3 8— ROSA MICROCARPA Lindl. 
Rosa microcarpa : ramis elongatis, sarmentosis ; aculeis sparsis, con form ibus, 
parvis, falcatis ; foliolis 3-5, oblongis, acutis, rigidis, simpliciter serratis, utrinque 
glabris ; rhachi glabra vel pubescente, aciculata, haud glandulosa ; stipulis liberis, 
linearibus, caducis, glanduloso-ciliatis ; floribus pluribus, corymboso-paniculatis ; 
ramis inferioribus foliis compositis stipatis ; pedicellis nudis ; calycis tubo minuto, 
globoso, nudo ; lobis simplicibus, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis ; petalis minutis, 
orbicularibus, albis; stylis villosis, liberis, protrusis ; fructu globoso, minimo, nudo, 
rubro ; sepalis deciduis. 
R. microcarpa Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 130, No. 75, t. 18 (1820). — Seringe in 
De Candolle, Prodr. vol. ii. p. 601 (1825). — Hance in Journ. Linn . Soc. vol. xiii. 
p. 102 (1873). — Cr£pin in Bull . Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 244, vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 164 
(Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. pp. 251, 368) (1874, 1875) ; vol. xviii. p. 276 (. Primit . 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. v. p. 522) (1879) ; vol. xxv. pt. 2, p. 13 (1886).— Desdglise in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg . vol. xv. p. 233 (Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 64 [1877]) (1876). — Franchet in 
Nouv. Arch. Mus. sdr. 2, vol. v. p. 270 (Plant ae Davidianae, vol. i. p. 118 [1884]) 
(1883). — Forbes & Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 251 (non Retzius) 
(1887); Bid. Flor. Sinen. vol. i. p. 251 (1887). 
R. indica Linnaeus,^. Plant, vol. i. p. 492 (ex parte) (1753). — Koehne, Deutsche 
Dendrol. p. 277 (1893). 
R. cymosa Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. i. p. 87 (1823). 
R. amoyensis Hance in Journ. Bot. vol. vi. p. 297 (1868). 
R. intermedia Carribre, Rev. Hort. p. 270, fig. 29 (1868). 
R. dubia Carriere, Rev. Hort. p. 271, fig. 30 (1868). 
R. Banksiae, var. microcarpa Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop . vol. v. p. 376 (Tent. 
Ros. Monogr. p. 92 [1877]) (1:878). 
Stems long, sarmentose ; prickles scattered, uniform, small, falcate. Leajlets 
3-5, oblong, acute, rigid, simply serrated, usually glabrous on both surfaces, the 
end one i-i| in. long; petioles glabrous or pubescent, aciculate, not glandular; 
stipules free, linear, deciduous, gland-ciliated. Flowers very numerous, arranged in 
a corymbose panicle, the lower branches of which are subtended by compound leaves ; 
pedicels glabrous or pubescent, not aciculate. Calyx-tube globose, naked, ^ in- diam. ; 
lobes simple, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, i in. long. Petals white, orbicular, i in. 
long and broad. Styles villous, free, protruded from the disc. Fruit globose, naked, 
bright red, scarcely i in. diam. ; sepals deciduous. 
Rosa microcarpa is a well-marked species of the Banksian group. 
It is one of the commonest Roses in China, being abundant in all the 
warmer parts from Hong-Kong in the south to Mount Omi in the far 
west, and it is exceedingly common throughout the Yangtse Valley. 
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