EOSE FAMILY. 



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Ohs. ThiS species, wnich is common in dry soils in the Southern States., 

 produces a fruit which is considered superior in* favor to the preceding. 



9. RO'SA., Tournef. Rose. 



[The ancient Latin name.] 



Calyx urceolate — the tube contracted at the orifice, including the nume- 

 rous distinct ovaries, at length becoming fleshy or baccate ; the segments 

 often foliaceous at apex. Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, inserted with 

 the numerous stamens on the rim of the calyx-tube. Akenes numerous, 

 crustaceous, hispid, included in and attached to the inner surface of the 

 calyx-tube. Shrubby and prickly plants. Leaves mostly odd-pinnate ; 

 stipules adnate to the petiole. 



Fig. 86. The flower of a Rose, divided and exhibiting the numerous pistils inserted 

 within a hollow receptacle. 8" A separate ripened pistil or carpel. 88. A carpel 

 opened to show the seed. 



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