134 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Thorns, straight, uneven, mixed with bristles. 



Leaves, composed of five or seven leaflets. 



Leaflets, oblong, simply toothed, of a membranous 



texture, firm, and rigid. 

 Stipules, dilated at the summit. 

 Leafstalks, pedunculated. 

 Tube of calyx, oval. 

 Flowers, very large. 



SECTION I. YELLOWISH FLOWERS. 



2. Single Bur net -leafed Rose. 

 Pale-yellow Rose. 



Thorns, uneven. 



Tube of calyx, hemispherical ; four times as wide as 



long; smooth. 



Sepals, glandulous, usually simple. 

 Flowers, single, of a pale yellow. 

 Petals, white at the summit. 



3. Pale-yellow Burnet-leafed Semi-double 



Rose. 



Thorns, uneven. 



Peduncle, and Tube of calyoc, smooth. 

 Sepals, smooth at the base; having at the summit 



glandulous hairs. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, half-double, of a canary-coloured 



yellow. 



4. Burnet-leafed Single Yellow Rose. 



(Vibert's.) 

 Thorns, uneven. 



Leaflets, growing near together. 

 Tube of calyx, tightened in the throat. 

 Peduncle, and Sepals, smooth. 

 Flowers, single, pale yellow. 



