126 26. KOSACEJf). 



above hairy or felted beneath, term. It. obovate acuminate, basal 

 Its. stalked not imbricate, pan. long 1 narrow pyramidal leafy 

 nearly to the top its branches and branchlets subcorymbose sub- 

 patent its rachi* very prickly aciculate and setose its prickles 

 many very strong from large compressed bases, &ep. ovate felted 

 setose reflexed with rather leafiike points. Pet. dull white. 

 " Filam. pink. Styles greenish." R. obliquus (Blox.) seems to 

 belong here. Hedgebanks in the South. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



36. R. Lejeun'ei (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subangular 

 with scattered hairs and setae, prickles mostly small a few longer 

 declining from a long compressed base, aciculi very short, 1. 

 quinate-pedate, Its. opaque and pilose above paler and hairy 

 only on the veins beneath lobate-serrate towards the tip, basal 

 Its. stalked not imbricate, term. It. obovate-acuminate, pan. broad 

 hairy leafy setose its top corymbose its axillary branches ascend- 

 ing subracemose its prickles slender declining its setae many 

 unequal, sep. ovate felted setose loosely adpressed to the fruit. 

 R. G. 31. Sep. often having a short linear point ; its allies 

 when furnished with an appendage to the sepals have it leaf- 

 like. Hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. ' E. 



b. Sellardiani. Leaves ternate or quiuate pedate ; basal 

 leaflets not imbricate, stalked. Prickles mostly confined 

 to the angles of the very hairy aciculate and setose stems. 



37. R. pyramiddlis (Bab. not Kaltenb.) ; st. very nearly 

 prostrate roundly angular, prickles many short strong much 

 declining or deflexed from a very large compressed base, hairs 

 few, aciculi and setae many nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely 

 quinate-pedate, Its. convex irregularly dentate-serrate nearly 

 equal opaque and pilose above paler and pilose beneath, term. It. 

 obovate-cuspidate, pan. pyramidal leafy below its top and 

 branches racemose felted its rachis straight rigid its prickles 

 slender declining its hairs and setae many unequal, sep. lanceolate- 

 attenuate loosely adpressed to the fruit. St. usually quite 

 prostrate. Pan. very pyramidal. Pet. very narrow, greenish 

 white. Stani. white exceeding pinkish styles. Edges of woods, 

 rare. Abundant at Llanberis, N. Wales. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



38. R. Gun' theri( Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate terete, prickles 

 slender unequal declining from a large subcompressed base, aci- 

 culi setae and hairs short nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely 

 quinate-pedate, Its. fiat irregularly or doubly dentate-serrate 

 nearly equal opaque and pilose above pilose greenish white or 

 slightly felted beneath, term. It. obovate-acuminate, pan. narrow 

 leafy its branches distant ascending racemose few-no wered its 



