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12. Thornless Red China Rose. 



Rosa Inermis Indie a. 



Stems, straight ; from ten to twelve feet high. 

 Bra7iches, purple, glaucous when young. 

 Leaflets, five, long, oval, regularly toothed. 

 Flowers, double ; of a deep pink, spotted with purple ; 

 middle-sized. 



G. SEVENTH FAMILY. 



LAWRA.VCE ROSES. 

 Rosa Lawranceana. 

 Rosa Lawrencea. 

 Rosa Larvr entice. 

 Rosa Semperflorens Minima. 

 Rosa Indica Humilis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Shrub, from two inches to two feet high. 



Branches, straight, numerous, very thin, armed with 

 red thorns, straight or crooked. 



Leafstalks, glandulous and thorny. 



Leaflets, three or five, very small, oval-lanceolated ; 

 smooth, firm, glossy on the upper surface, often 

 glaucous and purple on the under ; the terminal 

 leaflet largest ; simply and finely toothed. 



Flowers-talks, smooth or glandulous. 



Tube of calyx, oval or pyriform, often smooth, and 

 glaucous. 



Sepals, simple and glandulous ; or smooth and having 

 appendages. 



Flowers, very small, almost scentless ; with acumina- 

 ted petals, 



Styles, detached, from twenty to sixty ; usually salient. 



These roses, natives of the Isle of Bourbon, where 



