132 17. R. SALTERI. 



serrate in their upper half, the seiTatures simple below and 

 decreasing in size downwards, green on both sides, dull and 

 slightly pilose above, rather soft from the many short hairs 

 on the veins beneath; basal obovate-oblong, acute, shortly 

 stalked ; intermediate obovate, rather wedgeshaped below, 

 cuspidate ; terminal broadly oblong, subcordate below, rather 

 cus2:)idate ; petioles and midribs with a few small strong 

 declining or deflexed prickles beneath; stipules linear-lan- 

 ceolate. 



Flowering sJioot long, hairy, from dark brown scales 

 clothed with silky ashy hairs. Prickles few, small, deflexed, 

 from veiy long compressed bases. Leaves ternate. Leaflets 

 nearly equal, green on both sides, pilose above, more thickly 

 pilose on the veins beneath, obovate-oblong; terminal usually 

 much narrowed below or even wedgeshaped. Panicle narrow, 

 compound, hairy, with a few sunken setse; prickles few, 

 short, slightly deflexed; few lower branches axillary from 

 ternate or three-lobed or simply ovate leaves, often long and 

 patent; other branches short, patent, simple or 2-3 -flowered. 

 Sepals woolly, ovate, with a long leaflike point, embracing 

 the oblong black fruit. Petals lanceolate, narrowed be- 

 low, white. Terminal flower and fruit sessile. Nut nearly 

 i-ovate; inner edge straight. 



The plant noticed in my Synopsis, from Cramond Bridge, 

 is R. latifolius. I have not seen Mr Sidebotham's plant 

 from Bradbury Wood in Cheshire. 



M. Genevier names a plant in Baker's Herb, gathered in 

 South Devon R. calvalus (Blox.), and decides that it is his 

 R. acuminatus and R. fallax (Chaboisseau, Etude du Ruhus, 

 20). It exactly resembles the original R. Salteri from Apse 

 Castle Wood, and therefore he confirms my idea that R. 

 Salteri and R. calvatus are the extremes of one species. I 

 have not seen the typical R. Salteri (Bab.) from any place in 

 Britain except Apse Castle Wood. 



