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veins beneath, the serrations sharp, connivent, simple, or slightly double, 

 the terminal leaflet ovate or elliptical, narrowed or slightly rounded at the 

 base, the petioles prickly and villose, and copiously setose. Bracts and 

 stipules slightly hairy on the back and copiously gland-ciliated. Peduncle 

 rather closely aciculate and setose. Calyx tube ovate-urceolate, naked, 

 purplish with a glaucous bloom. Sepals leaf-pointed but only slightly 

 pinnate, glandular all over the back and hairy towards the edges. These 

 notes are taken from the original plant figured in English Botany, which 

 was gathered by Mr. Borrer, near Taynuilt, in Argyleshire. A plant 

 gathered by the Eev. W. M. Hind, near Stapenhill, Derbyshire, differs by 

 having the leaves slightly hairy on the upper surface, the calyx tube 

 aciculate as well as the sepals, which latter are more compound than in 

 Mr. Borrer's plant. This and the tomentosa var. incana of Woods, which 

 I have not seen, represent Deseglise's subsection E, and the two former 

 his subsection C of the Canince, the plants belonging to which seem to be 

 much more plentiful in France than with us. 



Subsection IV. Subrubiginos^. Leaves slightly glandular beneath, 

 at any rate on the midrib and secondary veins ; peduncles naked or acicu- 

 late, the fruit various in character. The plants of this subsection are 

 classed by Deseglise with the RubiginoscB. 



17. R. vinacea. Habit of growth and prickles of the normal 

 plant. Leaves somewhat glaucous green, firm in texture, hardly flat, quite 

 glabrous above, paler beneath, but not at all hairy, glandular on the midrib 

 and principal veins, the veins prominent, the teeth sharp but moderately 

 open, each furnished with one or two fine gland-tipped serrations, the 

 terminal leaflet narrowly ovate, hardly rounded at the base, the petioles 

 not hairy but prickly and densely setose. Stipules and bracts naked or 

 slightly glandular on the back, densely setoso-ciliated. Peduncles and 

 calyx tube naked, the latter subglobose, the sepals reflexed after the petals 

 fall, leaf-pointed but not much pinnate, slightly glandular on the back and 

 copiously setoso-ciliated. Fruit subglobose, not ripening till October, by 

 which time the sepals have fallen. Styles hairy. Veins of the leaves, 

 petioles, stipules, and bracts, all deeply tinged with red. Hedges at 

 Thirsk, North Yorkshire. 



18. R. arvatica, Paget. Habit of growth and prickles of the 

 normal plant. Leaves firm in texture, hardly flat, glabrous above, paler 

 beneath, and hairy on the midrib, and glandular on the midrib and 

 secondary veins, the serrations moderately sharp, open, and numerous, 



