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Tube of calyx, oval or globular ; shorter than in the 

 preceding sub-variety. The flowers expand in 

 succession, from the beginning of June till the end 

 of July. 



14. Alpine Rose, with calabash- shaped fruit. 



Branches^ thornless and smooth ; elbowed at every 



shoot, and growing zig-zag. 



Leaflets, five or nine, oval, glandulous at the edge. 

 Flowerstalks, glandulous and hispid. 

 Flowers, semi-double, of a lilac-pink. 

 Tube of calyx, twice as long as broad ; tightened in 



the centre, and very wide at the base ; covered 



with hairs and fragrant glands. 

 Leafstalks, and Flowerstalks, covered with fragrant 



glands. 

 Sepals, glandulous, tapering to a thready point; two 



or three having appendages at the base. 



15. Copper -coloured Alpine Rose. 



Branches, thin, long, glossy, usually thornless. 

 Leaflets, seven or nine ; small, thin, flat, smooth, oval 



or oblong ; with deep, narrow, sharp teeth. 

 Flowers, of a sulphur-yellow outside ; a fine red at the 



summit, and of a yellowish red shading to yellow 



at the base. Solitary, but sometimes appearing 



in groupes of two or three at the points of the 



branches. 

 Floral leaves, lanceolated, smooth, needle-shaped ; none 



on the solitary flowerstalks. 

 Tube of calyx, globular, smooth, glossy, lessening 



towards the summit. 

 Fruit, upright, crowned with convergent sepals. 



This shrub flowers in May and June. 



