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9. Full-cluster Rose. 



Leaflets, lanceolated or oval, smooth, lustrous, pale 

 underneath. 



Leafstalks, thorny, with glandulous hairs at the base. 



Stipules, entire, or slightly toothed. 



Flowerstalk, smooth below the floral leaves, hairy and 

 glandulous above. 



Sepals, sorter than the petals, three of them bearing 

 linear appendages. 



Flowers, moderate-sized, double, of a uniform lilac- 

 pink. 



10. Faustina. 



Flower-branches, unarmed. 



Thorns, slight, rare, scattered. 



Stipules, entire, enlarged towards the summit. 



Leaflets, smooth, shining on the upper surface, not 



toothed at the base. 

 Peduncle, hairy, glandulous. 

 Floral leaves, entire, oval, lanceolated. 

 Tube of the calyx, globular, hairy at the base. 

 Sepals, glandulous, simple. 

 Flowers, small, half-double ; bright crimson, almost 



purple. 



VI. Rosa TFoodsn, or Wood's Rose. 

 Rosa Luteo-Nigra. 

 Rosa Sabini. 



Shrub, moderately high, forming an upright bush. 



Branches, dark brown. 



Thorns, very numerous, straight, feeble, scattered, 



intermingled on the same branch with bristles ; 



often stipulary at the extremity of the branches. 



the stipules wanting towards the base. 



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