THE BOOK OP ROSES. 83 



Leaflets, elliptic or oval, simply or doubly toothed, on 

 the upper surface of a greyish or blackish green : 

 beneath, glaucous, and hairy. 



Flowers, large, single, solitary, of a jonquil yellow. 



Bracteal leaves, wanting. 



Peduncle, naked, sometimes glandulous. 



Tube of the calyx, hemispherical, very rarely oval. 



Disk, th%k. 



Sepals, simple, or very little divided. 



Petals, cordiform, or heart-shaped. 



Styles, hairy, detached. 



Fruit, at maturity, globular. 



This shrub grows spontaneously in Piedmont, 

 Provence, and the hedges in the neighbourhood of 

 Soissons. 



Rosa Eglanteria, or Yellow Eglantine. 

 Rosa Foetida. 

 Rosa Chloropliylla. 

 Rosa Cerea. 



Shrub, having few branches ; four feet high in gardens, 



seven or eight in a natural state. 

 Thorns, pale, almost equal, scattered. 

 Suckers, covered with prickles and bristles. 

 Leaves, sometimes glossy and viscous, especially in 



spring. 

 Leaflets, seven or nine ; elliptic or oval, concave, naked, 



smooth on the upper surface, glandulous, fragrant, 



and sometimes downy beneath ; doubly toothed. 

 Stipules, narrow, entire, smooth, fringed with glands. 



curled under at the base ; dilated, and flat at the 



summit. 



