Sir Nice Series on Rosa. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> 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/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
