54— ROSA BEGGERIANA Schrenk 
Rosa Beggeriaiia : caule erecto ; aculeis robustis, conformibus, falcatis, saepe 
infrastipularibus geminis ; foliolis 7-9, parvis, oblongis, acutis, simpliciter serratis, 
facie glabris, dorso glabris vel pubescentibus, baud glandulosis ; rhachi glabra vel 
pubescente, baud glandiilosa ; stipiilis adnatis, apice libero, parvo, ovato ; floribus 
paucis, corymbosis ; pedunculis brevibus, plerumque nudis ; calycis tubo globoso, 
nudo ; lobis lanceolatis, simplicibus, dorso nudis ; petalis albis, parvis ; stylis 
villosis, liberis, baud protrusis ; fructu globoso, sordide rubro, nudo, magnitudine 
pisi ; sepalis deciduis. 
R. Beggeriaiia Scbrenk, Emiin. PI. Nov. p. 73 (1841). — Ledebour, FI. Ross. 
vol. ii. p. 82 (1844). — Cr^pin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pp. 15-21 [Priiiiit. 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. pp. 309-315) (1875). — Regel in Act. Hovt. Petrop. vol. v. p. 369 
{Tent. Ros. Monogr. p. 85 [1877]) (1878). — Aitcbison in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xix. 
p. 161, t. 7 (1882). — Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 208 (1888). 
R. Silverhielniii Scbrenk in Bull. Sclent. Acad. St. Pdtersbourg, vol. ii. p. 195 
(1844). — K. Kocb, Dendrol. vol. i. p. 249 (1869). 
R. Lehmanniana Bunge, Lehniann Rel. Bot. p. 287 (1851). — Boissier, FI. 
Orient, vol. ii. p. 678 (1872). 
Stem erect, 3-4 feet bigb ; prickles stout, booked, uniform, often in pairs at tbe 
base of tbe leaves. Leaflets 7-9, small, oblong, acute, simply toothed, glabrous 
above, glabrous or pubescent beneath ; petioles glabrous or pubescent, not glandular; 
stipides adnate, with small, ovate free tips. Flowers few, corymbose ; peduncles 
short, usually naked ; bracts ovate-lanceolate. Calyx-tube globose, naked, ^ in. 
diam. ; lobes simple, lanceolate, i-i in. long, naked on the back. Corolla i in. 
diam. Styles free, villous, not protruded. Fruit globose, dark red, naked, the size 
of a pea ; sepals deciduous. 
Rosa Beggeriaiia represents a small, well-marked group of species, 
widely spread over the tablelands of central Asia, which possess the 
geminate stipular prickles of Rosa cinnamomea L. and a small globose 
fruit not larger than a pea and not often seen on cultivated plants. 
Although not particularly ornamental, it is Interesting on account of its 
curious double thorny stipules ; by some authors these are considered 
stipules and by others thorns. 
Its introduction into cultivation is due to Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison, 
botanist of the late Afghan Boundary Survey, who found it a common 
shrub at the western extremity of the Kurram district and throughout 
the Harlab, in the vicinity of streams and watercourses. It is also 
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