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long points, downy or hairy beneath. Panicle compound, with 

 ascending branches. (Babington, 'Manual,^ p. 161.) 



Woods and hedges ; not common. Shrub. July-September. 



13. R. pampinosus, Lees. — l.c. (18). 



Stem angular, polished, with short inconspicuous hairs, and 

 many small declining prickles. Leaflets ovate or cordate-ovate, 

 large, thin, flexible, with coarse scrratures. Panicle very long. 

 Sepals densely hairy, loosely reflex in flower and fruit. 



In dense thickets. Shrub. July ? (Compare ' Phytologist/ 

 vol. iv. p. 822.) 



R. sylvaticus, Leighton's fasc. — mucronatvs, Blox. fasc. Syl- 

 van Bramble. — L.c. (19). — Stem angular or rounded, furrowed, 

 smooth ; prickles few, small. Leaves ternate or quinate ; leaf- 

 lets rounded, obovate, or oblong, pliant, nearly of the same colour 

 and slightly hairy on both sides, equally and deeply toothed, 

 slightly and abruptly acuminate. Panicle simple, few-flowered ; 

 rach and pedicels hairy and glandular, with few prickles. 



Woods ? Shrub. July-September. 



Note. — In the third edition of the ' Manual ' this species was 

 divided between three, or formed part of R. villicaulis, R. mucro- 

 natus, and R. calvatus ; in the fourth edition the latter species 

 has been hung on to R. Salteri, with the candid observation, that 

 they seem to be the extremes of one species. 



R. humifusus, W. and N. (See ' Phytologist,' vol. iv. p. 923.) 

 E.B.s. 2664. — Stem procumbent; prickles and aciculi numerous, 

 slender, often gland-tipped. Leaves ternate or pedate-quiuate ; 

 leaflets cordate-acuminate, doubly and unequally serrated. 

 Branches of the panicle appressed, thickly clothed with bristles, 

 aciculi, and gland-tipped prickles. Sepals lanceolate, setose, 

 prickly. 



Woods and thickets ; very rare. Shrub. June, August. 



This was collected long ago under a dense growth of Brambles, 

 etc., in a shady lane at Bellsize House, near Hampstead. This 

 locality no longer exists ; the place does, but the shady path has 

 shared the fate of Hagbush-lane. (See ' Every Day Book,' 870. 

 -A. I.) 



15. R. Sprengelii, W\ and N. SprengeV-f Bramble. — l.c 

 (22). A. 8. C. 13. Lat. 51-55°. 



Stem rounded or angular ; prickles small, straight or hooked, 

 deflexed. Leaves ternate or quaternate, thin, of the same colour 



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