52— ROSA SERICEA Lindl. 
Rosa sericea : caule elongato, erecto; ramulis multis, brevibus, dense foliosis ; 
aculeis majoribus validis, uncinatis, saepe geminis infrastipularibus, aciculis copiosis 
inaequalibus intermixtis; foliolis 7-1 1, parvis, oblongis, obtusis, viridibus,simpliciter 
dentatis, facie glabris, dorso sericeis ; rhachi pubescente; stipulis adnatis, glanduloso- 
ciliatis, apicibus liberis, parvis, ovatis; floribus plerumque solitariis ; pedicellis 
brevibus, nudis vel sericeis et glandulosis ; calycis tubo globoso, subnudo ; lobis 
simplicibus, lanceolatis ; dorso nudis vel glandulosis ; petalis plerumque 4, albis ; 
magnitudine mediocribus ; stylis villosis, liberis, inclusis ; fructu parvo, globoso, 
rubro, sepalis persistentibus coronato. 
R. sericea Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 105, No. 57, t. 12 (1820). — Seringe in De 
Candolle, Prodr . vol. ii. p. 613 (1825). — Royle, III . Sot. vol. i. p. 208 ; vol. ii. t. 42, 
fig. 1 (1839). — Hooker in Bot. Mag . vol. xvi. t. 5200 (i860). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 15 1 (Primit. Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 355) (1875); 
vol. xxv. pt. 2, p. 9 (1886). — Deseglise in Bull . Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. p. 280 
(Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 111 [1877]) (1876). — Hooker f, FI. Brit. hid. vol. ii. p. 367 
(1879). — Forbes & Hemsley in Journ, Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 254 (1887). — Mottet 
in Rev. ILort. 1897, pp. 444-6, figs. 136, 137. — Collett, FI. Siml. p. 168 (1902). — 
Rehder in Bailey, Cycl. Am. Hold. vol. iv. p. 1557 (1902). — Brandis, Indian Trees , 
p. 288 (1906). 
R. IVallichii Trattinnick, Ros. Monogr. vol. ii. p. 193 (1823). 
Stem erect, reaching a height of 6-8 feet, with many short densely leafy branch- 
lets ; main prickles stout, hooked, often in infrastipular pairs, intermixed with copious 
irregular aciculi. Leaflets 7-1 1, small, oblong, obtuse, simply toothed, green and 
glabrous on the upper surface, silky beneath ; petioles pubescent ; stipules adnate, 
glandular-ciliated, with small, ovate free tips. Flowers usually solitary ; pedicels 
short, naked or glandular and silky. Calyx-tube globose, nearly naked ; lobes simply 
lanceolate, naked or glandular on the back. Petals usually 4, sometimes 5, pure 
white, middle-sized. Styles pubescent, free, included. Fruit small, globose, red, 
naked, crowned by the persistent sepals. 
Rosa sericea inhabits the temperate Himalaya from the valley of 
the Ravi eastward to Sikkim, Bhutan, Manipur, Burma, and extends 
into the mountainous regions of Tibet and also of central China. It 
reaches an altitude of 6,000 feet above the sea in Manipur, of 13,000 
feet in Sikkim and of 14,000 feet in Kumaon, and is quite hardy in 
England. It was first discovered by Dr. Wallich about 1820 at 
Gossain Than, and has since been collected in many other Himalayan 
localities. It was described for the first time by Lindley from specimens 
in the herbarium of Sir J. Banks, and about two years later found its 
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