ROSA CENTIFOLIA VAR. MUSCOSA. 
NAT. CLASS,-DICOTYLEDONES ; ORDER,-ROSACEÆ. ART. CLASS,— 
ICOSANDRIA J ORDER, POLYGYNIA. 
A well-known shrub with pinnate leaves, of which 
the leaflets are ovate and serrated. The peculiar va- 
riety of the présent species here figured is what bo- 
tanists term a monster, the parts of the flower not 
being formed in the regular and more natural man- 
ner. Ail Roses hâve their calyx tubular below, and 
terminating ahove in five leaf-like segments. The 
tubular portion completely envelops the pistils, and 
by the time the latter hâve ripened into hispid seed- 
vessels, commonly considered as the seeds themselves, 
the former has become succulent, and forms what is 
termed the hip or fruit of the Rose. In the natural 
State the petals are five in numher, and together 
with the numerous stamens are attached to the limb of 
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