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Leafstalks, armed underneath with crooked thorns, 



bearing pedicellated glands. 

 Stipules, narrow, subulated, fringed with glands. 

 Leaflets, distant, oblong or elliptic, acuminated or 



pointed, smooth and shining on the upper surface ; 



pale and sometimes glaucous on the under; simply 



and sharply toothed, with convergent toothing, 



without glands or pubescence. 

 Flowerstalks, thick, as if articulated ; smooth or a little 



glandulnus. 

 Floral leaves, usually deciduous, linear or lanceolated; 



fringed with glands. 

 Tube of calyx, bulging abruptly at the base ; smooth 



and glaucous. 

 Sepals, falling before the maturity of the fruit, simple 



or having slight appendages at the base; usually 



smooth, with glandulous or cottonous edges. 

 Flowers, very fragrant, often drooping, appearing 



throughout the summer. 

 Styles, detached ; from fifteen to one hundred. 



WHITE, WHITISH, OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS. 



1. Afranie. 



Thorns, often straight and rather erect. 

 Tube of calyx, sometimes pear-shaped. 

 Flowers, very double, middle-sized, whitish. 



2. Due de Grammont. 

 Tube of calyx, turbinated. 



Flowers, full, large, almost white; pink or flesh- 

 coloured in the centre. In cold or wet weather, 

 they do not expand well, 



3. Bourbon Tea Rose. 



Flowers, large, full ; white, flesh-coloured in the centre. 



