ROSA SEMPERFLORENS. 109 
glandular ; petioles without pubescence, glandular and 
slightly setigerous ; leaflets 3-5, ovate-lanceolate, sim- 
ply crenato-serrate, flat above, glaucous and slightly 
downy beneath: the lowest pair is very small and 
usually wanting. Flowers solitary, deep crimson; 
bractee narrow, lanceolate, serrated, fringed with 
glands; peduncles rough with minute glands; tube of 
the calyx oblong, naked; sepals reflexed, deciduous, 
narrow, compound, rough on the outside ; petals en- 
tire, spreading, nearly flat; stamens 50, deciduous ; disk 
conical, thickened; ovaries 15; styles very slender, 
nearly naked, exserted, distinct. Fruit spherical. 
This is one of the species remarkable for having 
stamens which drop off nearly at the same time with 
the petals, which 1am not aware to be the case in any 
semi-double state of R. indica. From that species it 
may be distinguished by its more slender branches, 
deep-red flowers, and more membranous leaves, which 
are usually stained more or Jess with crimson. There 
is also the important difference in number of ovaries, 
which are not more than 15 in this plant, and vary 
from 40 to 50 in R. indica. 
We have many splendid varieties in the gardens 
with semi-double crimson flowers, and the French ap- 
pear to have some others still more beautiful which 
have not yet been imported. 
