278 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



Leaves, of a dull whitish green, covered on the under 



surface with reddish fragrant glands ; composed of 



five or seven leaflets. 

 Leafstalks, thorny ; usually glandulous. 

 Leaflets, oval, oblong, or rounded; glandulous on the 



under surface ; sometimes viscous, with divergent, 



and usually double toothing. 

 Flowers, generally solitary ; occasionally united to the 



number of two or three ; pale red. 

 Flowerstalks, hispid or slightly pubescent ; often very 



short. 

 Floral leaves, lanceolated, often glandulous ; sometimes 



tinted with red. 

 Tube of calyx, oval, and hispid; rarely, naked and 



round. 

 Sepals, permanent, often foliaceous, or terminating in 



a long point. 



Petals, mostly heart-shaped. 

 Styles, hairy, detached. 

 Fruit, oval or ob-round ; of a red more or less orange 



or scarlet, smooth or hispid. 



SYNONYMS. 



Rosa pulverulenta. Rosa cuspidata. 



Rosa glutinosa. 



I. Rosa Hubiginosa. 

 Fragrant Eglantine. 

 Rosa Eglanteria. 



Shrub, from three to six feet ; very branching. 

 Suckers, covered with glands and thorns smaller than 



on the branches. 



Branches, light green, flexible, slender, armed with 

 numerous hooked thorns ; scattered and uneven. 



