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spreading pubescence. Prickles very few, weak, straight, declining, 
from a small oblong base. Leaves of the barren stem quinate, or 
more rarely ternate; leaflets rather thick, green on both sides, 
with a few scattered hairs above, rather densely hairy on the veins 
beneath, finely irregularly and sharply serrate; terminal leaflet 
roundish or roundish-obovate cordate at the base, and abruptly cus- 
pidate. Panicle small, narrow, with ascending branches, the upper 
ones often simple and 1-flowered, the lower ones corymbosely 2- or 
rarely 3-flowered; rachis felted and setose, with numerous long 
gland-tipped sete and a few small declining straight slender 
prickles. 
In woods, thickets, and hedges. Apparently rather rare. It is 
known to occur in Shropshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, York- 
shire, and Argyleshire. 
England, Scotland. Shrub. Summer. 
A well-defined form, recognizable by its abruptly cuspidate 
leaflets, and nearly simple panicle with numerous gland-tipped 
sete. Petals pale pink. Fruit-calyx reflexed. 
Cuspidate-leaved Bramble. 
Sus-Sprcres XX.—Rubus Sprengelii. Weihe. 
Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 103. 
Barren stem prostrate, rounded, with remote spreading pubes- 
cence ; prickles numerous, unequal, rather small, straight or slightly 
hooked, froma rather large much compressed base. Leaves quinate 
or ternate; leaflets thin, green on both sides, sub-glabrous above, 
sparingly hairy on the veins beneath, rather finely unequally or 
doubly serrate; terminal leaflet oval or obovate-oval, acuminate, 
rounded or sub-cordate at the base, scarcely cuspidate. Flowers 
in a lax panicle with short spreading-ascending corymbose branches ; 
rachis and peduncles densely hairy, with a few short gland-tipped 
setze and slender slightly hooked compressed spines. 
a, R. Borreri. Bell Salt. 
Barren stem arching-prostrate, rather stout, with a few 
scattered setee and aciculi. Leaves mostly quinate. Panicle many- 
flowered. 
8, R. Sprengelii. Weihe. 
Barren stem prostrate, slender with scarcely any sete or aciculi. 
Leaves usually ternate. Panicle few-flowered, lax. 
