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simple, branches distant ; rachis and pedicels pilose, with gland- 

 tipped setae intermixed. Cal. densely pilose and felted. Sep. with 

 a linear point. 



Rare. In woods and on banks. (L) Sh. 7 8. Gadder Wilderness; Cumbrae 

 and Arran. 



ttt Stems with copious bristles and gland-tipped hairs. 

 Var. tuber culdtus, Bab. Stem arching-prostrate, slightly angu- 

 lar; prickles very numerous, unequal, declining, "from an oblong 

 tuberculiform base;" bristles and glandular hairs few. Le. 

 ternate or quinate, when the latter, overlapping and imbricate, 

 the ternate ones with the lateral leaflets large and lobed, terminal 

 leaflet roundish- ovate, subcuspidate, green on both sides, with a 

 few short hairs above, hairy on the veins beneath. Panicle 

 narrow, leafy, the upper branches short ; rachis felted with short 

 hairs ; aciculi and setae few, prickles slender, declining. Sep. 

 ovate-acuminate, setose, loosely adpressed to the fruit, which is 

 composed of few drupes. 



Frequent. In hedges. (E) Sh. 78. Old road west of Cambuslang ; Hamilton 

 Farm ; Pollokshaws and Busby. 



Var. DIVERSIFOLIUS, Lind. Stem angular with few hairs. 

 Prickles numerous with long compressed bases, slender, slightly 

 declining; aciculi and setae unequal. Le. dark green, edges 

 undulate, slightly pilose above, pale green, hairy, and slightly 

 felted beneath, terminal leaflet roundly cordate and obovate, 

 cuspidate ; basal sessile. Pan. long leafy to near the top. Le. 

 ternate, upper simple ; aciculi and setae short, hairs plentiful. 

 Sep. ovate, acute, setose and whitish felted, erect, patent, or 

 sometimes clasping the fruit ; drupes few. 



Hedges and thickets. Island of Arran. /. G. Baker. (E) Sh. 78. 



10. R. GLANDULOSUS, Bell. Glandular- Bramble. Stem arcu- 

 ate-prostrate, round ; densely covered with aciculi, setae, and hairs; 

 prickles small, weak, declining. Le. ternate, rarely quinate, 

 leaflets nearly equal, lateral ones remarkably divaricate, ovate or 

 obovate, cuspidate, doubly and sharply dentato-serrate, hairy oil 

 the veins beneath. Panicle with erecto-patent branches ; aciculi 

 and setae numerous, densely and stiffly hairy. Sep. ovate, attenu- 

 ate, setose. 



Frequent. Woods and thickets. (E) Sh. 78. Kilmun; Dunoon; Bute; 

 Cumbrae and Arran. 



Var. rudis, Weihe. Stem arcuate, angular; prickles unequal, 

 stout, long and patent, or slightly declining ; aciculi and setae 

 nearly equal, sparingly pilose. Le. quinate, leaflets doubly ser- 

 rate, with sharp teeth, rough above, with small elevations, 

 greenish white felted beneath, broadly ovate or obovate, acuminate. 

 Panicle long, leafy, branches ascending ; rachis and pedicels with 



