CLASSIFICATION OF ROSES 
ANALYTICAL KEY TO THE GROUPS 
Leaves simple. i. 
Leaves compound. 
Styles much protruded beyond the disc of the fruit. 
Styles united in a column. n. 
Styles distinct. in. 
Styles not much protruded beyond the disc of the fruit. 
Stipules free, deciduous. iv. 
Stipules adnate to the petiole. 
SIMPLICIFOLIAE 
SYSTYLAE. 
CHINENSIS. 
BANKSIANAE. 
DIACANTHAE. Prickles often in stipular 
pairs. 
Fruit persistently hairy. 
V. 
BRACTEATAE. 
Bracts crowded, deeply incised. 
Fruit glabrous. 
Hip green, with a thick skin. 
VI. 
MICROPHYLLAE. 
Hip red, with a thin skin. 
VII. 
CINNAMOMEAE. 
HETERACANTHAE. Prickles scattered, 
very unequal. 
Larger prickles, long, slender, 
straight. vm. spinosissimae. 
Larger prickles, hooked, stout. ix. gallicanae. 
HOMOCANTHAE. Prickles scattered, 
uniform. 
Leaves glabrous or slightly hairy. 
X. 
CANINAE 
Leaves very hairy. 
XI. 
VILLOSAE. 
Leaves very glandular beneath. 
XII. 
RUBIGINOSAE. 
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