ROSA PHOENICEA 
its thin, obtuse leaflets, usually five in number, with open ovate teeth, 
the lower branches of the panicle subtended by compound leaves, its 
glabrous styles and very compound sepals. The flowers are white 
and in appearance much resemble Rosa moschata Mill. ; the form of 
inflorescence is likewise similar, frequently displaying as many as forty 
flowers to a panicle. With Rosa sempervirens L. it has also some affinity, 
but is easily distinguishable from that species by the difference in 
some of the most important characters. It is not often met with in 
cultivation, but is perfectly hardy in England. 
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