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with small and divergent auricles ; haves on the flowering 

 shoots 8- 5-foliolate, rarely 7-foliolate ; stems usually erect ; 

 prickles hooked, alternate. 



B. indiea, Lindley, 1820, and others ; not of Linnreus. — 

 China. 



B. semper flor ens, Curtis, 1794 (R. diversifolia, Vent., 1799 ; 

 ?R. chinensis, Jacquin, 1768). — China. 



We have not yet assured ourselves as to the duration of the 

 sepals, or of their true direction during the ripening of the fruit. 



Are the two types, B. indica and B. sempcrflorens, specifically 

 distinct, or only two varieties of the same species? That is a 

 question to which we are unable to reply at present. Rose- 

 growers appear disposed to admit two distinct types. However, 

 be that as it may, the section Indices has, since the commence- 

 ment of this century, furnished a very rich series of horticul- 

 tural varieties, which have now completely transformed old 

 collections, thanks chiefly to the singular faculty of the Indices 

 of continual or successional flowering. This power, which con- 

 stitutes perhaps one essential character of the section, was 

 unknown in the genus before the introduction of these Chinese 

 Roses. It hai been stated that certain varieties of B. deunasccna 

 were perpetuals ; but it is to be remarked that their second 

 flowering is due to cultural arts, and is not normal. 



The Indicce, by being crossed with types of other sections, 

 have frequently given Hybrid Perpetuals. The future will no 

 doubt yet yield plenty of horticultural novelties from crossings 

 with the Indices. 



Hybrids of B. indica and B. semperflorms with B. gallica 

 are generally to be recognised by the glandular aciculi which 

 appear on their stems, &c, and which are quite wanting in 

 Indices. On the other hand, the hybrids of the Indices with 

 it. multiflora are distinguishable by their stipules, which are 

 more or less deeply cut in like the teeth of a comb. 



B. gigantea, Collett (1888), a strongly sarmentose species, 

 should probably be placed in the section Indices. Our 

 knowledge of it is not yet sufficient for us to come to a decision 

 on this point. In the event of its becoming a species of this 

 section, the diagnosis of the section will have to be modified 

 slightly. It seems very probable that Fortune's Double Yellow 

 Rose, which has b2en also called Beauty of Crlazcnwood, and to 



