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5. Bur net-leafed Semi-double Rose. 



Thorns, uneven. 



Tube of calyx, hemispherical, very short, smooth. 



Peduncles, very hispid. 



Sepals, covered with glandulous bristles. 



Flowers, middle-sized, semi-double, primrose-coloured. 



6. Gurnet-leafed Nankin Double-blossomed 



Rose. 



Thorns, uneven. 

 Leaflets, near together. 



Tube of calyx, narrow at the summit, smooth. 

 Peduncles, smooth. 



Flowers, middle-sized, semi-globular, semi-double, of a 

 Nankin yellow, with yellow bases. 



7. Burnet-leaved Nankin Rose. 



Thorns, uneven, numerous, bristly. 



Flowerstalks, rather pubescent, having bracteal leaves 



even when solitary. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth and globular. 

 Flowers, single, hypocrateriform. 

 Petals, pale yellow, variegated with pink in the 



interior, and straw-coloured outside. 

 Fruit, globular or depressed; almost black, crowned 



with connivent sepals. 



8. Burnet-leafed Single Yellow Rose. 



(Hybrid variety.) 

 Shrub, vigorous. 

 Leaflets, close together, rather pubescent underneath 



when young ; simply toothed. 

 Peduncles, smooth. 

 Tube of calyx, globular, smooth, short throated. 



