. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. .I -^^^^^t^^l^j^ / .#? 169 ROSA DEVONIENSIS. (DEVONSHIRE ROSE.)CLASS. ORDER, ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. NATURAL ORDER,ROSACEjE. Generic Character.—Calyx with the tube contracted at the mouth, aud with a five-parted limb; thesegments somewhat spirally imbricated at the apex in aestivation, and usually pinnately five. Stamens uumerous. Carpels numerous, bony, inserted on the inside of the tube ofthe calyx, which at length becomes baccate, and encloses them ; dry .and indeliisccnt, bearing each astyle on the inner side. St
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. .I -^^^^^t^^l^j^ / .#? 169 ROSA DEVONIENSIS. (DEVONSHIRE ROSE.)CLASS. ORDER, ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. NATURAL ORDER,ROSACEjE. Generic Character.—Calyx with the tube contracted at the mouth, aud with a five-parted limb; thesegments somewhat spirally imbricated at the apex in aestivation, and usually pinnately five. Stamens uumerous. Carpels numerous, bony, inserted on the inside of the tube ofthe calyx, which at length becomes baccate, and encloses them ; dry .and indeliisccnt, bearing each astyle on the inner side. Styles exscrted from the constricted part of the calycioe tube, sometimesdistinct, sometimes connected into a columnar style. Seeds solitary, without albumen, straight, with flattish cotyledons.—Dons Gard, and Botany. Specific Character.—A robust shrnb, of hybrid origin, with very large, sweet-scented, double yellowflowers. With every cultivator of the better kinds of roses, the yellow Chinese varietyis a decided favourite, as vrell for
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