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As a dark brown dye and tanning agent the tubers of a yam are commonly used in Yunnan and are exported in quantity to Tonking and elsewhere. It is probably Dioscorea rhipogonioides, a species common in Formosa, where it is called "Shu-lang" and much used for dyeing and tanning fish-nets. In western Hupeh the root-bark of Rosa Banksiae, called "Hu-p'i," is used for this purpose.

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18 The Flora of Ichang
Rose bushes abound everywhere, and in April perhaps afford the greatest show of any one kind of flower. Rosa laevigata and R. microcarpa are more common in fully exposed places. Rosa multiflora, R. moschata, and R. Banksiae are particularly abundant on the cliffs and crags of the glens and gorges, though by no means confined thereto. The Musk and Banksian Roses often scale tall trees, and a tree thus festooned with their branches laden with flowers is a sight to be remembered. To walk through a glen in the early morning or after a slight shower, when the air is laden with the soft delicious perfume from myriads of Rose flowers, is truly a walk through an earthly paradise.

33 A Journey in North-Western Hupeh
Descending through a cultivated area we entered a glen which we followed for 20 li: the scenery in the lower end is magnificent. Cliffs of hard limestone rear themselves almost perpendicularly some 2000 feet and more. In the upper part of the glen Pterocarya hufehensis is common alongside the burn. An odd tree or two of the rare Pteroceltis Tatarinowii also occurs here. Throughout the glen Lady Banks's rose (Rosa Banksiae) is especially abundant. Bushes 10 to 20 feet high and more through them were one mass of fragrant white flowers. It occurs in thousands and is particularly happy, growing on rocks and over boulders by the side of streams. 

35 A Journey in North-Western Hupeh
The mountains are clad with Oak (largely scrub), Pinus Massoniana, and Cypress. A few Keteleeria trees occur and also Liquidamhar formosana. Populus Silvestrii, with its light grey bark, is a very common tree hereabouts. Wood Oil trees were a wonderful sight and most abundant. In the ravine they were in full leaf, and the fruits were swelling, but from 1500 feet to 3000 feet they were leafless and covered with flowers. [36] By the side of streams at low altitudes the Rambler Rose (Rosa multiflora) was a pretty sight with its white and pink blossoms, but the Musk Rose (R. moschata) was the flower of the day — bushes 6 to 20 feet tall and more in diameter, nothing but clusters of white fragrant flowers. Growing on some old graves I found a sulphur-yellow flowered form of Rosa Banksiae; this, I think, must have been planted. Rose bushes are a special feature in this region and numerically are the commonest of shrubs.

89 The Ancient Kingdom of Pa 
The place is called Hsin-chia-pa, alt. 1950 feet. We had covered 80 li, through a rich and interesting country. Lady Banks's rose was particularly abundant, with stems 2 feet round, festooning trees 40 to 50 feet tall. 

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154 Chino-Thibetan Borderland
Many kinds of Rose occur, but often the species are local. Common to all these valleys, though most abundant in that of the Yalung, is Rosa Soulieana, with fragrant flowers, opening sulphur-yellow and changing to white. So also is Miss Willmott's charming rose (R. Willmottiae), with its abundant straw-yellow prickles, neat glaucescent leaves, rosy-pink flowers, and orange-red fruit. The beautiful R. Hugonis is confined to a narrow stretch of the Min Valley between 3000 to 5000 feet. This is the only rose with yellow flowers I have met with in China. The fruit is black and falls very early. R. multibracteata, an odd-looking species having pretty pink flowers, is very common in the upper reaches of the Min Valley and less so in that of the Tung. Forms of the Musk Rose (R. moschata) and of R. sericea occur but are local. With the exception of the "Southernwood," all these shrubs confine themselves closely to water-courses.