196 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
“B, R. tenuis. Bell Salt. 
** Stem very slender; prickles many, strong, but small, nearly 
equal, deflexed. Leaflets flat ? doubly serrate, pilose on both sides, 
or villose beneath; terminal leaflet obovate or cordate-obovate, 
acuminate. Fruit black, ‘not glaucous.’ 
*“», ulmifolius. Bab. 
R. ceesius, var. 3 pseudo-cesius, VW. & V. Rubi Germ. PI. xtvt. zB. 
** Stem slender, purplish; prickles many, small, deflexed, or 
declining; aciculi, setze, and hairs few, short. Leaflets rather 
rugose, lobate-serrate, pilose only on the veins, or hairy, or slightly 
ashy-felted beneath ; terminal leaflet round or cordate, acuminate, — 
often 3-/obed or rarely divided into 8 sessile leaflets, of which the 
terminal one is narrowed below. Often much larger than Var. a 
orf. Stem thicker; leaves very broad. 
** 3, intermedius. Bab. 
** Stem thicker, greenish-purple; prickles many, slender, very 
unequal, sub-patent; aciculi and sete few, strong, very short. 
Leaflets lobate-serrate, pilose on the veins beneath ; terminal 
leaflet triangular cordate, acuminate, 3-lobed or 3-partite, or 
divided into 3 sessile leaflets, of which the terminal is narrowed 
to the base. 
“e, LR. pseudo-Ideus. Lejeune. 
** Stem thick, green, slightly glaucous; prickles slender, violet- 
coloured, sub-patent; aciculi and sete few, very short. Leaves 
ternate or quinate-pinnate ; leaflets doubly serrate, ashy-felted 
beneath; lateral leaflets all sessile; terminal leaflets stalked, 
roundly-cordate. I have only seen one specimen of this variety, 
found at Hunsdon, Herts. 
“© 0, hispidus. Bab. 
“Stem slender, green ; prickles short, many, subulate, unequal ; 
setee many, short, rigid. Leaves ternate; leaflets lobate-serrate, 
pilose on the veins beneath ; lateral leaflets with a large backward 
lobe ; terminal leaflets obovate-acuminate, sub-cordate below ; pedi- 
cels and sepals very setose, felted, scarcely hairy.”—(Bab. Man. ed.v.) 
Hedges, roadsides, - waste places, and thickets. Very common, 
and generally distributed. | 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Early Summer. 
