1 8 — ROSA SOULIEANA Crdp. 
Rosa Soulieana : caule longissimo, arcuato, glauco-viridi ; aculeis conformibus, 
brevibus, strictis, vel leviter hamatis, acutissimis, basi dilatatis ; foliis pallide viridi- 
bus, glabris ; foliolis 5-9 (saepius 7), late ellipticis vel obovatis, apice nunc rotundatis, 
nunc obtusis et mucronatis, basi excepta serratis ; rhachi parce pubescente; stipulis 
adnatis, apice liberis, triangularibus, acutis, marginibus plus minusve glandulosis ; 
floribus terminalibus, solitariis vel corymbosis ; pedunculis bracteatis ; bracteis 
viridibus, ovatis, acuminatis, dentatis vel integris, supra pubescentibus, margine 
saepe glandulis stipitatis vestitis ; calycis tube globoso, nudo, vel glandulis stipitatis 
instructo; lobis ovatis, acutis, reflexis, extra pubescentibus, intra lanatis, saepe cum 
1 ~3 appendiculis linearibus e marginibus ortis ; petalis albidis, late obovatis, trun- 
catis ; carpellis pilis setiformibus, nitidis, dense vestitis ; stylis pubescentibus, con- 
junctis, breviter exsertis ; fructu globoso, parvo, aurantiaco, nudo ; sepalis caducis. 
P, Soulieana Crdpin in Bull . Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxxv. pt. 2, p. 21 (1896). — 
M. L. Vilmorin & Bois, Cat. Prim. Fruf. Vil. p. 85, fig. (1904). — C. K. Schneider, 
III. Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 544 (1906). — Hemsley in Bot. Mag. vol. cxxxiii. 
t. 8158 (1907). 
A large straggling bush. Stems glaucous green, arching; prickles uniform, 
short, straight or slightly hooked, very sharp, dilated at base. Leaves with petioles 
2-3 in. long, pale green, glabrous. Leaflets 5-9 (usually 7), broadly elliptic or 
obovate, in. long, rounded, or obtuse and mucronate, serrate to near the base. 
Petioles sparsely hairy ; stipules adnate, more or less glandular along the margin, 
free ends triangular, acute. Flowers 1^-2 in. across, terminal and solitary, or in 
cymose corymbs. Peduncles 1 in. long, bracteate ; bracts green, ovate, acuminate, 
toothed or entire, pubescent above, margins often clothed with stipitate glands. 
Calyx-tube globose, naked or glandular; lobes ovate, acute, reflexed, pubescent out- 
side, woolly inside, usually with 1-3 bract-like outgrowths from margins. Petals 
creamy-white, broadly obovate, truncate ; carpels densely clothed with shining, 
bristle-like hairs. Styles hairy, coherent, exserted. Fruit globular, small, orange, 
naked ; sepals deciduous. 
Rosa Soulieana was discovered in Sze-chuan in the south-west of 
China by the Pere Soulie, and was named in compliment to him by 
Crepin, who in 1896 published his description, classing this Rose 
amongst the Systylae , that section of the genus so largely composed of 
Chinese and Japanese species. It is fairly common in the valley of 
the Yalung river, but does not occur east of this region. Its only 
affinity is with Rosa nioschata Mill., and, like that Rose, it is extremely 
fioriferous. It differs from it somewhat in its general aspect, in the 
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