260 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



8. Villosa Duplex. 

 Tube of calyx, oval, glandulous. 

 Sepals, foliaceous. 



Flowers, semi-double, fragrant, middle-sized ; of a vivid 

 pink. 



9. Rose Velue, with narrow leaves. 

 Shrub, having a glossy bark, armed with long, strong 



thorns. 

 Leaves, composed of five or nine lanceolated leaflets ; 



glandulous, rather hairy underneath; toothing 



edged with grey glands. 



Leafstalks, covered with white viscous glands. 

 Flowers, semi-double, middle-sized, of a pale pink. 

 Petals, sloped, pointed at the summit. 



II. Rosa Tomentosa. 

 Rosa Dubia. 

 Rosa Scabriuscula. 

 Rosa Mollissima. 

 Rosa Foetida. 



Rosa Heterophylla Pulcliella. 

 Rosa Villosa Minuta. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, vigorous, seven or eight feet high, very grey. 

 Branches, spreading, sometimes glaucous, armed with 



straight thorns ; rarely curved, scattered, without 



bristles. 

 Leaves, composed of seven or five leaflets, covered with 



whitish down. 

 Stipules, entire, dilated, convex ; toothed and fringed 



with glands. 

 Flowerstalks, hispid, with uneven bristles and glands. 



