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A'e.rves, covered with very small straight thorns, fur- 



nished with glands. 

 Flowerstalk, and Calyx, covered with bristles, inter- 



spersed with a few thorns. 

 Leafstalks, thorny and hairy. 



Stipules, bifid, oblong, hairy, and fringed with glands. 

 Sepals, very long, almost single ; hispid. 

 Tube of calyx,*& rounded oval. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, pale red. 

 Petals, heart-shaped. 

 Styles, detached. 



The upper leaves and flowers of this shrub exhale 

 a strong smell of turpentine. It was discovered in 

 Switzerland by Monsieur Dematra, pastor of Corbiere, 

 whose name it bears ; and may be considered a botan- 

 ical variety. 



Small-leafed Dematra Rose. 



Rosa Spinulifolia Foxiana. 

 Thorns, much curved. 

 Leaflets, smaller and more pointed. 

 Tube of calyx, oval. 

 Flowerstalks, longer. 

 Fruit, hispid and naked. 



IV. Rosa Alba. 

 Wliite Rose. 

 Rosa Sativa. 

 Rosa Damascena. 

 Rosa Usitatissima. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, vigorous, six or seven feet high : spreading, of 

 a greyish aspect. 



