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Leaves, of a dull green ; fragrant ; covered underneath 



with reddish glands ; composed of five or seven 



leaflets. 



Leafstalks, bearing a few strong crooked thorns. 

 Leaflets, rounded, sometimes pointed, rather concave, 



doubly toothed ; usually naked on the upper 



surface, very pale, hairy, and rugged underneath. 

 Flowers, solitary ; two or three together, pale and 



cup-shaped. 

 Floral leaves, lanceolated, pointed, pale, concave, rather 



hairy and glandulous. 



Flowerstalks, hispid, and having feeble bristles. 

 Tube of calyx, oval, bristly. 

 Sepals, pinnated, reflexed. 

 Petals, rather heart-shaped. 



Disk, rather thickened ; with thirty or forty ovules. 

 Styles, hairy, detached. 

 Fruit, almost round, oblong or ob-oval ; hispid or 



smooth, crowned with sepals. 



This rose grows in abundance in most of the countries 

 of Europe. It is found in the Caucasus, Russia, Ger- 

 many, England, Sweden, and France in the environs 

 of Paris. It has furnished several interesting sub- 

 varieties. 



1 . Common Rubiginous Rose. 

 Rosa Rubiginosa Vulgaris. 

 Rosa Eglantier. 

 Rosa Sylvestris Odorata. 

 Rosa Suavifolia. 



Thorns, strong, very uneven. 

 Styles, woolly. 

 Fruit t oval or oblong. 



