340 THE BOOK OF ROSES. 



3. Pourpre Panachee Variegated Purple. 

 Flowerstalks, long; glandulous at the summit, smooth 



at the base. 



Tube of calyx, smooth. 



Flowers, full, regular, middle-sized, often drooping; 

 of a slate-coloured lilac, usually striped or varie- 

 gated with red. 



4. Mai ton. 



Shrub, having straight, strong, numerous branches; 



the bark green, variegated with dark purple. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, full, regular, very numerous ; of 



a vivid crimson. 



5. Thornless Rose. 



Shrub, from ten to twelve feet high; the branches 



purple and wholly unarmed. 

 Leaflets, seven in number. 

 Flowers, middle-sized, double ; of a lilac-pink, spotted 



with purple ; flowering earlier than the other 



sub-varieties. 



B. SECOND FAMILY. 



BENGAL ROSES. 

 Tea Rose. 



Sweet-scented China Rose. 

 Rosa Odorata. 

 Rosa IndicaOdoratissima. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, having few branches, which are short, smooth, 

 and glossy, without glands or bristles. 



Thorns, scattered, crooked, compressed at their base. 



Leaves, distant, three or five in number ; of which th e 

 terminal leaflet is the largest, and the inferior pair 

 smaller than the rest. 



