128 26. ROSACES. 



very open panicle. Sometimes the 1. are quinate. A subvariety, 

 R. dentatus Blox., has a slightly angular stem, Its. ovate- 

 acuminate-cuspidate with a cordate base ashy green beneath, 

 lateral Its. patent or ascending. /3. R. hirtus (W. & K.) : 1. 

 quinate coarsely and unequally serrate with long and dense hairs 

 on the veins and shilling beneath, term. It. subcordate-ovate- 

 acuminate, pan. often long its branches racemose or corymbose 

 shortly setose its rachis nearly straight. It. G. 43. R. fuscus 

 Lees. A subvariety, R. rotundifolius Blox., R. deflexidens 

 Boul.?, has a slightly angular stem, 1. ternate or rarely quinate, 

 Its. doubly dentate cuspidate, term. It. nearly round with a sub- 

 cordate base. 7. R. Reuteri (Merc.) ; 1. quinate coarsely and 

 rather doubly dentate-serrate with few hairs on the veins 

 beneath, term. It. obovate-rhomboidal acuminate, pan. truncate 

 its branches short subcorymbose few-flowered upper 1 3- 

 flowered very aciculate setose and hairy, rachis nearly straight. 

 Much more hairy and setose than the other forms and with some 

 stronger declining or deflexed prickles on the stem. Woods. 

 Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



(5) Cam. Stems most often arcuate-prostrate, terete or 

 slightly angular, usually with a glaucous bloom ; aciculi 

 and setae few or none ; prickles unequal. 



42. R. Balfouridnus (Blox.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly 

 round patently pilose, aciculi and setae few, prickles slender un- 

 equal scattered patent from an oblong subcompressed base, 1. 

 quinate, Its. dentate-serrate green on both sides rugose and 

 pilose above hairy (not felted) beneath, term.lt. cordate or ovate 

 acute, basal Its. subsessile imbricate, pan. loose leafy hairy rather 

 setose its branches long distant few-flowered racemose-corym- 

 bose erect-patent, sep. ovate-acuminate erect-patent, st} r les pale 

 flesh-coloured, fr. oblong its torus oblong stalked. A very 

 variable plant, approaching R. corylifolius in some states. Pet. 

 pale pink. Stam. exceeding styles. Hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. 



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43. R. corylifolius (Sm.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly round 

 or obtuse-angled nearly glabrous, aciculi setae and subsessile 

 glands very few, prickles subulate slender nearly equal subpatent 

 or rarely deflexed from a long base, 1. quinate, It*, doubly ser- 

 rate green on both sides rugose with scattered hairs above paler 

 find felted beneath, term. It. roundly cordate or ovate cuspidate 

 or acuminate, basal Its. subsessile imbricate,pan. and its branches 

 subcorymbose, sep ovate cuspidate refle. red from the fruit, pet. 

 roundly ovate, styles greenish, torus oblong stalked. St. slightly 

 glaucous. Pan. usually with 2 or 3 long axillary branches, 



