96 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Leafstalks, feeble, thornless. 



Leaflets, five, or more rarely seven ; wrinkled, opaque, 

 greyish green on the upper surface, cottonous and 

 blue on the under; concave, lanceolated, simply 

 toothed. 



Flowers, two or three together, or solitary ; small, 

 pale red. 



Floral leaves, large, concave, cottonous, wrinkled, 

 blueish green, reddish at the base and edges. 



Flowerstalk, naked. 



Sepals, thornless ; very narrow, longer than the foot- 

 stalk, cottonous at the edges ; spreading on the 

 flowers, and convergent on the fruit. 



Tube of calyx, not thorny, 



Petals, rather heart-shaped, concave. 



Disk, unapparent. 



Styles, detached, very hairy. 



Fruit, naked, round, crimson ; covered with dust, glau- 

 cous, crowned with sepals. 



This variety grows spontaneously in the north of 

 Europe. Sub-varieties are cultivated in England and 

 France. 



1 . Rosa Cinnamomea Fluvialis. 

 Rosa Fluvialis. 

 Rosa Arvensis. 



Leaflets, oval. 



Rosa Cinnamomea Gallica. 



Shrub, sometimes between seven and eight feet high. 

 Thorns, pale, sometimes in threes under the stipules. 

 Flowers, red, fragrant. 



