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Petals, mostly entire. 

 Stamens, numerous. 

 Disk, fleshy, usually flat. 



Fruit, oblong or globular ; usually crowned with stiff 

 sepals ; red or scarlet, or tinged with orange. 



I. Rosa Trifoliata. 

 Rosa Nivea. 

 Rosa Ternata. 

 Rosa Cherokensis. 



Branches, rambling; armed with scattered, reddish, 

 scythe-shaped thorns. 



Leaves, very glossy, having three leaflets. 



Stipules, bristly, deciduous, fringed with glands. 



Leafstalks, not downy, armed with very numerous 

 small thorns. 



Leaflets, oval-lanceolated, finely serrated ; bright green 

 on the upper surface, pale underneath ; the mid- 

 rib prickly. 



Flowers, white, solitary. 



Sepals, rigid, entire. 



Fruit, orange-red ; muricate ; crowned with spreading 

 rigid sepals. 



This rose, a native of China, has been for some 

 years introduced into our gardens. 



Rosa Lcevigata. 



Shrub, climbing. 



Thorns, scattered, hooked. 



Stipules, very narrow, united in half their length to 



the leafstalk ; fringed with glands. 

 Leafstalks, naked. 



