334 THE BOOK OP ROSES. 



E. PURPLE FLOWERS. 



1 . General Delaage. 



Branches, slender. 



Tube of calyx, very short, smooth, turbinated. 

 Flowers, large or middle-sized, regular, very full ; dark 

 purple. 



2. Duds. 



Flowerstalks, glandulous. 



Tube of calyx, short, glandulous, turbinated. 



Flowers, middle-sized, almost full ; dark violet. 



3. Eyries. 



Shrub, armed with numerous scythe-shaped thorns. 

 Flowerstalks, glandulous, hispid below the floral leaves. 

 Tube of calyx, oval-pyriform. 



Flowers, large or middle-sized, and fiill ; of a vivid 

 purple. 



4. Guerin. 



Tube of calyx, hemispherical, smooth. 

 Flowers, small, very full ; of a deep violet. 



5. La Nubienne. 



Tube of calyx, small, glandulous, turbinated. 

 Flowers, full, convex, regular ; of a slate-coloured pur- 

 ple, often dark. 



6. Maubach. 



Tube of calyx> smooth, oval-pyriform. 

 Flowers, full, middle-sized, regular ; of a black-purple, 

 vivid and brilliant. 



7. Miaulis. 



Tube of calyx, smooth, short, turbinated. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, very full ; of a slate-coloured 

 purple. 



