376 THE BOOK OF ROSES, 



7. Brilliant Bengal. 

 La Gauffree. 

 LEblouissante< 

 Striped China Rose. 



Tube of calyx, smooth, oval. 



Flowers^ middle-sized, very double ; of a fiery red, or 



light crimson. 

 Styles, eighty or more. 



8. Red Tea Rose. 



Tube of calyx, often oval, occasionally round, irregu- 

 larly gibbous. 



Flowers, very double, middle-sized, fragrant ; deep 

 pink or red. 



Ovaries, from thirty to seventy. 



9. Mere Gigogne. 



Tube of calyx, smooth, oval-turbinated. 

 Flowers, very double, middle-sized ; of a red-purple ; 

 often flowering twice. 



10. Bengale Felix. 

 Tube of calyx, oval, oblong. 



Leaflets, oval, round, or acuminated ; and slightly con- 

 cave. 



Flowerstalks, smooth or hispid-glandulous. 



Flowers, middle-sized, semi-double, cup-shaped ; of a 

 light violet, sometimes striped with white. 



1 1 . Single Bengal Purple. 



Tube of calyx, long and narrow in the throat. 

 Sepals, simple. 



Flowers, small or middle-sized, single ; of a purple- 

 crimson. 



Petals, spatulated. 

 Styles, six to fifteen. 



