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SECTION V. RED OR CRIMSON FLOWERS. 



49. Burnet-leafed, double, purple. 



Flowerstalk, smooth. 



Sepals, and Tube of calyx, the same. 



Flowers, salver-shaped, moderate-sized, three inches in 

 circumference ; semi-double, fragrant, of a fine 

 pale purple. 



Fruit, black, globular, depressed; crowned with diver- 

 gent sepals, which are occasionally connivent. 



50. Belle Laure. (4. Vibert.) 



Shrub, with divaricated branches. 



Thorns, uneven, acicular, forming a long plate at the 



Leaflets, oval, singly toothed. 



Flowerstalks, smooth. 



Tube of calyx, and Sepals, the same. 



Flowers, single, salver-shaped, of a bright purple, 

 marbled with white within; whitish and red- 

 lilac without. 



51. Gurnet-leafed, single, marbled, purple. 



Shrub, low, spreading. 



Branches, slight, armed with uneven thorns. 

 Flowerstalk, Tube of calyx, and Sepals, smooth. 

 Flowers, single, salver-shaped, middle-sized, of an 



amaranth colour ; marbled, white at the base, paler 



externally. 



Filaments, of a red-orange. 

 Fruit, black, crowned with divergent sepals. 



52. Deep Purple Burnet-leafed Rose. 



Shrub, lofty, armed with uneven thorns. 

 Tube of calyx, oval-globular, smooth. 



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