ROSA LESCHENAULTIANA Wight & Arnott 
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Rosa Leschenaultiana : caulibus longis, diffusis ; aculeis parvis, sparsis, leviter 
hamatis ; foliis persistentibus ; foliolis 5-7, ellipticis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis 
vel acuminatis, interdum basi rotundatis, minute serratis, supra atroviridibus, infra 
pallidioribus ; rhachi infra aculeis hamatis numerosis instructa, glanduloso-pubes- 
cente, glandulis saepius stipitatis ; stipulis adnatis, glanduloso-ciliatis, apice liberis, 
subulatis ; floribus numerosis, corymbosis, alabastris, acutissimis; pedicellis validis, 
glandulosis, bracteatis ; bracteis anguste oblongis, acuminatis, glanduloso-pubes- 
centibus, deciduis ; calycis tubo ovoideo, glandulosissimo ; lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, saepe foliaceis, extra glandulosissimis, intra pubescentibus ; petalis 
albis, late obovatis, rotundatis, integris vel emarginatis ; stylis conjunctis, exsertis, 
pilosis ; carpellis setis paucis instructis ; fructu globoso, rubro ; sepalis caducis. 
R. Leschenaultiana Wight & Arnott, Prodr. FI. hid. 301 (1834). — Wight, Icon. 
t. 38 (1840). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 259 ( Primit . Mo nog r. Ros. 
fasc. iii. p. 266) (1874). — Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 203 {Cat. Rais. 
Ros. p. 34 [1877]) (1876). — Hooker f, FI. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 368 (1879). — Brandis, 
Indian Frees , p. 288 (1906). 
R. sempervirens , var. Leschenaultiana Thory in Redoute, Roses, vol. iii. p. 87, 
t. (1821). 
R. moschata , var. Leschenaultiana Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. 
p. 1550 (1902). 
A large, straggling evergreen bush. Prickles small, sparse, slightly hooked. 
Leaves, including petioles, 4-6 in. long. Leaflets 5-7, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 
i\-2\ in. long, f-i in. wide, acute or acuminate, sometimes rounded at base, finely 
serrate, dark green above, paler below. Petioles with numerous hooked prickles on 
under side, glandularly pubescent, glands often stipitate. Stipules adnate, 1 in. long, 
glandular-ciliate, apices free, subulate. Flowers 2-24 in. across, numerous, in large 
corymbs ; buds very acute. Pedicels 1-2 in. long, stout, glandular, bracteate ; bracts 
narrowly oblong, acuminate, pubescent and glandular, deciduous. Calyx-tube ovoid, 
very glandular ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, i-ii in. long, often foliaceous, 
very glandular outside, pubescent inside. Petals white, broadly obovate, i-ii in. 
long, 1 in. wide, rounded, entire or emarginate. Styles coherent, exserted, pilose ; 
carpels with few setose hairs. Fruit globose, red ; sepals deciduous. 
This Rose has often been called the South Indian form of Rosa 
moschata Mill., but it is a perfectly good and distinct species. It is 
closely related to the South European Rosa sempervirens L., and has 
been considered by Seringe 1 and others as a geographical form of this 
species, from which it differs by its more robust habit, larger flowers, 
1 In De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 598 (1825). 
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