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Rosa chinensis, Jacq. (R. indica, Lindl., not Linn. R. chinen.fis var indica, Koehne. R. índica var. vulyaris, Lindl.). China Rose. Bengal Rose. Low upright shrub with slender branches usually armed with scattered stout compressed more or less hooked prickles, sometimes almost unarmed: lfts. 3-5, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate, shining and dark green above and pale beneath, glabrous, 1 - 2 1/2 in. long; stipules narrow, glandular-ciliate: fls. usually several, less often solitary, on long usually glandular stalks, rarely short-stalked, crimson or pink, rarely whitish, about 2 in. across, not or slightly fragrant ; outer sepals usually pinnate: fr. obovoid or turbinate, about 3/4 in. long. China. W.R. 26. The wild form recently discovered in Cent. China is var. spontànea, Rend. & Wilson, with single deep red or pink, usually solitary fls. G.G. III. 31:438. The following varieties are garden forms.
Var. semperflorens, Koehne (A. semperflarens, Curt. R. bengalensis, Pers.). Crimson Chinese Rose. Low shrub, with slender, prickly or almost unarmed, dark green branches: lfts. rather thin, mostly stained with purple: fls. usually solitary on slender pedicels, crimson, or deep pink. B.M. 284. W.R. 30.
Var. longifolia, Rehd. (A. longifolia, Willd.). Lfts. lanceolate: fls. single, deep pink. Red. Ros. (3:25, 8).
Var. minima, Rehd. (A. Lawrenciana, Hort. R. indica var. pumila, Thory). Dwarf shrub, usually not over 1 ft. high, with small rose-red fls. about 1 1/2 in. across; petals often pointed. There are single- and double-fid, forms. The Faiby Roses belong to this variety. B.M. 1762. Red. Ros. (3:25, 6, 7).
Var. viridiflora, Dipp. Green Rose. With monstrous green fls. ; the petals are transformed into small, narrow green lvs. F.S. 11:1136.
Var. Manetti, Dipp. (R. Manetti Hort.). Fig. 3441. Of vigorous growth, upright: pedicels hispid-glandular: fls. deep pink, single or semi-double. This variety has been recommended as a stock for forcing roses; grows readily from cuttings, but is not quite hardy.
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