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panicle ; petals similar, but sepals without the long ' beneath, with coarsely serrated jagged margins ; 

 acumen of glandulosus. It grows in shady places ; shorter panicle ; pink petals and sepals furnished 

 abundantly by the palings, northern border of Bentley with rather broad, leafy points ; the prickles are 

 Priory, Harrow Weald. A'. radula : not frequent 

 in hedgerows ; more generally on the borders of 

 copses in upland situations : on the outskirts of 

 Harrow Weald Common and Pinner Woods, for in. 



Fig. 164. Portion of stem and transverse section of 

 R. rhamnifolius. 



Fig. 165. Leaflet of R. coryli/olius. 



stance. Stems arching, angular, of a dark, purplish 

 hue ; prickles strong (or rather, slender, from a strong 

 broad base), nearly equal, patent ; setae and aciculte 

 short, numerous ; hairs few ; leaflets dull green, 

 paler beneath ; obovate, acuminate, narrow below, 

 sharply and moderately dentate ; sepals ovate, re- 

 flexed ; petals white, obovate ; the panicle is rather 

 long, with lanceolate leaves and short corymbose 

 branches ; the prickles of the rachis are remarkably 

 deflexed. R. rudis differs from the above in having 

 much narrower leaflets, of an elliptical form, felted 



Fig, 166. Leaflet of R. glandulosus. 



Fig. 167. Ditto of R. umbrosits. 



conical and slightly deflected. It is of less frequent 

 occurrence than R. radnla. We have gathered it 

 on Harrow Weald Common. It is probably 

 not very rare. R. hystrix : this is a trailing 



