48 SWISS FLOWERS. 



have their fruit for the most part round ; these again into 

 those which have their leaves only simply notched — R. 

 spinosissima, something like our Scotch roses, and R. cin- 

 namomea — and those whose leaves are doubly notched, R. 

 villosa, R. Gallica, and R. eglanteria. Then, secondly, those 

 generally having their fruit oblong, contain, first, those 

 with the simply-notched leaves, R. canina (Dog- Rose), and 

 R. rubrifolia, and then those with the doubly-notched leaves, 

 R. glandulosa, R. tomentosa, R, rubiginosa (Sweetbriar), R. 

 spinulifolia, and R. Alpina (Fig. 30) . The last is the one of 

 our figure; it goes by the name of the Rose des Alpes, Alpine 

 Rose, real Alpine Rose, as it is sometimes called, and it is 

 generally said to be known by having no thorns. It is not 

 true that it is quite without thorns, but when found they 

 are only on the young shoots, and the stems are generally 

 so smooth as to justify the name of the Thornless Rose. 

 It must not be confounded with the Alpen-rose, which is a 

 Rhododendron. R. Alpina has five sepals to its calyx, 

 often longer than the petals, and becoming leaf-like at the 

 end ; the five petals are of a beautiful deep rose colour, 

 with a shade of purple in it ; the many golden stamens are 

 fixed on the calyx, not on the receptacle, as in the Ranun- 

 culaceae, this being the great distinguishing mark of the 

 Rose family. The styles are many, very short. The stems 

 are of a brownish colour ; the leaflets, smooth, bright green 

 above, bluer beneath, with a double notch (this more or 



