76— ROSA WEBB I AN A Wall. 
Rosa IVebbiana: caulibus brevibus, erectis; aculeis longis, stramineis, robustis, 
rectis, subaequalibus, leviter ascendentibus ; foliolis 7-9, parvis, obovatis, obtusis, 
simpliciter serratis, facie glabris, dorso interdum pubescentibus ; rhachi haud 
glandulosa ; stipulis apice libero, parvo, deltoideo ; fioribus plerumque solitariis ; 
pedunculis plerumque nudis; calycis tubo urceolato, plerumque nudo ; lobis lanceo 
latis, simplicibus, dorso nudis'; petalis rubellis ; stylis villosis, liberis, haud protrusis; 
fructu globoso, coriaceo, brunneo, nudo, saepe cernuo, sepalis persistentibus 
coronato. 
R. IVebbiana Wallich ex Royle, III. Bot. p. 208, t. 42, fig. 2 (1839). — Crepin 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiii. p. 273 ( Priniit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 280) (1874). 
— Hooker/!, FI. Brit. Bid. vol. ii. p. 366 (1879). — Aitchison in fount . Linn. Soc. 
vol. xix. p. 161 (1882). — Christ in Boissier, FI. Orient. Suppl. p. 207 (1888). 
R. unguicularis Bertolini, Misc. fasc. xxii. p. 15, t. 3 (1862). 
Steins short, erect, sending out many short flowering shoots. Prickles of the 
flowering shoot subequal, robust, straight, long, straw-coloured, rather ascending, 
those of the sterile stem more unequal. Leaflets 7-9, small, firm, obovate, obtuse, 
shallowly simply toothed, glabrous on both sides or pubescent beneath ; petioles not 
glandular ; stipules adnate, with short deltoid free tips. Flowers usually solitary ; 
peduncles usually naked, cernuous in the fruiting stage. Calyx-tube urceolate, 
usually naked ; lobes lanceolate, simple, not leaf-pointed, about i in. long, naked on 
the back. Petals pink, moderately large. Styles villous, free, not exserted. Fruit 
globose, coriaceous, brown, naked, i in. diam., crowned by the persistent sepals. 
This variable species is common in the central Himalaya from 
Kashmir to Kamaon, at elevations of from 6,000-13,000 feet above 
sea-level. It is found also in western Tibet, Afghanistan, and at 
Samarkand. Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison brought a fine series of forms 
from the Kurram valley in 1879, including the varieties pustulata 
Christ, with stems clothed with copious sessile glands between the 
prickles, and microphylla Crepin ; also Rosa maracandica Bunge, from 
Samarkand, a high dry-country form with a very dense habit and all 
its parts dwarfed. The Rose was dedicated to Captain Webb, who 
first discovered it in the province of Kamaon and sent specimens to 
Wallich, who distributed them. 
Rosa IVebbiana most nearly resembles Rosa pimpinellifolia L., 
but is very different in the prickles, which are subequal on the flowering 
shoots, straw-coloured and rather ascending. The leaflets are less 
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