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Thorns, even, crooked, usually strong, scattered ; oc- 

 casionally straight and aggregate under the sti- 

 pules. 



Leaves, composed of three to seven, occasionally nine 

 or eleven leaflets ; almost always devoid of pu- 

 bescence ; of a glossy green, sometimes tinged 

 with purple, sometimes glaucous. 



Stipules, usually narrow or very narrow, occasionally 

 dilated; sometimes subulated and finely edged 

 with hairs. 



Leafstalks, often armed with small thorns, hooked or 

 curved ; occasionally woolly or cottonous. 



Leaflets, oval, sometimes a little lanceolated ; without 

 glands ; simply and occasionally doubly toothed, 

 with convergent serrature. 



Flowers, solitary j sometimes united two or three toge- 

 ther, or in multifloral clusters. 



Floral leaves, usually narrow, lanceolated, occasionally 

 oval, or almost obliterated ; sometimes ciliated and 

 glandulous at the edges. 



Flowerstalks, sometimes smooth, sometimes scaly ;' oc- 

 casionally hairy. 



Tube of calyx, oval, naked; occasionally round and 

 armed, or woolly 



Sepals, deciduous, usually simple ; pointed, rather pu- 

 bescent or woolly at the edges. 



Petals, concave, entire or sloped. 



Disk, thick, sometimes conical, closing the throat of 

 the calyx. 



Ovaries, or Embryos of the Seed, from fifteen to fifty : 

 sometimes from twenty to thirty. 



Styles, almost naked, detached, salient ; or, very rarely, 

 enclosed and imitating the columnar form of the 

 next variety ; but always detached. 



Fruit, rounded or oval; sometimes turbinated; often 

 scarlet, occasionally of a deep purple. 



