2 6 — ROSA CHINENSIS Jacq. 
(ROSA INDICA Lindl.) 
Rosa chinensis : caule arcuato ; aculeis sparsis, conformibus, falcatis ; foliolis 
5-7, oblongis, acutis, viridibus, simpliciter serratis, utrinque glabris ; rhachi glabra ; 
stipulis adnatis, apice libero ovato ; floribus paucis, corymbosis ; pedunculis nudis 
vel parce setosis ; calycis tubo subgloboso ; lobis dorso glabris, apice elongatis, 
simplicibus vel parce pinnatifidis ; petalis plerumque rubris ; stylis liberis, inclusis; 
fructu turbinato, rubro ; sepalis caducis. 
R . chinensis Jacquin, Obs. Bot. vol. iii. p. 7, t. 55 (1768). — Thory in Redoutd, 
Roses, vol. i. p. 49, t. (1817). — K. Koch, DendroL vol. i. p. 272 (1869). — Koehne, 
Deutsche DendroL p. 280 (1893). — Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. p. 155 
(1902). — C. K. Schneider, III . Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 546 (1906). 
R. sinica Linnaeus, Syst. Reg. ed. 13, p. 394 (form with monstrous calyx) (1774). 
R. canina Thunberg, FI. Jap. p. 214 ( non Linnaeus) (1784). 
R. semperflorens carnea Roessig, Die Rosen, No. 19 (1802-1820). 
R. indica Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 106, No. 58 (1820). — Lawrance, Roses, t. 6 
(1799). — Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. iii. p. 266 (1811). — Thory in Redouts, Roses, 
vol. i. p. 49, t. (1817). — Hooker/!, FI. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 364 (1879). — Crepin in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xxv. pt. 2, p. 14 (1886). — Forbes & Hemsley in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 249 (1887). 
Stems green, moderately tall, arching ; prickles scattered, uniform, stout, hooked. 
Leaflets 5-7, oblong, acute, green, middle-sized, simply serrated, glabrous on both 
surfaces ; petioles glabrous ; stipules adnate, with small ovate free tips. Flowers 
1-5, corymbose ; peduncles naked or slightly setose ; bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube 
subglobose, naked ; lobes ovate, long pointed, naked on the back, simple or slightly 
compound. Fetals pink in the typical form. Styles free, included. Fruit turbinate, 
naked, red ; sepals deciduous. 
The Chinese Monthly Rose has been cultivated from time im- 
memorial in the East, and is now the most popular and widely grown 
Rose in Europe. Through its many varieties and hybrids it is the 
parent of a large proportion of the Roses now in cultivation. Of its 
country and origin nothing can be ascertained, but it does not appear 
to have been known in England before Sir Joseph Banks introduced 
it in 1789, and it is recorded to have flowered for the first time in 
Mr. Parsons’ garden at Rickmansworth. It is not admitted by 
Hooker as a native of India, nor does Matsumura include it in the 
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