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above, greenish or white felted beneath. Pan. dense at the end, 

 branches distant, racemose; rachis felted at the top, prickles 

 strong, declining. 



Frequent. In hedges and thickets. (E) Sh. 7 8. Innellan, Bute, Cunibrae, 

 and Arran. 



Var. affi'nis, W. & N. Stem suberect or arched, smooth, 

 angular; prickles strong, hooked or declining. Le. quinate, 

 subeoriaceous, wavy towards the end, green and opaque on both 

 sides, with a few scattered hairs above, pubescent beneath, oval, 

 cordate, acuminate; basal leaflets shortly stalked. Fl. in a 

 corymbose compound panicle. Leaflets narrowing to the base. 

 Sep. acuminate, felted, reflexed or spreading, with pale edges. 



Frequent. Heaths and open woods. (E) Sh. 7 8. Busby; near Bardowie 

 Loch ; very common in Cumbrae ; Bute and Arran. 



Var. Lindleidnus, Lees. Stem erect arcuate, smooth, shining; 

 prickles strong, declining from a broad base. Le. quinate, ovate 

 often narrowed at the base, flat in the centre, wavy on the edge, 

 basal one directed bachvards nearly in a line with the petiole, 

 shining above, pale green and pilose below. Pan. large, com- 

 pound leafy; rachis hairy above, pedicels felted. 



Frequent. In hedges and thickets. (E) Sh. 78. Paisley Canal bank and 

 Maryhill, rare; Dunoon, Bute, Cumbrae, and Arran, plentiful. 



Var. incurvdtus, Bab. Stem arcuate-prostrate, smooth, deep 

 purple, striate; prickles straight or declining. Le. quinate, 

 broadly cordate, soft and thick, shining and nearly smooth above, 

 mostly soft white felted beneath, flat in the centre, edges full or 

 wavy incurved, doubly dentate. Pan. compound, branches short ; 

 rachis felted, prickles slender, declining. Sep. ovate-acuminate. 



Frequent. Heaths and thickets. (E) Sh. 7 8. Gourock; Dunoon; Cumbrae 

 nnd Arran. 



6. H. COKYLIFOLIUS, Sm. Hazel-leaved Bramble. Stem arch- 

 ing prostrate, round or bluntly angular, slightly glaucous, nearly 

 glabrous, prickles scattered, few, short, straight. Le. quinate, 

 leaflets imbricate, downy beneath, slightly hairy above, rugose, 

 roundish ovate, subcordate at the base, acuminate or cuspidate, 

 doubly serrate lateral leaflets subsessile. Panicle lax, with sub- 

 corymbose branches, lower ones distant; rachis and pedicels 

 finely pubescent, with a few short hairs and setae. Sep. ovate, 

 cuspidate, densely tomentose, reflexed. Fruit with few large 

 drupes. 



Very common. In hedges and thickets. (E) Sh. 68. 



7. R. CJE'SIUS, L. Dewberry. Stem weak and prostrate, 

 glaucous, round, with very few hairs, or glabrous ; prickles small, 

 unequal ; aciculi and setae few. Le. ternate, or with the lateral 

 ones, 2-lobed, terminal one ovate or rhomboidal-ovate, unequally 

 cut or coarsely serrate, green on both sides, pale and hairy, or 



