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Fruit, sometimes pendant, of a red, more or less yel- 

 low or black; oval, and occasionally almost round; 

 naked, crowned with convergent sepals. 



This semi-species may be found throughout Europe, 

 and a large portion of North America. 



SYNONYMS. 

 Ros% spinosissima. \ Rosa viminea. 



pimpinellifolia. 



rubella. 



stricta. 



acicularis. 



lutescens. 



grandiflora. 

 myriacantha. 

 involuta. 

 reversa. 



Uarietieg. 



I. American Yellow Rose, 

 Rosa Lutescens. 

 Rosa Hispida. 



Shrub, vigorous, not sightly. 



Branches, perpendicular, almost straight, of a dirty- 

 brown colour, armed. 



Thorns, numerous, unequal, feeble, inclining, pale brown. 



Stipules, flat, very narrow. 



Leafstalks, unarmed. 



Leaflets, from seven to nine, oval, flat, simply toothed. 



Flowers, middle-sized, solitary, of a palish yellow. 



Flowerstalk, and Calyx, naked. 



Tube of calyx, oval. 



Sepals, entire, longer than the tube of the calyx. 



Disk, flat. 



Ovules, about thirty in number. 



Styles, hairy, detached. 



Fruit, large, black, oval, borne on a fleshy stalk, 

 crowned with connivent petals, rugged. 



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