THE BOOK OP ROSES. 261 



Leaflets, oval or oblong ; obtuse, dense, and wrinkled ; 



pale, and sometimes glandulous underneath; 



doubly toothed, with divergent teeth. AYhen 



pressed, they exhale a smell of turpentine. 

 Flowers, almost solitary, red, cupped. 

 Floral leaves, oval, cottonous. 

 Tube of calyx, ob-round or oval ; sometimes smooth, 



oftener Mspid. 



Sepals, displayed, composite, hispid externally. 

 Petals, rather heart-shaped ; concave, entire. 

 Disk, flat and thick. 

 Styles, detached, very hairy. 

 Fruit, round or almost oval ; depressed, purple, usually 



hispid; crowned with convergent sepals, which 



fall at maturity. 



This rose is found throughout Europe ; among other 

 places, in the woods of Meudon, near Paris. It has 

 furnished only botanical varieties. 



1 . Foetid Cottonous Rose. 

 Leaves, smooth underneath. 



Fruit, exhaling a disagreeable smell when crushed. 



2. Rosa MoUis. 

 Suckers or Offsets, very straight. 

 Sepals, not divided. 



3. Rosa Pulchella. 

 Sepals, almost simple. 

 Flowers, white, semi-double. 

 Petals, crenelated. 



4. Rosa Scabriuscula. 

 Flowers, red, spotted. 



