THE BOOK OP ROSES. 373 



1 1 . Bramble-flowered Musk Rose. 

 Rosa Rubrifolia. 



Shrub, three or four feet high ; offsets vertical. 



Branches, light green without down, armed with a few 

 scattered crooked thorns. 



Lea/lets, three or five ; oval, pointed, light green ; 

 glossy on the upper surface, pale and cottonous 

 underneath ; toothing simple and divergent. 



Stipules, very long and narrow, naked; fringed with 

 glands. 



Leafstalks, naked, slightly thorny. 



Floicers, small ; pale red, usually three together. 



Flowerstalks, and Calyx, without pubescence, the for- 

 mer glandulous. 



Sepals, single, oval, hairy, reflexed and deciduous. 



Stamens, deciduous. 



Styles, cottonous, united in a column or club. 



Fruit, naked, very small, cottonous. 

 This rose is a native of North America. 



12 IVindom Bramble-leafed Rose. 

 Rosa Rubrifolia Fenestralis. 

 Leaflets, smooth on both sides ; pale, thin. 

 Flowers, often solitary. 



F. SIXTH FAMILY. 



CHINA ROSES. 

 Rosa Chinensis. 

 Rosa Semperftorens. 

 Rosa Sinensis. 

 Rosa Indica. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, feeble, spreading. 



Branches, slender, green, tinged with purple when 

 young; smooth, rarely glandulous. 



