108 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Sepals, hairy, viscous, and glandulous ; terminated by 

 a linear or lanceolated leaflet, three of them pro- 

 ducing five or seven long linear appendages. 



Tube of calyx, sometimes turbinated, or top-shaped. 



3. Pensylvanian Large Paler-flowering Rose. 



Shrub, a thick regular-formed bush. 



Branches, generally green, thorny ; the thorns less 

 red, and straighter than those of its type ; some- 

 times solitary under the stipules. 



Leaflets, closer together, and larger in the centre. 



Peduncle, Floral leaves, and Sepals, never tinged with 

 red. 



Flowers, very large, flesh-coloured. 



Petals, large, very little sloped. 



Fruit, scarlet, globular. 



VIII. Rosa Nitida, or Brilliant Rose. 

 Rosa Ritbrispina. 

 Rosa Blanda. 

 Rosa Redutea Rubescens. 

 Shrub, a low reddish bush. 

 Branches, much ramified, straight, covered with weak 



thorns, mingled with bristles. 

 Leaves, dark green, becoming purple in autumn. 

 Stipules, flat, naked, slightly toothed, oval at the ex- 

 tremity. 

 Leaflets, lanceolated, narrow, naked, simply dentated, 



slightly nerved ; three to seven. 

 Footstalks, naked and weak. 

 Flowers, cup-shaped, of a brilliant red. 

 Petals, rather heart-shaped, concave, united in small 



clusters. 



Floral leaves, oval or lanceolated, smooth, undulous, 

 fragrant. 



