ROSA HUGONIS 
Kosa platyacantha specific rank, referring Rosa Rcae to it, and Rosa 
xantJiiiia also, but not without some hesitation. 
All these Roses present certain differences, and probably the last 
word about them has not yet been said. No herbarium specimen of 
Rosa Hiigonis was sent with the seed ; and Mr. Hemsley’s description 
and the drawing in the Botanical Afagam7ie were made (rom the living 
plant at Kcw. The only dried specimen in the Kew herbarium which 
at all resembles Rosa llugonis is one labelled “ R. pimpinellifolia flore 
luteo,” collected in the Hi district in Chinese Turkestan. 
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