262 THE BOOK OP ROSES. 



5. Rosa Tomentosa Resinosa. 

 Shrub, smaller in all its proportions ; foliage very thick 



and grey. 

 Leaflets, narrow. 

 Flowers, light red. 



CULTIVATED SUB-VARIETIES. 

 1. Common Rosa Tomentosa.' 

 Tube of calyx, ovoid, with a long narrow throat. 

 Sepals, bearing at the summit a linear or lanceolated 



hairy leaf. 

 Flowers, single, middle-sized; flesh-colour, almost 



white. 



2. Hybrid Tomentous Rose, with small leaves. 

 Leaflets, nine or eleven, small, hairy on both sides. 

 Stipules, smooth, edged with hair. 

 Tube of calyx, globular, short ; covered with short 



stiff hairs. 

 Sepals, simple. 



Flowers, semi-double, of a light pink. 

 Disk, thin ; styles non-salient. 



III. Rosa Dematra. 

 Rosa Spinulafolia. 

 Rosa Pseudo-Rubigi7iosa. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, vigorous. 



Stems, and Branches, armed with strong, straight 

 thorns; thickened at their base, sometimes op- 

 posed. 



Leaflets, five or seven ; oval, pointed ; of a pale green 

 on the upper surface, paler underneath, strongly 

 and doubly toothed. 



