54 24. ROSACES. 



sometimes slightly felted beneath. Panicle nearly simple, often 

 small, rachis and pedicels with short hairs, aciculi and setse few. 

 Sep. ovato-lanceolate, erect and clasping the fruit, which is com- 

 posed of few drupes, covered with a glaucous bloom. 

 Very rare. Hedges and thickets. (E) Sh. 6 7. Cambuslang; near Milngavie. 



tf Stems pubescent or hairy, having few or no setae. 



8. R. DiscoLOU, W. & N., FHUTICOSTJS, L. Stem strong, arched, 

 rooting at the end, angular, furrowed; prickles strongly hooked, 

 confined to the angles, pubescence of the stem stellate, sometimes 

 absent, with neither aciculi nor setse. Le. quinate, leaflets cori- 

 aceous, very convex, with the edge reflexed, and densely white, 

 felted beneath. Panicle long, narrow; pickles strong, hooked. 

 Cal. densely white felted. 



Hedges and thickets. (E) Sh. 78. Frequent in the Island of AiTan, Cumbrae, 

 and Bute. 



Var. macrophyllus, W. & N. Stem arcuate or prostrate, 

 angular, pilose with patent hairs; prickles short, conical. Le. 

 quinate, sometimes ternate, leaflets thin, often very large, green 

 on both sides, sparingly hairy on the veins beneath, broadly 

 ovate or obovate, cordate at the base, acuminate or cuspidate. 

 Panicle large, leafy, with axillary branches, nearly patent ; 

 prickles declining. Sep. mostly leaf-pointed. 



Frequent. In woods and thickets. (E) Sh. 78. Near Cambuslang ; Miln- 

 gavie; Cunibrae, &c. 



9. CAKPINIFOLIUS, Blox. umbrosus, Arrh., Hornbeam-leaved 

 Bramble. Stem striate, with clustered hairs ; prickles declining or 

 hooked. Le. sometimes 7-nate, with a few scattered hairs above, 

 greenish or gray felted beneath, finely toothed, obovate, oval or 

 rounded, subcordate at the base, acuminate or cuspidate. Panicle 

 narrow, branches short, nearly erect ; rachis and pedicels densely 

 pilose. Cal. felted and pilose. Sep. reflexed. 



Frequent. Open places in hilly districts. (E) Sh. 78. Cathkin hills ; Miln- 

 gavie; " Island of Arran," Lands. Cumbrae, Bute and Arran very plentiful. 



Var. villicaulis, W. & ' N. Stem arching, angular, pilose, 



Erickles strong, short patent, hairy at the base. Le. quinate, 

 jaflets with a few scattered hairs above, pale green pubescent 

 beneath, with numerous stronger hairs on the midrib and veins 

 beneath, obovate, cordate at the base, subcuspidate. Panicle 

 lax, rachis and pedicels densely hairy ; prickles few, slender and 

 declining. Cal. felted. 

 Rare. In hedges. Cambuslang; Cumbrae, Bute, and Arran. (E) Sh. 7 8. 



Var. mucronuldtus, Bor. Stem arcuate, nearly round or bluntly 

 angular, pilose ; prickles small, unequal. Le. quinate, leaflets 

 green on both sides, hairy and glistening on the veins beneath, 

 obovate, abruptly cuspidate, finely and sharply serrate. Panicle 



