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8. R. cmiescens. Habit of growth and prickles of the normal plant. 

 Leaves grey-green above, tolerably firm in texture, thinly hairy all over 

 when young, but hardly so when mature, very grey beneath and thinly 

 hairy all over but not at all glandular, the terminal leaflet not more than 

 ovate rounded at the base, the serrations open but not deep, furnished 

 with two or three accessory gland-tipped teeth on each side, the petioles 

 villose but very slightly setose, furnished with two or three hooked aciculi. 

 Stipules and bracts hairy on the back and closely setoso-ciliated. Pedun- 

 cles naked. Calyx tube broadly ovate, scarcely urceolate. Sepals hairy 

 on the back, leaf-pointed and copiously pinnate, closely setoso-ciliated, 

 reflexed after the petals fall. Fruit obovate or subglobose, stone hard 

 when green, not ripening till October, by which time the sepals have 

 fallen. This has a considerable resinous scent, and leaves much resem- 

 bling those of tomentosa in combination with the fruit of normal canina. 

 M. Deseglise considers it nearer to the former than the latter. Hedges 

 near Thirsk, North East Yorkshire. 



Subsection H. SuBciiisTATiE. Leaves not glandular beneath, peduncles 

 naked or nearly so, fruit pliable when green, ripening early in September, 

 the sepals erecto-patent after the petals fall and usually adhering until 

 after the fruit changes colour. 



9. B. Crepiniana, Deseglise. Habit of growth and prickles of the 

 normal plant. Leaves somewhat glaucous-green, especially beneath, gla- 

 brous on both sides, the serrations large, simple, and forward-pointing, 

 the terminal leaflet ovate or elliptical, usually narrowed at the base, the 

 petioles prickly, but hardly at all setose, and not at all or but slightly 

 hairy. Stipules and bracts glabrous on the back, hardly at all setoso- 

 ciliated. Peduncles naked, short, often hidden by the stipules and bracts. 

 Calyx tube and fruit naked, subglobose, rather glaucous. Sepals 

 naked on the back, leaf-pointed and copiously pinnate, hardly at all 

 gland-ciliated, erecto-patent after the petals fall. Fruit turning scarlet 

 early in September, most of the sepals adhering until it is fully ripe. 

 Styles densely villose. Hedges at Kilvington, North East Yorkshire, and 

 I have gathered similar plants, with casually aciculate peduncles, and 

 sepals slightly glandular on the back, near Woodend, North East York- 

 shire, and near Chesterholme, Northumberland. 



10. B. subcristata, B. tomentosa, y Woods. Habit of growth and 

 prickles of the normal plant. Leaves somewhat glaucous-green above, 

 more so beneath, glabrous on both sides, the serrations somewhat open and 



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