54— ROSA BEGGERIANA Schrenk 
Rosa Beggeriana : caule erecto ; aculeis robustis, conformibus, falcatis, saepe 
infrastipularibus geminis ; foliolis 7-9, parvis, oblongis, acutis, simpliciter serratis, 
facie glabris, dorso glabris vel pubescentibus, haud glandulosis ; rhachi glabra vel 
pubescente, haud glandulosa ; stipulis adnatis, apice libero, parvo, ovato ; floribus 
paucis, corymbosis ; pedunculis brevibus, plerumque nudis ; calycis tubo globoso, 
nudo ; lobis lanceolatis, simplicibus, dorso nudis ; petalis albis, parvis ; stylis 
villosis, liberis, haud protrusis ; fructu globoso, sordide rubro, nudo, magnitudine 
pisi ; sepalis deciduis. 
R. Beggeriana Schrenk, Enum. PL Nov. p. 73 (1841). — Ledebour, FI. Ross. 
vol. ii. p. 82 (1844). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pp. 15-21 ( Primit . 
Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. pp. 309-315) (1875). — Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. v. p. 369 
{Tent. Ros. Monogr. p. 85 [1877]) (1878). — Aitchison in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xix. 
p. 161, t. 7 (1882). — Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 208 (1888). 
R. Silverhielmii Schrenk in Bull. Sclent. Acad. St. Pdtersbourg, vol. ii. p. 195 
(1844). — K. Koch, Dendrol. vol. i. p. 249 (1869). 
R. Lehmanniana Bunge, Lehmann Ret. Bot. p. 287 (1851). — Boissier, FI. 
Orient, vol. ii. p. 678 (1872). 
Stem erect, 3-4 feet high ; prickles stout, hooked, uniform, often in pairs at the 
base of the leaves. Leaflets 7-9, small, oblong, acute, simply toothed, glabrous 
above, glabrous or pubescent beneath ; petioles glabrous or pubescent, not glandular; 
stipules adnate, with small, ovate free tips. Flowers few, corymbose ; peduncles 
short, usually naked ; bracts ovate-lanceolate. Calyx-tube globose, naked, ^ in. 
diam. ; lobes simple, lanceolate, J-J in. long, naked on the back. Corolla white, 1 in. 
diam. Styles free, villous, not protruded. Fruit globose, dark red, naked, the size 
of a pea ; sepals deciduous. 
Rosa Beggeriana represents a small, well-marked group of species, 
widely spread over the tablelands of central Asia, which possess the 
geminate stipular prickles of Rosa cinnamomea L. and a small globose 
fruit not larger than a pea and not often seen on cultivated plants. 
Although not particularly ornamental, it is interesting on account of its 
curious double thorny stipules ; by some authors these are considered 
stipules and by others thorns. 
Its introduction into cultivation is due to Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison, 
botanist of the late Afghan Boundary Survey, who found it a common 
shrub at the western extremity of the Kurram district and throughout 
the Hariab, in the vicinity of streams and watercourses. It is also 
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