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thickets, in dry stony or gravelly places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxxiv. pi. 2442. Eng. Fl vol. ii. p. 409. 764. 



2. R. cce'sius. Blue Bramble. Dew-berry Bush. Leaves ternate, 

 hairy beneath, the lateral leaflets lobed externally ; stems prostrate, 



glaucous, prickly and bristly ; calyx embracing the fruit. Stems 



weak, with numerous deflected, unequal, slender prickles : leaflets 

 egg-shaped, acute, doubly serrate, downy beneath : panicles corym- 

 bose : petals white or pale rose-coloured : fruit large-grained, black, 

 with a bluish bloom, and of an agreeable acid taste. Flowers in June 

 and July : grows in woods, thickets, hedges, and the borders of 

 fields : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 826. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 410. 



765. 



3. R. corylifolius. Hazle-leaved Bramble. Leaves pinnate, with 

 five or three roundish leaflets, hairy beneath ; stems spreading ; 

 prickles scattered, straight, deflected ; calyx reflected ; panicle mi- 

 nutely glandular. Stems biennial, with scattered prickles : not 



confined to the angles: leaflets broadly egg-shaped, somewhat 

 heart-shaped, pointed, sharply serrate, resembling the leaves of the 

 hazel, soft and minutely hairy : flowers large, white : fruit large, 

 large- grained, brownish-black, agreeably acid. Flowers in July : 

 grows in hedges and thickets : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 827. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 409. 766. 



** Stem woody, angular. 



4. R. fruticosus. Common Bramble. Leaves pinnate, with five 

 stalked leaflets, hoary beneath ; prickles hooked, growing upon the 



angles of the stem ; panicle compound ; calyx reflected. Stems 



strongly angular, with numerous sharp, strongly hooked prickles 

 growing on the angles : leaflets egg-shaped, acute, sharply serrated, 

 smoothish above, white and downy beneath : flowers in erect clus- 

 ters : petals white, or tinged with pink : fruit of very numerous 

 purplish-black grains, with a sweetish flavour, but somewhat nau- 

 seating when eaten in large quantities. Flowers in July and Au- 

 gust : grows in woods, thickets, and hedges : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. x. pi. 715. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 400. 767. 



5. R. rhamnifolius. Buckthorn-leaved Bramble. Leaves digitate, 

 of five roundish, pointed, shortly-stalked leaflets, paler beneath ; 

 prickles straight, deflected ; panicle twice compound ; calyx spread- 

 ing. Stems angular, smooth, or with scattered hairs : prickles 



chiefly on the angles : leaflets egg-shaped, or roundish, nearly 

 smooth above, bright-green : fruit black. Flowers in July and 

 August : grows in hedges and thickets : not uncommon. Eng. Bot. 

 Suppl. pi. 2504. Eng. Fl vol. ii. p. 402. 768. 



6. R. leucostdchys. Long-clustered Bramble. Leaves digitate, of 

 five roundish, shortly stalked, leathery leaflets, hoary beneath; 

 prickles deflected, slightly hooked ; panicle cylindrical, minutely 



glandular ; calyx reflected. Stems angular, smooth, dark-red : 



leaflets roundish or heart-shaped, unequally serrate: panicle nearly 

 simple, narrow : fruit black. Flowers in July and August : grows 

 in hedges and thickets, in Essex, Sussex, and Hampshire. Eng. 

 Bot. Suppl. pi. 2631. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 404. 769. 



7. R. Koehleri. Glandular Bramble. Leaves pinnate, with five 

 or three leaflets, downy beneath ; prickles unequal, deflected, partly 

 hooked ; panicle and calyx very prickly and hairy, with numerous 



glandular bristles. Stems angular, covered with numerous 



scattered prickles : leaflets smooth above, downy beneath : flower- 



