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3. Rosa Carolina Florida, or Virginian Rose. 

 Rosa Florida. 



Rosa Enneophylla. 



Rosa Virginia of English gardeners. 



Shrub, bushy, round, low, not very thorny. 



Stem, and. Branches, of a greyish brown ; twigs slight, of 

 a purple colour, and unarmed towards the summit. 



Footstalks, with and without thorns. 



Stipules, dentated at the summit. 



Fowerstalk, scattered, with glandulous hairs. 



Calyx, globose, hispid, glandulous. 



Sepals, three, bearing together five thready appendages. 



Flowers, single, of a bright, clear pink ; double- 

 bearing. 



This shrub flowers from July to August, and again 

 in September. 



4. Rosa Carolina Gemella, or Carolina Twin- 



blowing Rose. 



Differing only from its type by bearing flowers in 

 pairs, and having slenderer branches. 



5. Rosa Corymbosa, or Cluster Rose. 



Shrub, tall and branching. 



Branches, rambling, dark green, or brownish purple, 



at the base; sarmentous, or like a vine-branch. 



towards the summit. 



Thorns, always straight, scattered, never stipular. 

 Leaflets, plane, smooth, glossy, and shining on the 



upper surface ; slightly pubescent on the under. 

 Flowers, pink, standing on a branching flowerstalk ; 



disposed in loose elegantclusters; expanding earlier 



than the preceding varieties. 



