88 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Thorns, stipular, large, bent, springing three or four 



together, the intermediate ones shorter than the 



others. 



Leaves, grey, opaque. 



Stipules, fringed and glandulous at the edge. 

 Petioles, thornless. 

 Lea/lets, rounded at the summit, simply and deeply 



toothed at the extremity; the teeth callous. 

 Flowers, deep red. 



Flowerstalk, purple, hairy at the base. 

 Calyx, globular, naked. 

 Sepals, slightly glandulous, enlarged at the extremity, 



longer than the petals. 

 Petals, heart-shaped. 

 Stamens, from one hundred and sixty to one hundred 



and seventy. 

 Disk, high, apparent. 

 Ovules, fifty in number. 



This rose grows spontaneously in Kamschatka. It 

 has many sub-varieties. 



1. KamscJiatwa Simplex, or Single Kam- 



schatkan Rose. 

 Colour, pale violet. 



Parnassina. 

 Damassina. 

 Shrub, having erect branches, armed with unequal 



straight thorns. 

 Leaves, composed of seven leaflets, long, half-closed, 



cottonous underneath, veined with red. 

 Flowers, united in clusters, of from three to five, on 

 each peduncle ; full, well formed, of a deep pink. 

 A variety obtained by Stephen Noisette. 



