THE BOOK OF ROSES. 119 



Marietta*. 



I. Rosa */lljyina, or Alpine Rose. 

 Rosa Rupestris. 

 Rosa Monspeliaca. 

 Rosa Inermis. 

 Rosa Hybrida Alpina. 

 Rosa Lagenaria. 

 Rosa Biflora. 



Shrub, from seven to eight feet ; forming a loose branch- 

 ing bush. 



Branches, long, almost straight ; rather sarmentous or 

 vine-like; of a greenish brown, sometimes glaucous, 

 sometimes of a purple hue; without thorns, or 

 bearing a few at the base of the suckers. 



Stipules, narrow at the base, dilated towards the sum- 

 mit ; naked, entire, fringed with glands. 



Leafstalks, armed with hairs. 



Leaflets, small, oval, or oblong-lanceolated, pointed at 

 the two extremities ; thin, rudely notched, naked, 

 or sometimes pubescent on the lower surface ; the 

 mid-rib sometimes rugged, with short thorns. 



Flowers, erect, single, red, solitary. 



Petals, concave, of a heart-shape. 



Flowerstalk, hispid, thornless, sometimes glandulous, 

 or rough. 



Tube of calyx, smooth or hispid, oval, elongated. 



Sepals, upright, simple, narrow, tapering towards a 

 slight point ; dilated and rising above the petals ; 

 hairy without. When the tube of the calyx is 

 rugged, the sepals are so also. 



Disk, large and compressed. 



Styles, detached, hairy. 



Fruit, pendant, oblong, or in the form of an amphora ; 

 of an orange-red ; crowned with convergent sepals. 



