42— ROSA BRACTEATA Wendl. 
THE MACARTNEY ROSE 
Rosa bracteata : caulibus decumbentibus, sursum pubescentibus et aciculatis ; 
aculeis plerumque geminis, stipularibus, robustis, uncinatis ; foliolis 7-9, parvis, 
obovatis, obtusis, simpliciter serratis, rigide coriaceis, utrinque glabris ; rhachi 
glabra, aciculata ; stipulis breviter adnatis, apicibus liberis, lanceolatis, pinnatifidis, 
glandulis copiosis marginatis ; floribus plerumque solitariis; pedunculis brevissimis ; 
bracteis magnis, ovatis, pectinatis, imbricatis ; calyce dense persistenter pubescente ; 
tubo globoso ; lobis simplicibus, ovatis, acuminatis vel cuspidatis ; petalis magnis, 
obovatis, niveis ; staminibus haud exsertis ; fructu globoso, rubro, pubescente ; 
sepalis patulis, caducis. 
R. bracteata Wendland, Obs. p. 50 (1798) ; Hort. Herrenh . fasc. iv. p. 7, t. 23 
(1801). — Ventenat,y#n/. Cels , t. 28 (1800). — Jacquin, Fragrn. p. 30, t. 34, fig. 2 (1809). 
— Sims in Bot. Mag. vol. xxxiv. t. 1377 (1811). — Thory in Redoute, Roses , vol. i. 
p. 35, t. (1817). — Nonv. Duhamel, vol. vii. p. 22, t. 13, fig. 2 (1819). — Lindley, Ros. 
Monogr. p. 10, No. 7 (1820). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 137 
( Primit . Monogr . Ros. fasc. iii. p. 341) (1875). — *S. Watson, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 
vol. xv. p. 310 (1878). — Forbes & Hemsley in Joiirn. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 249 
(1887). — Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. p. 300 (1893). — Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. 
Hort. vol. iv. p. 1558 (1902). — C. K. Schneider, III. Handbuch Laubholzk. vol. i. 
p. 586 (1906). 
R. Incida Lawrance, Roses , t. 84 ( non Ehrhart) (1799). 
R. Macartnea Dumont de Courset, Bot . Cult. vol. v. p. 460 (1804). 
Stems decumbent, trailing widely, pubescent and aciculate upwards ; prickles 
mostly in stipular pairs, robust, hooked. Leaflets 7-9, obovate, obtuse, small, simply 
serrated, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces; petioles glabrous, aciculate; 
stipules nearly free, narrow, pectinate, margined copiously with glands. Flowers 
usually solitary, with very short peduncles ; bracts ovate, pectinate, imbricated. 
Calyx persistently densely pubescent ; tube globose ; lobes ovate, simple, acuminate 
or cuspidate. Petals large, obovate-cuneate, pure white. Stamens very numerous, 
very hairy, not exserted beyond the disc. Fruit globose, pubescent, orange-red ; 
sepals spreading, deciduous. 
This very beautiful and distinct Rose was introduced from China 
to Europe by Sir George Staunton, who accompanied Lord Macartney’s 
embassy to China in 1792. It is figured in Cattley’s plates of Chinese 
plants, 1 and in the Phonzo Zoufou . 2 Its only near ally is the Indian 
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