52— ROSA SERICEA Eindl. 
/\osa scricca : caule elongate, erecto; ramulis multis, brevibus, dense foliosis ; 
aculeis majoribus valiclis, iincinatis, saepe geminis infrastipularibus, acieulis copiosis 
inaequalibus intermixtis ; foliolis 7-1 1, parvis, oblongis, obtusis, viridiljus,simi)liciter 
dentatis, facie glabris, dorso sericeis ; rhachi pubescente; stiprdis adnatis, glanduloso- 
ciliatis, apicibiis liberis, parvis, ovatis; floribus plerumque solitariis ; pedicellis 
brevibus, nudis vel sericeis et glandulosis ; calycis tubo globose, subnudo ; lobis 
simplicibiis, lanceolatis ; dorso nudis vel glandulosis ; petalis plerumque 4, albis ; 
magnitudine mediocribus ; stylis villosis, liberis, inclusis ; fmctu parvo, globose, 
rubro, sepalis persistentibus coronate. 
R. sericea Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 105, No. 57, t. 12 (1820). — Seringe in De 
Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 613 (1825). — Royle, III. Bot. vol. i. p. 208 ; vol. ii. t. 42, 
fig. I (1839). — Hooker in Bot. Mag. vol. xvi. t. 5200 (i86c). — Cr^pin in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 15 1 [Priuiit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 355) (1875); 
vol. XXV. pt. 2, p. 9 (1886). — Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 280 
{Cat. Rais. Ros. p. in [1877]) (1876). — Hooker /., Ft. Brit. hid. vol. ii. p. 367 
(1879). — Forbes & Hemsley in Jourii. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 254 (1887). — Mottet 
in Rev. Hort. 1897, pp. 444-6, figs. 136, 137. — Collett, FI. Sinil. p. 168 (1902). — 
Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 1557 (1902). — Brandis, Indian Trees, 
p. 288 (1906). 
R. IVallichii TvaX’imxdok, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 193 (1823). 
Stem erect, reaching a height of 6-8 feet, with many short densely leafy branch- 
lets ; \\\2l\w prickles stout, hooked, often in infrastipular pairs, intermixed with copious 
irregular aciculi. Leaflets 7-1 1, small, oblong, obtuse, simply toothed, green and 
glabrous on the upper surface, silky beneath ; petioles pubescent ; stipules adnate, 
glandular-ciliated, with small, ovate free tips. Flowers usually solitary ; pedicels 
short, naked or glandular and silky. Calyx-tube globose, nearly naked ; lobes simply 
lanceolate, naked or glandular on the back. Petals usually 4, sometimes 5, pure 
white, middle-sized. Styles pubescent, free, included. Fruit small, globose, red, 
naked, crowned by the persistent sepals. 
Rosa sericea inhabits the temperate Himalaya from the valley of 
the Ravi eastward to Sikkim, Bhutan, Manipur, Burma, and extends 
into the mountainous regions of Tibet and also of central China. It 
reaches an altitude of 6,000 feet above the sea in Manipur, of 13,000 
feet in Sikkim and of 14,000 feet in Kumaon, and is ejuite hardy in 
England. It was first discovered by Dr. Wallich about 1820 at 
Gossain Than, and has since been collected in many other Himalayan 
localities. It was described for the first time by Lindley from specimens 
in the herbarium of Sir J. Banks, and about two years later found its 
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