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Tube of calyx, oval, more or less globular or elongated; 



sometimes smooth, sometimes woolly or glandulous. 

 Sepals, glandulous or hairy, very rarely simple ; usually 



three of them with appendages. 



Flowers, in multifloral clusters, very rarely solitary ; 



usually small and white; sometimes deep or pale pink. 



Petals, more or less oblong, cordiform or ob-corded ; 



sometimes fcmarginated. 

 Stamens, numerous, often long ; usually deciduous 



after the flowering ; occasionally permanent. 

 Disk, thick, convex. 

 Styles, united in a high column ; woolly or cottonous, 



sometimes smooth. 

 Fruit, usually small, oval or round ; of an orange-red, 



or scarlet. 

 Origin, found throughout Europe; with varieties in 



Asia, Africa, and America. 



Marietta. 



SECTION I. EUROPEAN ROSES. 

 I. The Field Rose. 

 Rosa Arvensis. 

 Rosa Candida. 

 Rosa Sylvestris. 

 Rosa Scandens. 

 Rosa Herporhodon. 

 Rosa Halleri. 

 Rosa Fusca. 

 Rosa Serpens. 

 Rosa Repens. 

 Rosa Sempervirens. 

 Rosa Montana. 

 Rosa Gemmata. 

 Shrub, spreading, but bushy. 



