148 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Sepals, sometimes marked on the back with a longi- 

 tudinal line of short red bristles. 



Flowers, single, middle-sized, of a violet-purple, very 

 vivid, paler at the base. 



Fruit, pendant, almost black, oval; wide at the base, 

 rather conical at the summit. 



53. Lady Finch Hatton. (1829.) 



Shrub, with divergent branches. 



Thorns, numerous, flat, uneven, dilated at the base. 



Leaves, having nine leaflets. 



Leaflets, oblong, deeply and irregularly toothed. 



Flowers, highly fragrant, large, semi-double, of a fine 



violet-purple, well formed, solitary. 

 Petals, slightly sloped. 



SECTION VI. BOTANICAL VARIETIES OF THE BURNET- 



LEAFED ROSE. 



54. Dwarf Bur net-leaf ed. 

 Rosa Spinosissima Pumila. 

 Rosa Chamcerhodon. 



Shrub, low. 



Thorns, horizontal. 



Fruit, oval. 



Flowers-talks, glandulous or bristly. 



This variety, and all those included in the sixth 

 section, are found growing spontaneously. 



55. Burnet-leafed Rose with crooked thorns. 

 Rosa Reversa. 



Rosa Nana. 



Shrub, dwarfed. 

 Leaves, very glaucous. 



