62— ROSA WILLMOTTIAE Hemsl. 
Rosa Willmottiae : caule suberecto ramoso ; aculeis genii n is infrastipularibus, 
subulatis, patulis, rectis, pallide bruneis, aciculis intermediis nullis; foliolis 9, 
oblongis, perparvis, obtusis, firmis, glabris, valde simpliciter serratis ; rhachi nuda ; 
stipulis adnatis, glandulis valde marginatis, apicibus liberis, oblongis, obtusis ; 
floribus rubellis, solitariis ; pedicellis modice longis, nudis ; sepalis lanceolatis, 
simplicibus, dorso glabris ; petalis latis, sepalis duplo longioribus ; stylis liberis, 
parce pilosis ; fructu oblongo, rubro, glabro ; sepalis demum deciduis. 
R. Willmottiae Hemsley in Kew Bull . 1907, No. 8, p. 317. — Bot. Mag. voi. 
cxxxiv. t. 8186 (1908). 
A suberect, much-branched bush 5 to 10 feet high; prickles in infrastipular 
pairs, spreading, subulate, pale brown, without any intermediate aciculi. Leaflets 9, 
oblong, obtuse, very small, glabrous, firm in texture, strongly simply toothed ; 
petioles naked ; stipules adnate, conspicuously margined with glands, with oblong 
obtuse free tips. Flowers bright pink, solitary, with moderately long naked pedicels. 
Calyx-tube oblong, glabrous ; lobes lanceolate, simple, f in. long, glabrous on the 
back. Petals broad, twice as long as the sepals. Styles free, slightly hairy. F^ruit 
oblong, red, naked ; sepals finally deciduous. 
This interesting new species was raised by Messrs. James Veitch 
& Sons from seeds collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson on the Sangpan 
Mountains in south-western China near the border of Tibet, at an 
elevation of 9,500 to 11,000 feet. It comes nearest to the West 
Himalayan Rosa Webbiana Wall., but that Rose has straw-coloured 
prickles, fewer leaflets (usually seven), stipules without glands on the 
edge and sepals much longer in proportion to the petals. 
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