58— ROSA RUGOSA Thunb. 
Rosa f'ligosa : caiilibus erectis, ramosis ; ramis jiinioribus viridibus ; aculeis 
densis, rectis, gracilibiis, valde inaequalibus ; foliolis 7-1 1, oblongis vel obovatis, 
breviter simpliciter serratis, rugosis, facie viridibus, glabris, dorso pallidis, pubes- 
centibiis ; rhachi pubescente ; aciculis saepe falcatis ; stipulis apice libero, ovato- 
acLiminato ; floribus paucis, corymbosis vel solitariis ; bracteis ovatis, magnis, dorso 
pubescentibus ; pedicellis brevibus, nudis ; calycis tubogloboso, nudo ; lobis lanceo- 
latis, simplicibus, apice foliaceis ; petalis magnis, saturate rubris, raro albis ; fructu 
magno, depresso-globoso, nudo, sepalis persistentibus coronato. 
R. rugosa Thunberg, FI. Jap. p. 213 (1784). — Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 5, No. 3, 
t. 19 (1820). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 607 (1825). — Siebold & 
Zuccarini, FI. Jap. vol. i. p. 66, t. 28 (1835). — Fr. Schmidt in Mdin. Acad. Sci. St. 
Pdtersbourg, ser. 7, vol. xii. No. 2, p. 128 [FI. Sachalineiisis) (1868). — Crdpin in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xi. p. 52 [Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. ii. p. 168) (1872) ; vol. xiv. 
p. 41 [Priinit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 335) (1875). — Franchet & Savatier, Enitm. 
FI. Jap. vol. i. p. 137 (1874). — Garden, vol. ix. t. 20 (May 13, 1876). — Card. Citron. 
n. ser. vol. xiv. p. 372, fig. 72 (1880). — Forbes & Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
vol. xxiii. p. 253 (1887). 
R. ferox Alton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. iii. p. 262 (181 1). — Lindley in Bot. Reg. 
vol. V. t. 420 (1819); Ros. Monogr. p. 3, No. 2 (1820). 
R. kamtchatica Thory in Redoutd, Roses, vol. i. p. 47, t. {non Ventenat) (1817). 
R. Regeliana Linden & Andre in III. Hort. 1871, p. ii. 
R. Andreae Lange, Ind. Sent. Hort. Haun., Adnot. p. 23 (1874). 
Stem erect, branched, 4-5 feet long ; young branches pale green. Prickles 
dense, slender, straight, very unequal, passing gradually into aciculi. Leajlets 
7-1 1, usually 9, oblong or obovate, large, thick, rugose, dull green and glabrous 
above, pubescent and pale with the veins much raised beneath, shallowly simply 
toothed ; petioles pubescent, with a few straight or falcate aciculi ; stipules very 
broad, with ovate-acuminate free tips. Flowers few, corymbose or solitary ; bracts 
large, ovate, pubescent on the back ; pedicels short, naked. Calyx-tube globose, 
naked ; sepals lanceolate, simple, i in. long, pubescent, leafy at the tip. Petals 
i-i^ in. long, bright red, rarely white. Carpels 50-60 ; styles villous, not protruded 
beyond the disc. Fruit depresso-globose, naked, bright red, pulpy, i-ii in. diameter, 
crowned by the persistent sepals. 
Rosa rugosa is common in Japan and extends to eastern Siberia, 
Kamschatka and the north of China. Siebold describes it as growing 
on the sand-hills by the seashore towards the north of Nippon, where 
it is called by the natives Hama Nastt, the “ Shore Bringal.” ^ 
' Bringal is the Anglo-Indian name of the fruit of the Egg-plant or Aubergine {Solanum Mdongeua). 
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