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66. Blanche of Castille. 

 Shrub, very thorny. 

 Flowerstalks, short. 



Sepals, three of them pinnatifid. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized, regular; flesh-coloured or 

 pale pink. 



67. OJiarles Augustus. 

 Shrub, having numerous thorns. 

 Lea/lets, sessile, five in number. 



Tube of calyx, glandulous ; oval, pear-shaped, or turbi- 



nated. 

 Flowers, large, full ; pale pink in expanding, afterwards 



flesh-coloured. 



68. Pericles. 



Shrub, armed with bristly thorns. 



Leaflets, five or seven ; ovoi'd, oblong, glandulous and 



pubescent under the nerves ; deeply and sharply 



toothed. 

 Flowers, full, middle-sized ; pale pink or flesh-colour. 



This sub-variety is often classed among China roses. 



69. Fidelia. 



Foliage, curly like the Agathes. 



Tube of calyx, short, covered with fragrant glands. 



Flowers, full, middle-sized ; light pink. 



70. Pear-fruited Rose. 

 Shrub, vigorous, spreading. 

 Leafstalks, glandulous. 



Lea/lets, sessile, pale and pubescent underneath. 

 Flowerstalks, erect. 



Tube of calyx, tightened at the summit. 

 Flowers, large, semi-double or double ; of a beautiful 

 pink, shot with lighter pink. 



