− | Rosa moyesii, Hemsl. & Wilson (R. macrophylla var. rubro-staminea, Vilm. R. Fargesii, Hort.). Shrub, to 10 ft. : branches with scattered short straight prickles: lfts. 7-13, nearly sessile,ovate or elliptic to ovate-oblong or sometimes nearly orbicular, closely serrulate, glabrous except the slightly pilose midrib beneath, 1/4-1 1/4 in. long; rachis puberulous, glandular and bristly: stipules wide, glandular-ciliate: fls. solitary or 2, deep blood-red, 1 3/4-2 1/2 in. across; pedicels short, stipitate-glandular like the receptacle, or the latter glabrous; sepals are ovate, abruptly long-caudate: fruit deep orange-red, oblong-ovoid, narrowed into a neck, 2-2 1/2 in. long. June. W. China. B.M. 8338. J.H.S. 27:489. V.F. 95. G. 37:427. Gn. 72. p. 313. J.H. III. 56:587. G.M. 51:478.—A strikingly beautiful rose; its fls. vary considerably in color, from dark blood-red, the color of the typical form, through deep rose to light pink. The extreme light pink form has been distinguished as f. rosea, Rehd. & Wilson.
| + | Rosa moyesii, Hemsl. & Wilson (R. macrophylla var. rubro-staminea, Vilm. R. Fargesii, Hort.). Shrub, to 10 ft. : branches with scattered short straight prickles: lfts. 7-13, nearly sessile,ovate or elliptic to ovate-oblong or sometimes nearly orbicular, closely serrulate, glabrous except the slightly pilose midrib beneath, 1/4-1 1/4 in. long; rachis puberulous, glandular and bristly: stipules wide, glandular-ciliate: fls. solitary or 2, deep blood-red, 1 3/4-2 1/2 in. across; pedicels short, stipitate-glandular like the receptacle, or the latter glabrous; sepals are ovate, abruptly long-caudate: fruit deep orange-red, oblong-ovoid, narrowed into a neck, 2-2 1/2 in. long. June. W. China.—A strikingly beautiful rose; its fls. vary considerably in color, from dark blood-red, the color of the typical form, through deep rose to light pink. The extreme light pink form has been distinguished as f. rosea, Rehd. & Wilson. |