(1882)  Page(s) vol. 19, p. 161.  Includes photo(s).
 
On the Flora of the Kuram Valley, &c, Afghanistan.
J. E. T. Aitchison, F.L.S.

41, 158, 178, 274=309 (1879). Rosa Beggeriana, Schrenk, var. a. genuina, Crépin *. (Plate VII. figs. 1-3.) 

This was distributed under 309 (1879) as R. anserinaefolia, Crépin, non Boiss. 

A common shrub at the western extremity of the Kuram district and throughout the Hariáb, in the vicinity of streams and watercourses; it is also very common near cultivation, where it forms natural hedges along the various channels of irrigation, at an altitude of from 4000 to 9000 feet. 

It forms a bush of from 4 to 6 feet in height, the latter in more favoured localities. When in bloom, it is covered with a mass of pure white small flowers. The fruit is little larger than an ordinary pea, at first orange-red, when fully ripe of a deep purple-black. The calyx drops off as soon as the fruit reaches maturity; and the ripe achenes are seen dropping out of the aperture at the extremity of the fruit. The shrub is briar-scented. 

This species is employed, as well as R. Eglanteria and R. Ecae, the gooseberry, and Hippophae, in forming hedges in the Hariáb district; and is much browsed by cattle, especially goats. 

* M. Fr. Crépin, Director of the Brussels Botanic Garden, who has made a special study of Asiatic roses, has obligingly communicated his determinations of my Afghan species.

(1881)  Page(s) vol. 18, p. 54.  
 
On the Flora of the Kuram Valley, &c, Afghanistan.
J. E. T. Aitchison, F.L.S.

309. R. anserinaefolia, Crepin (non Boiss.). 
From the vicinity of Shálizán; profuse near streams, not cultivated. Briar-scented. 

0. R. anserinaefoliae, Boiss., var. cabulica= Griffith, Afghan, no. 1203. Sergal at 8500 feet, common. Indigenous. 

[In 1882 Aitchison corrected this identification]

(12 Dec 1887)  Page(s) 252.  
 
[From "ENUMERATION OF ALL THE PLANTS KNOWN from CHINA PROPER, FORMOSA, HAINAN, THE COREA, THE LUCHU ARCHIPELAGO, AND THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG; TOGETHER WITH THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND SYNONYMY." by Francis Blackwell Forbes and William Botting Hemsley, 20 May 1886 to 29 December 1889]

10. Rosa microcarpa Lindl. ....
[Rosa intermedia or R. dubia, Carr. (Rev. Hort. 1868, p. 270, figg. 29, 30), recorded as Chinese, is apparently the same as, or closely allied to, R. microcarpa.]

(12 Dec 1887)  Page(s) 253.  
 
[From "ENUMERATION OF ALL THE PLANTS KNOWN from CHINA PROPER, FORMOSA, HAINAN, THE COREA, THE LUCHU ARCHIPELAGO, AND THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG; TOGETHER WITH THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND SYNONYMY." by Francis Blackwell Forbes and William Botting Hemsley, 20 May 1886 to 29 December 1889]

13. Rosa multiflora, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 214; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 598 ; Lindl. Ros. Monogr. p. 119 ; Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 382 ; Franch, in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 216 ; Crépin in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xiii. p. 250, et xviii. p. 278, et in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxv. 2. p. 13 ; Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind, ii. p. 364; Bot. Mag. t. 1059; Bot. Reg. t. 425.
Rosa Linkii, Dehnhardl, Rivist. Napolit. i. 3. p. 164 ( Walp. Rep. ii. p. 12), ex Regel, Tent. Ros. Monogr. p. 84.
Shingking : Chienshau (Ross !); Shantung (Maingay !) ; Chekiang: Ningpo (Cooper !); Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Fokien: Amoy (Fortune, 51) ; Formosa : Kantow, near Tamsui (Hancock !) ; Hupeh : Ichang and Patung districts (A. Henry !) ; Szechuen : Chungking (Bourne !) ; Cobean Archipelago : Port Hamilton (Wilford, 699 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew.
Japan, and recently discovered by Vidal in North Luzon, Philippines.
 

(1893)  Page(s) Pl. XXX.  Includes photo(s).
 
