpliciter serratis, facie viridibus, glabris, dorso pubescentibus ; rhachi 
pubescente ; stipiilis latis, adnatis, apice libero, ovato ; floribus 1-3; peduncidis 
parce setosis ; fructii turbinato, nudo, vel parce setoso ; sepalis lanceolatis, sim- 
plicibus, apice elongatis, foliaceis, dorso glandidosis ; petalis rubris, magnitudine 
mediocribus ; stylis pilosis, liberis, inclusis; friictu rubro, pulposo, turbinato, sepalis 
persistentibus coronato. 
R. inacropliylla Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 35, t. 6 (1820). — Wallich, PI. As. 
Rar. vol. ii. p. 19, t. 117 (1831). — Brandis, Foj'est Flora N.IV. hid. p. 203 (1874); 
Indian Trees, p. 288 (1906). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 283 [Priniil. 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 290) (1874) ; vol. xiv. p. 167 [Priniil. Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. 
p. 371) (1875). — Hooker f., FI. Brit. hid. vol. ii. p. 366(1879). — Forbes & Hemsley 
in Joiirn. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 251 (1887). — Collett, FI. Sinil. p. 168 (1902). 
R. Lloppnieisteri Klotzsch in Rcise Prinz. IValdeni. p. 153, t. 7 (1862). 
R. Giiilelnii IValdcniarii Klotzsch in Reise Prinz. JValdeni. p. 153, t. 8 (1862). 
R. Hookeriana Bertoloni, Misc. fasc. xxiv. p. 14 (1863). 
Stem erect ; branches reddish brown. Prickles, when present, straight, in 
stipulary pairs and intermixed with aciculi. Leaflets 9-1 1, oblong, acute, simply 
serrated, green and glabrous on the upper surface, pubescent beneath ; petioles 
pubescent; stipules broad, adnate, with ovate free tips. Flowers 1-3; peduncles 
slightly setose. Calyx-tube naked or slightly setose ; lobes lanceolate, simple, leaf- 
pointed, glandular beneath. Petals red, middle-sized. Styles pilose, free, included. 
Fruit red, pulpy, elongate-ovoid, crowned with the persistent sepals. 
Rosa macrophylla is a native of the temperate Himalaya from 
Kashmir to Sikkim and the Natja Hills, and extends to the eentral 
and western provinees of China, reaehing sometimes to altitudes of 
from 10,000 to 12,000 feet. It is quite hardy and ripens its fruit in 
England. APacropJiylla is not a speeially appropriate name, as there 
are many Roses that have larger leaflets. It is nearly allied to Rosa 
alpiiia L. and Rosa acicularis Lindl., differing from the former by its 
occasional pairs of stipular prickles, and from both by its more numerous 
leaflets. It is very variable in its prickles and in the size and shape 
of its leaflets. In an extreme form (var. minor Lindl.) it has flowers 
only 1-I4 in. diam. and obtuse leaflets not more than in. long. Rosa 
macrophylla is not common in cultivation. 
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