192 BRITISH BOTANY. 



11. R. corylifolius, Sm. Hazel-leaved Bramble. — e.b. 827. 

 L.c. (36) 2. A. 8. C. 8. Lat. 50-56°. 



Stem roundish^ smooth^ or slightly hairy^ with one or two very 

 blunt angles; prickles straight, uniform^ horizontal, or very 

 slightly deflexed ; prickles on the petioles curved and deflexed. 

 Lower pair of leaflets sessile, and consequently slightly overlap- 

 ping the intermediate pair, slightly but decidedly declinate ; ter- 

 minal leaflet ovate or cordate at the base, oblong or rhomboid, 

 sharply and unequally toothed, slightly hairy above, densely to- 

 mentose beneath. Flowers in lax corymbose panicles. Sepals 

 shaggy, pointed. 



Woods and hedges. Shrub. July-September. 



Var. sublustris, Lees. (A. 8. C. 11. Lat. 51-56°.)— Whole 

 plant green ; prickles slender ; leaflets more velvety below. See 

 Leighton in ' Phytologist,^ vol. iii. p. 165. 



Var. 7. Smithii, and S. intermedius. See Leighton in ' Phy- 

 tologist,^ ib. These two varieties are distinguished by their pur- 

 plish stems, furnished with numerous strong prickles and smaller 

 leaflets. The var. B is more prickly than var. 7. 



c. Caepinifolii. — Stems slightly hairy ; hairs spreading. 



12. R. carpinifolius, W. and N. Hornbeam-leaved Bramble. 

 —E.B. 2664. L.c. (16). A. 14. C. 22. Lat. 50-57°. 



Stem stout, rounded or angular; prickles strong, enlarged at 

 the base, on the angles, when the stem is angular, deflexed. 

 Leaflets usually petiolate ; lower pair declining, sometimes nearly 

 sessile and declinate, and slightly overlapping, often cuneate (ta- 

 pering) at the base, oblong or rhomboid ; terminal leaflet of the 

 barren stem rounded, obovate, or somewhat rhomboid, cordate 

 at the base, and shortly and sharply acuminate, mostly finely and 

 sharply toothed, both sides of the same colour, rather coriaceous 

 above, slightly hairy below. Flowers in rather close panicles or 

 clusters, terminal or axillary, on horizontal or erect branches. 

 Sepals ovate, with short points, shaggy on both sides, reflexed. 

 Petals usually of a light pink colour. Fruit small. 



Woods and hedges. Shrub. July-September. 



R. macrophyllus, W. and N. Long-leaved Bramble. — e.b. 

 2625. L.c. (21). A. 11. C. 19. Lat. 50-56°. 



Stem angular, hairy, with small straight prickles. Leaflets 

 elliptical ovate, lowest pair not overlapping, doubly serrated, with 



