There has been long-term confusion and uncertainty as to how to distinguish between SOME forms of Rosa webbiana and the xerophytic forms of Rosa macrophylla. This matter needs further investigation.
On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 6:53:53 AM UTC+1, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > *Rosa macrophylla* Lindl., Ros. Monogr. 335. t. 6. 1820. > > Shrub with yellowish-brown twigs; prickles uniform, usually in pairs at > the base of leaves, straight or or ascending, absent on flowering stems; > leaves with leaflets 9-11, simply or doubly serrulate, 1.5-5 cm long, > elliptic or lanceolate; terminal leaflet with more than 8 lateral veins; > flowers solitary or 2-3 in a cluster, 3-5 cm diam., red or pink, pedicel as > long or longer than fruit, thin, often with stalked glands; sepals entire, > long, dilated at apex, persistent; hip oblong-ovoid, 2.5-3 cm long, with > distinct neck, densely covered with stalked glands, rarely smooth, red when > mature. > > Photographed from Gulmarg Kashmir in last week of June > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
