94 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



THIRD TRIBE OF SPECIES III. 



Rosa Cinnamomea, or Cinnamon Rose. 



Rosa Nitida. 



Rosa Rubrispina. 



Rosa Redutea Rubescens. 



Rosa Rapa. 



Rosa Lucida. 



Rosa Fraxmifolia. 



Rosa Laxa. 



Rosa Parviflora. 



Rosa Woodsu. 



Rosa Carolina. 



Rosa Blanda. 



Rosa Taurica. 



Rosa Davinia. 



Rosa Aristata. 



Rosa Majalis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, dense and bushy. 



Branches, red or reddish brown ; usually straight, some- 

 times glossy, or glaucous ; bristly, seldom thorny, 

 rarely cottonous. 



Thorns, feeble, dissimilar, generally straight, scattered, 

 or stipular, in which case geminated ; bristly. 



Suckers, erect, often very red ; always bristly near the 

 root, and sometimes thorny. 



Reaves, long, lanceolated, without glands, generally of 

 a dark opaque green ; rarely either glossy or glau- 

 cous, but becoming purplish in autumn. 



Stipules, narrow and linear ; long, naked, flat, some- 

 times widening at the point, which in that case 

 are bordered with teeth or glands, but not both. 



