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Leafstalks, cottonous and rather pubescent, as well as 



the mid-rib of the leaflets. 



Leaflets, large, close together, obtuse, single-toothed. 

 FLowerstalks, very hispid. 

 Tube of calyx, very long, top-shaped or oblong, or in 



form of a calabash. 

 Sepals, smooth, usually simple. 

 Flowers, l^fge, semi-double, of a bright pink. 



The flowers expand with difficulty. It is culti- 

 vated chiefly on account of the peculiarity of its fruit. 



42. Ben Lomond. 



Shrub, small, bushy, having some analogy with the 



Burnet-leafed marbled variety. 

 Branches, spreading and divergent. 

 Thorns, numerous, sometimes shaped like a fish-hook. 

 Leaflets, nine or eleven in number, small, of a dark 



green. 

 Flowers, semi-double, small, well formed, of a delicate 



pink, solitary. 

 Petals, rather sloped at the summit. 



43. Burnet-leafed, with very large flowers. 

 Shrub, very vigorous. 



Branches, reddish and straight. 



Thorns, numerous, straight, axillary. 



Leaflets, nine or eleven, deeply toothed, of a dark 

 green. 



Flowers, almost double, large, well-formed, much re- 

 sembling the Hundred-leaved, of a beautiful pink, 

 the petals bordered with white; often solitary. 



Petals, irregularly sloped. 



44. Pelletier's, flesh-coloured. 

 Shrub, of mean vegetation. 

 Branches, slight. 



