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felted, more or less prominently setose at the top. a. R. sub- 

 Itistris (Lees) ; at. nearly round reddish green, prickles slender 

 subpatent from a long base, Its. ashy-felted beneath, term. It. 

 often subtrilobed roundish cordate, rachis straightish with few 

 prickles. R. corylifolius Sm. Sy. E. B. 455. St. thick. Pet. 

 white. Stam. slightly exceeding styles. /3. conjungens (Bab.) ; 

 st. rather angular, reddish green, prickles slender strong subpatent 

 or deflexed from a compressed very long base often with slightly 

 deflexed points, Its. ashy-felted beneath, term. It. cordate-ovate 

 or broadly obovate with a subcordate base, rachis straightish 

 with few prickles. R. Wahlbergii Bell-Salt. St. round at the 

 base, angular but flat-sided above. Pet. white or pink. y. 

 purpureus (Bab.); st. angular purple often a little floccose, prickles 

 strong subpatent or detiexed from a long compressed base, Its. 

 pale-green- or white-felted beneath, term. It. roundly- or sub- 

 eordate-obovate, rachis rather wavy with many prickles. R. 

 Wahlbergii Arrh. St. round at the base, angular and often fur- 

 rowed above. Pet white or pink. Hedges and thickets. Sh. 

 VI. VIII. E.S.I. 



44. R. alth&ifolius (Host) ; st. prostrate slightly angular with 

 scattered hairs and setse, prickles many unequal slender patent 

 from an oblong compressed base, 1. quinate or ternate, Its. cre- 

 nately lobed pale green with hairs on the veins loosely white- 

 felted beneath, basal Its. of the ternate 1. retrorsely bipartite of the 

 quinate I, sessile imbricate, term. It. r horn boidal-obovatesiilacor date 

 below, pan. leafy its axillary branches and top racemose-corym- 

 bose with very few short setae, prickles on the middle of the 

 rachis longest slender, sep. ovate-subacuminate setose loosely 

 udpressed to the (black-blue) fruit, pet. obovate, styles flesh- 

 coloured at their base. R. deltoideus Mull. ? St. round at 

 the base, above bluntly angular or even furrowed. Pan. rather 

 long, open ; top formed of irregular corymbs of nearly simple 

 peduncles. Pet. nearly white. Pale stam. about equalling 

 pinkish styles. Hedges. Sh. VI. VIII. E. 



45. R. tuberculdtus (Bab.) ; st. .arcuate-prostrate slightly 

 angular with scattered short hairs and setae, prickles many un- 

 equal slender paten tfrom an oblong tuberculiform base, 1. ternate 

 or quinate, Its. rather doubly dentate hairy on the veins beneath 

 green on both sides, basal Ks. of the ternate 1. bilobate of the 

 quinate I. nearly sessile imbricate, term. It. roundly cordate sub- 

 cuspidate, pan. leafy its axillary branches racemose its top 

 corymbose, prickles from the middle to the top of ^ the pan. and 

 ped. slender and longest, sep. ovate acuminate aciculate setose 

 loosely adpressed to the fruit. J. of B. viii. t. 106. R. nemoro- 

 sus S. ferox Leight. St. very bluntly angular. Pan. short 



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