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p longius pedicellate, paniculse angustse inferne foliosse raniis longis 

 racemosis ascendenttbus, sepalis abrupte cuspidatis a fructu glo- 

 bose prorsus reflexis, stylis sulphureo-virescentibus, toro subgloboso 

 subsessili. 



Stem soon decurved hoikontally or more rarely arcliing, almost 

 invariably throwing out numerous slender flagelliform shoots, 

 rooting, angular, slightly furrowed, purplish red, glabrous or 

 nearly so, the axillary shoots with a few hairs. Prickles purplish 

 red, glabrous, enlarged and compressed at the base, slender but 

 very strong, declining and rather small, on the axillary shoots 

 slightly deflexed and longer, mostly confined to the angles of the 

 stem. Leaves quinate, convex, slightly wavy over the whole sur- 

 face, rather opake and ii early glabrous above, paler and sparingly 

 pilose beneath : leaflets coiivex ; their margins doubly but not 

 deeply dentate-serrate-apiculate; lower pair oblong, cuspidate, 

 shortly stalked, overlapping the obovate cuspidate intermediate 

 pair, which themselves overlap the roundish or ro^^ndish-obovate 

 cordate leaflet, which has rather a long stalk : midribs and petioles 

 with strong decurved prickles ; general petioles flat above, partial 

 channelled ; all hairy. Stipules lineai', slightly hairy. 



Flowering shoot very variable in length, surrounded at its 

 base by brown scales clothed with white hairs, purplish red, with 

 a few patent hairs. Prickles small, strong, slightly deflexed, 

 glabrous or slightly hairy. Upper leaves simple ; intermediate 

 usually quinate, subglabrous above, paler and slightly pilose 

 beneath ; leaflets cordate-ovate or -obovate : petioles and midribs 

 with very slender slightly deflexed prickles. Stipules linear. 

 Panicle rather narrow, compound, slightly hairy below, veiy 

 haiiy, but not tomentose above ; hairs white : prickles few, short, 

 slender, deflexed : branches long, racemose, the four or five lowest 

 axillary, distant; all ascending or nearly erect. Bracts trifid 

 with narrow segments or simple and broad. Flowers small. 

 Sepals ovate, abruptly cuspidate with an usually rather short 

 linear or almost filiform point, clothed with ashy tomentum 

 within and without, coinpletely reflexed from the fruit. Petals 

 elliptical, concave, clawed, converging, white. Styles greenish 

 yellow below. Primordial fruit rather small, subglobose, glossy 

 black : torus subsessile, ellipsoidal or nearly globose. 



In many places, mostly on sloping banks, for three or four 

 miles on both sides of the Wye below Monmouth, in both IMon- 

 mouthshire and Gloucestershire. June and July. 



The position of this plant is easily determined. It belongs 

 to the group possessing subglabrous eglandular rooting barren 

 stems and stout leathery leaves. It is closely allied to R. affinis, 

 JR.. cordifolius, and i?. incurvatus. On a hasty inspection it might 

 probably be referred to R. corylifoUus, but there is in reality a 