 Rosa Prattii, Hemsl. (Plate XXX.) Species pulchra ad gregem R. macrophyllae pertinens, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis maximis vix pollicaribus, floribus minoribus, calycis lobis reflexis. Rami glabri, rubescentes, inermes vel aculeis paucis mediocribus rectis instructi, ramulis lateralibus floriferis brevibus gracilibus dense foliatis. Folia brevissime petiolata, 2-3 poll, longa, rhachide gracillima parce puberula inerma vel interdum aculeis paucis minimis instructa; foliola 11-15, subsessiles, crassiuscula, apiculata, obscurissime denticulata, utrinque secus costam plus minusve puberula, supra glabrescentia, stipulis integris acutis. Flores circiter 1 poll, diametro, corymbosi, 3-7 aggregati, rarius solitarii, pedicellis gracilibus circiter 9 lineas longis glanduloso-setosis; calycis tubus anguste urceolatus, dense glanduloso-setosus, lobis e basi lata abrupte caudato-acuminatis intus extusque tomentosis intus albidis interdum apice dilatatis; petala rotundata, emarginata; styli 5, brevissime exserti, hirsuti, carpellis dorso apiceque densissime setosis. Fructus ignotus. Pratt, 116. A very distinct Rose, easily distinguished by its numerous, small, closely arranged, narrow, obscurely toothed leaflets.

(1886)  Page(s) 254.  
 
Rosa sericea,....Yunnan: between Momyen and Nantyen (Anderson), various localities up to 11,000 feet (David ex Crépin)...India, from Kumaon eastward. Anderson's specimens are remarkable for the extreme hairiness of the leaves; and David's are described as having the spines dilated at the base to an extraordinary degree, sometimes, indeed, extending throughout the entire length of the internode. In the Kew Herbarium are specimens of the latter, from Munnypore, collected by Watt.

(1881)  Page(s) vol. 18, pp. 54-55.  Includes photo(s).
 
165. R. Ecae, Aitchison, MSS., 11, sp. Humilis, ramosissima, aculeatissima, aculeis in ramis floriferis homomorphis rectis rigidis basi valde dilatatis, foliis parvulis 5-9-foliolatis parce glandulosis, floribus aureis solitariis infra 1 poll, diametro, fructn globoso glabro nitido laciniis calycis reflexis coronato.

Frutex erectus, 3-4-pedalis, ramosissimus, aculeatissimus, rarais graciliusculis, junioribus ruberrimis,glabris; aculeis in ramis floriferis homomorphis, confertis, rectis, rigidis, basi valde dilatatis, primum ruberrimis, usque ad semipollicaribus. Folia in ramulis lateralibus brevissimis unifloris conferta, 6-12 lineas longa, 5-9-foliolata, subtus praecipue parce glandulosa; foliola subcoriacea, ovato-oblonga obovata vel interdum fere rotundata, 2-3 lineas longa, serrulato-dentata; stipulae inconspicuse. Flores aurei, vix 1 poll, diametro, breviter pedunculati; calycis segmenta lanceolata, integerrima, vel apicem versus interdum paucidentata, reflexa, petala fere aequantia, extus primum glandulosa, intus albo-villosa; petala obovato-oblonga basi lata; achamia villosissima, stylis liberis apice tantum glabris. Fructus globosus, 3-4 lineas diametro, glaber, nitidus, laciniis calycinis reflexis coronatus, graciliter pedunculatus. 

A very distinct species, remarkable for the small size of its yellow flowers and for the very broad bases of its homomorphous prickles, resembling closely in this respect the Central-Asian R. platyacantha, Schrenck. It differs from the section Eglanteriae, as defined by Boissier, 'Flora Orientalis,' ii. p. 669, in not having dimorphic spines, and appears to be intermediate between the Eglanteriae and Boissier's section Elymaiticae. 

A small erect stiff shrub; stems covered with extremely numerous straight prickles varying in size; leaflets 5 to 9, very small; flowers yellow, scarcely 1 inch in diameter; fruit small, globose, reddish, erect. A very common and characteristic shrub from Habíbkalla to Alikhél, forming, with Amygdalus eburnea, the greater part of the scrub on the stony ridges of the Hariáb district. Named after Mrs. Aitchison. 

(1882)  Page(s) vol. 19, p. 161.  
 
165 (1879). Rosa Ecae, Aitch. (Plate VIII. figs. 1-3.) 
Erratum. — At line 11, page 55, vol. xviii. Linn, Soc. Journal, for "achenia villosissima" read "styli villosissimi; achenia primum villosa, pilis demum deciduis."