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in the variety /8 Bloxamii ; prickles declining, strong, short, 

 hairy and enlarged at the base. Leaves mostly ternate, hairy on 

 both sides ; leaflets broad, obovate, unequally toothed or lobed, 

 with short, abrupt points. Panicle spreading, on long, leafy, very 

 prickly branches, scarcely glandular, very hairy. Sepals densely 

 shaggy. — This form or species has degenerated into a var. of R. 

 Hystrix, W. ; the var. R. Bloxamii has advanced a step. See 

 infra. 



20. R. Bloxamii, Lees. — l.c. (23). 



Stem sulcate, with numerous aciculi and setae {qy. prickles?). 

 Leaflets soft and green ! ! ! hairy on both sides. Panicles very 

 long. Compare ' Phytologist,' iv. 921. 



21. R. Koehleri, Weihe. Koehler's Bramble.— h.c. {2S). A. 9. 

 C. 15. Lat. 51-56°. 



Stem angular, with flat, ridged sides ; prickles very unequal, 

 usually small, hooked or straight, declining. Leaves quinate, on 

 prickly stalks, prickles strongly hooked, smooth above, soft and 

 hairy below ; leaflets obovate, pointed with scalloped margins and 

 long mucronate teeth, lower pair deflexed. Panicles leafy below, 

 clusters on downy, hairy, prickly, glandulous, short branches. 

 Sepals lanceolate, pointed, densely downy, nearly as long as the 

 narrow, clawed petals. 



Woods, hedges, and bushy places. Perennial. Shrub. July, 

 August. 



YsiY. fusco-ater, l.c. (29). — Stem very prickly; prickles rather 

 stronger than in the type, mostly straight, deflexed ; lowest pair 

 of leaflets on or attached to the petioles of the central pair. 



Yar.fuscus. — (A. 3. C. 3. Lat. 52-53°.) — Leaves more coria- 

 ceous, more rigid, and less hairy below than in the typical form ; 

 petioles and midribs red ; prickles, aciculi, and setse reddish ; 

 hairs white. — A var. of R. ylandulosus {' Manual,' p. 105) . 



22. H. hirtus, W. and N. Hirsute Bramble. — l.c. (32). A. 3. 

 C. 6. Lat. 51-55°. 



Stem angular, furrowed with long, spreading hairs, and with aci- 

 culi, setse, and slender, unequal, deflexed, nearly straight prickles. 

 Leaves pliant, nearly of the same colour on both sides ; leaflets 

 mostly petioled, ovate- lanceolate or rounded and shortly acumi- 

 nate, nearly equally serrated with longish, mostly ascending 

 teeth. Panicle leafy below. Sepals hairy and glandular with- 

 out. Petals elliptical, longer than the sepals. 



