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1. usually quinate, Its. somewhat doubly patently dentate hairy 

 only on the veins beneath not felted, term. It. broadly obovate 

 acuminate, pan. very large its prickles strong compressed from 

 a very large base, sep. usually leaf -pointed, cor. white or pinkish. 

 Itemarkable for the very strong prickles with exceedingly long- 

 compressed bases on its panicle. e. glabratus (Bab.) ; prickles 

 short from a very large base, 1. quinate, Its. irregularly or rather 

 doubly dentate slightly hairy only on the veins beneath, term. It. 

 roundly cordate or broadly obovate subcordate, pan. with slender 

 prickles, sep. (apparently) leaf-pointed. L. nearly glabrous 

 beneath. Term. It. very round. Woods and thickets. Sh. 

 VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



c. Spectabiles. Stem with rather unequal prickles and 

 scattered aciculi and setae and usually dense pubescence. 



22, JR. mucronuldtus (Bor.) ; st. arcuate subterete patently pi- 

 lose, prickles few conical slender declining from an oblong dilated 

 base, 1. quinate, Its. thick finely dentate-serrate rough and pilose 

 above hairy only on the (reddish) veins beneath, term. It. broadly 

 obovate cuspidate cordate below, pan. narrow lax leafy hairy 

 setose felted its branches long 1 3-flowered its prickles small 

 slender declining, sep> ovate-attenuate hairy setose felted with 

 a linear point. Sy. E. B. 451. R. mucronatus Blox. (not Ser.) 

 St. becoming nearly naked ; a few setae and aciculi. Pet. 

 pale pink. Pink stam. exceeding green styles. R. festivus 

 (Warr.) seems to differ only by angular st. and much thinner 

 doubly dentate leaves. Banks and hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



23. R. SprengeVii (Weihe) ; st. prostrate terete pilose, prickles 

 unequal defaced from a large compressed base, 1. 3 5-nate 

 pedate, Its. thin green with scattered hairs only on the veins 

 beneath, term. It, elliptic-acuminate, pan. lax hairy felted setose 

 its axillary branches patent few-flowered the ultra-axillary di- 

 varicate its prickles few slender deflexed, sep. ovate-acuminate 

 erect-patent often leaf-pointed. a. R. Eorreri (Bell-Salt.) ; st. 

 arcuate-prostrate thick with scattered aciculi and setae, prickles 

 unequal, 1. usually quinate, pan. rather thyrsoid or with a sub- 

 corymbose top, dull stam. falling short of styles. R. rubicolvr 

 (Blox.) seems an extreme form of this. /3. R. Sprengelii 

 (Weihe) ; st. usually quite prostrate slender, prickles small, 

 aciculi and setae very few, 1. usually ternate, Its. flexible, pan. 

 lax few-flowered pyramidally subcorymbose ; rose-coloured 

 stam. exceeding styles. R. G. 10. Heaths and woods. Sh. 

 VI. VII. E. 



