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 narrow, red in the centre, edged with glands, but otherwise 

 smooth ; the petioli have a few uncinate aculei and some 

 small glands scattered over them ; the foliola are either five 

 or seven in number, the lower pair being much the smallest, 

 they are flat and smooth, shining on both sides, but paler 

 though without glaucousness underneath, ovate, pointed, and 

 simply serrated ; the edges, and particularly those of the vi- 

 gorous leaves, being sometimes tinged with red. The flow- 

 ers are produced abundantly from the beginning to near the 

 end of July ; they rarely grow singly, but are often in threes, 

 and on strong shoots the cymes contain many flowers, from 

 ten to twenty or more; the bracteae are tinged with red, 

 pointed, waved, edged with glands, and bent backwards ; 

 the peduncles are long, fine, and covered with glandiferous 

 setae; the germen (tube of the calyx) is elliptic, contracted 

 at the top, and covered with setae, but not so much so as 

 the peduncle; the sepals (leaves of the calyx) have a few 

 fine pinnae, are covered with glands, have a point at the 

 end extending beyond the bud before it expands, and 

 when the flower opens, they are reflexed ; the bud is cream- 

 coloured, the petals are large, obcordate, expanding flat, 

 and their edges are somewhat lapped over each other ; the 

 stamina are numerous, and bright yellow ; the stigmata are 

 united, porrect, and hairy. The scent of the flower is very 

 pleasant. The fruit when ripe preserves nearly its original 

 shape, is elongated, and not much increased in size. 



The characters of the common Rosa arvensis, which do 

 not agree with the preceding, are these : the plant, wherever 

 situated, is not inclined to grow to the same extent; the 

 branches are stronger, thicker, and more able to support 



