196 BRITISH BOTANY. 



more or less enlarged, and slightly hairy at the base. Leaflets 

 petiolate, with strongly-hooked prickles on their midribs, ovate- 

 acuminate, coarsely and doubly serrated, pale green and hairy 

 below. Panicle open and branching towards the base, dense 

 above, leafy throughout. Sepals ovate -acuminate, with long leaf- 

 like points. Petals longer than the sepals. 



Bushy places. Perennial. Shrub. July. 



17*. R.pallidus, W. and N.— l.c. (6). A. 12. C. 15. Lat. 

 51-57°. 



Stem angular, armed with distant prickles, copiously fringed 

 with hairs, setse, and aciculi. Leaflets elliptical, obovate, narrowed 

 at the base, bright-green above, pallid beneath. Panicle broad, 

 hairy and setose. 



Woods. Shrub. July? 



Var. Leightonii. — Prickles more flattened. Leaflets stalked, 

 distinct, obovate or oblong, shortly acuminate. Panicle spread- 

 ing, leafy below. — Besides this, there are several varieties of this 

 form : viz. Reichenbachii, with round leaflets ; denticulatus, with 

 shallow teeth ; attenuatus, leaflets with long tapering points. 



18. R, pyramidalis, Bab. Pyramidal Bramble. — l.c. (30). 

 A. 3. C, 4. Lat. 51-54°. 



Stem angular or rounded, armed with many short, strong 

 prickles, which are enlarged at the base, intermixed with a few 

 aciculi, setse, and hairs. Leaflets hairy on both sides, toothed and 

 serrated. Panicle pyramidal, leafy below ; rach straight, rigid. 

 (Babington.) 



Woods? Shrub. July? 



19. R. Giintheri, Weihe. Gunther's Bramble. — l.c (31). 

 A. 3. C. 5. Lat. 51-53°. 



Stems rounded or angular, with flat sides, hairy and glandular ; 

 prickles unequal, usually small, straight and declining. Leaves 

 ternate or quinate ; leaflets petioled, cordate at the base, rounded, 

 ovate, obovate, or oblong, sometimes green on both sides, some- 

 times nearly white below, teeth of the serratures mucronate. 

 Flowers numerous, in branching panicles, clustered and leafy 

 below, dense and leafless above. Sepals reflexed, densely shaggy, 

 prickly, with short, callous tips (points). 



Woods. Perennial. Shrub. August. 



R. Babingtonii, Bell Salt. Babington' s Bramble. — (A. 6. C. 9. 

 Lat, 5 1-54°.) — Stem angular, with concave sides, hairy, glandular 



