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7. Cher a nee. 



Shrub, very thorny, with long branches. 



Thornx, usually straight ; interspersed with glandulous 



bristles, 

 Leaflets, acuminated, oval-lanceolated, with inclining 



teeth. 



Tube of calyx, oblong. 

 Sepals, smooth, glandulous on the edges. 

 Flowers; middle-sized, very double, regular; white, 



fragrant 



8. Milton. 



Branches, long, without glands. 

 Flowerstalks, glandulous. 

 Tube of calyx, smooth. 

 Flowers, semi-double, large, very open. 

 Petals, the inner ones narrow ; white or flesh-colour, 

 tinged with pink. 



9. Isabella of Orleans. 



Branches, long, not sarmentous, having glandulous 

 bristles at the base. 



Leaflets, not glaucous underneath. 



Tube of calyjc, ob-conical; smooth as well as the 

 sepals. 



Buds, pink. 



Flowers, full, large, hemispherical, sometimes droop- 

 ing; white. 



10. Mechin. 



Branches, very long, sarmentous, glandulous. 



Sepals, and Flowerstalks, glandulous. 



Tube of calyx, oblong, narrow; often gibbous at the 



base; glandulous. 

 Flowers, very double, middle-sized, cup-shaped; almost 



white; fragrant. 



