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11. R. latifolius (Bab.); st. arcuate-prostrate angular /wr- 

 rowed, prickles small slender compressed slightly declining from 

 a very long compressed base, 1. quinate, Its. thin pilose on both 

 sides coarsely arid doubly dentate not felted beneath, term. It. 

 cordate acuminate, basal Its. sessile imbricate, pan. short leafy 

 hairy with ascending few-flowered corymbose branches its top 

 and pedicels felted and hairy its prickles slender short declining. 

 St. strong, green. Lts. very broad. Pet. ovate, clawed. 

 Stain, exceeding styles and incurved. Primordial fruit appar- 

 ently about hemispherical. Open woods. Cramond Bridge 

 and Colinton near Edinburgh. Acharn, Perthshire. Sh. VII. 

 VIII. S. 



(3) Villicaules. Stems arching more or less, rooting, pilose 

 or bald, often felted, having subsessile glands and rarely 

 a few setae and aciculi. Prickles confined to the angles 

 of the stem, nearly equal, or a few smaller scattered on 

 the faces. Basal leaflets stalked, not overlapping the 

 intermediate leaflets. 



a. Discolores. St. with strong equal prickles and closely 

 adpressed pubescence. Leaves white-fel ted beneath. 



12. R. dis' color (W. & N.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angi^ar fur- 

 rowed stdlately downy, prickles declining or deflexed from a 

 much dilated compressed base, 1. quinate, Its. coriaceous convex 

 rugose above finely white-felted beneath, term. It. obovate-cus- 

 pidate, pan. long narrow felted its few lower branches axillary 

 many-flowered its prickles strong hooked, col. finely white- 

 felted. R. G. 20. R. fruticosus Sm. E. B. 715. St. nearly 



prostrate unless supported, often nearly glabrous and glaucous. 

 Lts. usually hairless but with fine hard felt beneath, usually 

 with decurved edges. Pet. pink. Fil. and styles purple ; anth. 

 greenish; stam. exceeding styles. Drupes many, small, acid. 

 /3. pubigerus ; st. angular stellately hairy with spreading hairs, 

 prickles slender from a dilated oblong depressed scarcely 

 compressed base patent or deflexed. Hedges and thickets. 

 Common. Sh. VII. VIII. E.S.I. 



13. R. thyrsoideus (Wimm.?); st. erect-arcuate angular 

 furrowed subglabrous, prickles declining or deflexed from a much- 

 dilated compressed base, 1. quinate, Its. flat rather coriaceous 

 glabrous above hairy and greenish-white-felted beneath, term. It. 

 cordate-ovate-acuminate, pan. long narrow its lower branches 

 many axillary few-flowered its prickles strong hooked, cal. hairy 

 and felted. R. fruticosus R. G. 7. St. arching highly, self- 

 supporting. Lts. wavy and a little turned up at the edge, hairy 



