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1 . CUmence Isaure. 

 Rosa Sabina. 



Rosa Cretica Sabina. 



Shrub, low. 



Branches, reddish. 



Thorns, crooked, very strong; scattered at the base of 

 the branches, stipulary in the middle, and oblite- 

 rated at the summit. 



Leaflets, seven or nine; hairy, glandulous, viscous, and 

 fragrant on both surfaces. 



Flowerstalks, united in clusters of from three to seven. 



Tube of calyx, oval, bulging at the base, rather hispid. 



Flowers, middle-sized, single, pink. 



2. Double Glutinous Rose. 



Bush, low. 



Thorns, numerous, red, uneven, enlarged at the base ; 



interspersed with glandulous bristles. 

 Leaflets, five or nine, rounded, glandulous, viscous, and 



odoriferous on the upper and under surfaces. 

 Flowers, fragrant, semi-double, two inches in diameter 



of a light vivid pink. 



TENTH TRIBE OF SPECIES III. 



Dog Rose. 

 Rosa Canina. 

 Eglantine. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, very variable in its proportions. 

 Suckers, the largest bearing thorns. 

 Branches, having a light green bark, more or less red. 

 grey, purple, or brown ; almost always thorny. 



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