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XXXI. ROSACEiE 
Erect or climbing shrubs, usually prickly. Leaves pinnately 
compound ; leaflets toothed ; stipules large, adnate to and sheath- 
ing the base of the leaf-stalk. Flowers solitary or corymbose, large, 
white or pink. Calyx-tube ovoid, hairy or silky within, mouth 
contracted ; lobes 5 or 4, spreading in flower, erect or reflexed in 
fruit. Petals usually 5, rarely 4. Stamens numerous. Carpels 
numerous, small, usually silky, distinct, sessile at the base of the 
calyx-tube and wholly enclosed within it. Styles lateral, hairy, 
more or less protruding above the calyx-mouth, free or united in 
a column ; stigma terminal ; ovule solitary. Fruit of several 
hard, hairy achenes enclosed within the succulent calyx-tube. 
Erect shrubs. Styles free. 
Flowers pink. Petals 5, shorter than the sepals . 1. R. macrophyllci. 
Flowers white. Petals 4, longer than the sepals . 2. R. sericea. 
Climbing shrubs. Styles united in a column. Flowers 
white . . . . . . . . . 3. R. moschata. 
1. Rosa macrophylla, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 366. Erect, 
prickly or smooth ; stipules, flower-stalks and calyx more or less 
glandular. Leaves 2-7 in. ; stalks tomentose ; leaflets 7-11, 
nearly glabrous, ovate, acute, teeth small, regular, lateral leaflets 
gradually diminishing in size from the uppermost pair downwards, 
terminal one f-3 in. Flowers pink, solitary or corymbose, 1-2| in. 
diam. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow, longer than the petals, tip dilated, 
toothed. Petals 5. Styles free, hardly protruding above the 
calyx-mouth. Fruit ovoid, red ; calyx-lobes erect. 
Simla, Mushobra, Matiana, Narkunda ; April, May. — Temperate Himalaya, 
4000-10,000 ft.— China. 
There are two distinct varieties of this species. At Simla and Mushobra 
the stems are prickly, the leaves about 3 in., and the end leaflet rarely more 
than 1 in. At Matiana and Narkunda, in forest undergrowth, prickles are 
usually wanting, the leaves are 6-7 in., and the end leaflet 1^-3 in. 
2. Rosa sericea, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 367. Erect, pubes- 
cent, sometimes glandular, prickly or smooth. Leaves 1-3 in., 
clustered; leaflets 5-11, narrowly oblong, sharply toothed near 
the tip, otherwise entire, lateral leaflets gradually diminishing in 
size from the uppermost pair downwards, terminal one J-l in. 
Flowers white, solitary, 2-2| in. diam., on short, lateral shoots. 
Calyx-lobes 4, ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the petals, long- 
pointed. Petals 4. Styles free, protruding far above the calyx- 
mouth. Fruit bright red, pear-shaped ; calyx-lobes erect. 
Huttoo, Baghi ; June. — Temperate Himalaya, 9000-13,000 ft. — China. 
There are two varieties of this species. When growing in shady forest the 
stems are usually without prickles, and the leaves 2-3 in. ; on open, dry hillsides 
the prickles are numerous, and the leaves only 1-1 \ in. 
3. Rosa moschata, Mill. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 367. Climbing, 
glabrous or nearly so, prickly. Leaves 3-6 in. ; leaflets 3-7, 
ovate, nearly equal, 1-3 in., toothed, acute. Flowers white, 1| in . 
