82 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Stipules, none. 



Stamens, not numerous. 



Styles, bristly. 



Ovules, oblong, about twenty-five in number. 



Fruit, crowned with sepals, round, downy, covered 

 almost to the sepals with unequal prickles. 



Origin, the environs of Amadan ; the foot of the moun- 

 tains of Elvind; the desert of Songarico ; and 

 various parts of Persia and Chinese Tartary. 



The simple-leafed, or barberry-leafed rose, is rare 

 in England and France, on account of the difficulty 

 of its cultivation. It flourishes best in bog-earth, and 

 grafted on the Rosa spinosissima its flowers become 

 larger, but it is not durable. There is a fine specimen 

 in the gardens of the Horticultural Society. 



SPECIES II. 



Rosa Lutea, or Yellow Rose, otherwise 

 Rosa Eglanteria. 

 Rosa Sulfurea. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, from four to nine feet high. 



Branches, yellowish brown, more or less prickly. 



Thorns, uneven, pale, straight, scattered ; the strongest 



crooked, the weakest bristly. 

 Suckers, straight, bristly. 

 Leaves, more or less glaucous ; from five to seven 



leaflets. 



Stipules, narrow, dilated, divaricated at the summit. 

 Leafstalks, naked or cottonous, sometimes glandulous, 



sometimes bristly. 



