6 — ROSA MULT I FLORA Thunb. 
Rosa niiiltiflora : caulibus elongatis, sarmentosis, ramulis viridibus ; aculeis 
parvis, sparsis, conformibus, falcatis; foliolis 7-9, oblongis, acutis, simpliciter serratis, 
facie viridibus, glabris, dorso plus minusve pubescentibus ; rhachi pubescente, 
aciculis paucis falcatis praedita ; stipulis profunde laceratis, apice libero lanceolato; 
floribus multis, parvis, dense paniculatis ; bracteis lanceolatis, laceratis ; pedicellis 
plerumque setosis ; calycis tubo oblongo, nudo ; lobis ovatis, pinnatifidis, dorso 
parce glanduliferis; petalis parvis, orbicularibus, albis vel rubellis; carpellis 20-25 ; 
stylis pilosis, coalitis, protrusis ; fructu minimo, subgloboso, nudo ; sepalis caducis. 
R. multiflora Thun berg, FI. Jap. p. 214 (1784). — Lind ley, Ros. Monogr. p. 1 19, 
No. 66 (1820). — Seringe in De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 598 (1825). — Jjjjjiquel, Prol. 
FI. Jap. p. 227 (1866-67). — C rep in in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 250 (. Primit . 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 257) (1874); vol. xviii. pp. 277-285 [Primit. Monogr. Ros. 
fasc. v. pp. 523-531 [1880]) (1879). — Franchet & Savatier, Euum. PI. Jap. vol. i. p. 134 
O874) ; vol. ii. p. 343 (1876). — Franchet in Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherb. vol. xxiv. 
p. 216 (1882). — Forbes & Hemsley in Joitrn. Finn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 253(1887). — 
Hooker f. in Bot. Mag. vol. cxvi. t. 7119 (1890). — Sargent in Garden and Forest \ 
yol. iii. p. 405, fig. 51 (1890). — Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 277 (1893). — Rehder 
in Bailey, Cycl. Am. IFort. vol. iv. p. 1549 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch 
Lcmbholzk. vol. i. p. 540 (1906). 
R. poly ant J-ios Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 35 (1802-1820). 
R. japonic a Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 51 (1802-1820). 
R. multiflora , ft Tliunbergiana Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. ii. p. 70 (1821). 
R. Thunbergii Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. i. p. 86 (1823). 
R. polyantha Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Acad. Muench. vol. iv. p. 128 
(1846). 
R. intermedia Carriere in Rev. Hart. 1868, p. 270, figs. 29, 30. — Crepin in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. viii. p. 344 [Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. i. p. 123) (1869). 
R. IVichuriae K. Koch, IVochenschr. vol. xii. p. 202 (1869). 
R. thyrsijlora Leroy ex Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot . Belg. vol. xv. p. 204 [Cat. 
Rais. Ros. p. 35 [1877]) (1876). 
Stem long, sarmentose, reaching sometimes a length of 20-25 feet ; young 
branches bright green ; prickles small, scattered, uniform, hooked. Leaflets 7-9, 
oblong, acute, simply serrated, middle-sized, green and glabrous above, more or less 
pubescent beneath ; petioles pubescent, with a few falcate aciculi, without glands ; 
stipules deeply laciniated, with lanceolate gland-ciliated free tips. Flowers forming 
a dense panicle, sometimes half a foot long ; bracts small, lanceolate, laciniated ; 
pedicels usually setose, rarely naked. Calyx-tube oblong, naked ; lobes ovate, pin- 
nate, usually more or less glandular on the back. Petals orbicular, white in the 
type, about i in. long and broad. Carpels 20-25 ; styles pilose, united in a column 
protruded beyond the disc. Fruit small, subglobose, naked ; sepals deciduous. 
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