290 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



found by Buberstein on the hills of Caucasus ; as well 

 as the following, which is to be accounted a sub-variety. 



Rose with pointed -Petals. 



Rosa Cuspidata. 

 Sepals, hispid, terminating in a very long, linear, lan- 



ceolated point ; toothed. 

 Flowers, appearing in June. 



III. Glutinous Rose. 

 Rosa Grlutinosa. 

 Rose of Crete. 

 Rosa Cretica. 



Shrub, low, forming a thick bush. 



Branches, strong and numerous. 



Branchlets, short, divergent, without down; armed 

 with close, strong, uneven, curved thorns. The 

 young branchlets cottonous, with smaller slighter 

 thorns, aggregate under the stipules. 



Leaves, whitish, composed of five or seven leaflets. 



Stipules, concave, dilated at the summit ; having glands 

 only on the edges. 



Leafstalks, glandulous, bearing a few small thorns. 



Leaflets, flat, rounded, small ; with notchy teeth, sim- 

 ple, or almost simple, glandulous and viscous on 

 both sides. 



Flowers, solitary, single, small ; pale red. 



Flower stalks, thorny, bristly, short, and glutinous. 



Fruit, ob-round, scarlet, thorny ; crowned with greyish 

 connivent simple sepals. 



This rose is a native of Sicily and the islands of the 

 Archipelago. There are but few sub-varieties. 



