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Leafstalks, feeble, seldom glandulous ; sometimes armed 



with short thorns. 

 Flowers, red or pink, in clusters or bunches; rarely 



geminated, never solitary, except by abortion ; 



always bracteated. 



Floral leaves, oval, lanceolated, sometimes cordiform. 

 Flowerstalks, bristly, seldom naked, sometimes glan- 

 dulous. 

 Tube of the calyx, either globular or cup-shaped, 



sometimes bristly. 

 Sepals, foiling after maturity ; generally oval, shorter 



than the petals, but sometimes having a point 



apparent beyond them. 

 Petals, oval, more or less heart-shaped. 

 Disk, unapparent; flat and thick. 

 Fruit, small, round, sometimes oblong, crowned with 



sepals till ripe ; varying in all tints of red, orange, 



and crimson. 

 Pericarp, small, smooth, lustrous. 



This shrub is found chiefly in North America, and 

 the north of Europe. 



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I. Rosa Cinnamomea. 

 Rosa Fecundissima. 

 Rosa Majalis. 



Shrub, greyish, from five to six feet high. 

 Branches, straight. 

 Thorns, strong, pale brown, geminated under the 



stipules. 



Suckers, clothed with bristles and thorns. 

 Leaves, close together. 



Stipules, wide, concave, wrinkled, sometimes fringed, 

 reddish in the centre and at the edges. 



