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Rosa beggeriana [Figs 13 & 14] Distribution: Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan [Fig.14], Pakistan (N. Baluchistan, Chitral, Gilgit, Swat), Kashmir, India (Uttar Pradesh). A composite and very variable species, especially in the type of indumentums, the hairs or down on the stem or leaf. In spite of its variability the species is very easy to recognise by its small fruits. The sepals are often deciduous. The top of the hypanthium is yellowish, and the stems are covered with curved and uniform prickles. The plant bears white, rather small flowers, [Fig.13 & 14], grossly serrate leaflets, and green, often slightly glaucous, stems. Rosa beggeriana hybridises freely with Rosa webbiana, the introgression between these species seems to be common in many regions. Introgression is the transfer of genetic information from one species to another through hybridisation or back crossing. Supposed hybrids and introgressants can be usually recognized by pinkish flowers, and less curved or straight prickles, and larger fruits. Cultivated as an ornamental plant, its small petals are rich in ascorbic acid.

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Rosa fedtschenkoana [Fig.10] Discovered in 1871, a native of the Amu Darya watershed [pp. 38- 42] the Tien Shan, and the Pamir-Alai, extending into North West China. Deciduous, forming a bushy and suckering shrub up to 2.5 metres high and as much across. The remontant flowers are white, up to 5 cm across, and are borne singly, or in small clusters, at the tips of the branches. The flowers ‘scent like blackberry jam’. Flowers are followed by small, pear- shaped, bristly orange-red fruits.

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p. 40: R. webbiana [Fig.12] Species rose from the Cinnamomeae section, Webb's Rose [Fig.12] is a common shrub rose, widely distributed, growing from 1500 metres up to 4000 metres. A shrub of 1-2 m high, with straight, slender, yellowish prickles. Leaflets 5-9, obvate or almost round, obtuse, grey-blue. Flowers are born singly, usually pink, with a white centre and are scented. Hips are bottle-shaped to globular, and red. The rose is native to the western Himalayas from the Pamir in central Asia to Kashmir, Tibet and Afghanistan.

p. 44: Alongside the project involving the Musks we are looking at the status of the composite R. webbiana. Already, a series of assessions of wild selected plants have been established. An early success has been in one specimen of R. webbiana. [NURSB5] This plant came into flower a second time in 2015 [Fig. 97.] The plant is some five years old, and is grown outdoors but protected from wind and sun.