190 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Leaflets, five, oval, rather lanceolated ; smooth, and of 

 a dark green on the upper surface, pale on the 

 under ; pubescent on the nerves ; serrated and 

 glandulous at the edges. 



Flowers, very small, very double, solitary, devoid of 

 bracteal leaves ; surmounted by the young shoots ; 

 of a pale purple, sometimes pink ; rarely fra- 

 grant, 



Stipules, linear, almost naked; fringed with greenish 

 glands. 



Tube of calyx, usually oval, naked. 



Sepals, naked, reflexed, oval, concave, without divisions, 

 much shorter than the corolla. 



Styles, hairy, rather salient, cohesive by their down. 



Of this rose the fertile single-flowering type is not 

 determined. 



SECTION VI. HYBRID SUB-VARIETIES. 



58. Large-stemmed Hundred-leaved Rose. 

 Shrub, vigorous. 



Flowers, large, very full; of a fine pink; numerous, 

 and of a striking appearance. 



59. Illustre en Beaute. 



Flowers, middle-sized, very pretty, of a shapely form, 

 full ; carmine-coloured. 



60. Artemisia. 



Leaves, growing far apart. 



Tube of calyx, top-shaped. 



Buds, conical. 



Flowers, middle-sized, double, of a light bright pink. 



61. Batarde du Roi. 

 Tube of calyx, egg-shaped. 



