114 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Flowers, moderate-sized, half-double, flesh-coloured; 



in multifloral clusters, expanding with uncertainty. 

 Tube of calyoc, very large, short, flat, hispid, and glan- 



dulous. 



11. Tha'is, (an Ash -leafed Eose.) 



Thorns, and Bristles, of a red colour on the branches. 



Leafstalks, red, glandulous, and thorny. 



Leaves, composed of seven leaflets. 



Lea/lets, oval, lanceolated, often purplish when young ; 



smooth, not glossy, glaucous underneath. 

 Flowers, half double, moderate-sized, of a lilac-pink, 



very brilliant, in clusters more or less full. 

 Tube of calyx, oval, or pear-shaped; with fragrant 



glands, and hairy. 



X. Rosa Lucida, or Radiant Hose. 

 Rosa Carolina Program. 

 Rosa Rubra Lucida. 



Shrub, bushy, spreading, sometimes from four to six 

 feet high. 



Branches, straight, of a reddish brown, glossy, armed 

 with feeble thorns placed under the stipules ; and 

 a few bristles. 



Suckers, generally very bristly near the root. 



Leaves, very close together ; growing irregularly, com- 

 posed of nine leaflets. 



Leaflets, oval, lanceolated, naked on both sides, grow- 

 ing close together, undulated, notched on the 

 margin, the lowest pair of leaflets smaller than 

 the rest. 



Stipules, smooth, flat, glossy, straight, crenelated, finely 

 toothed at the extremity, sometimes with glandu- 

 lous teeth. 



