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R. durescens W. R. Linton. Lts. oblong-ovate, with prin- 

 cipal teeth patent, glabrous above, thinly hairy beneath. Pan. 

 rather short, with patent branches above and broad but hardly 

 truncate top. 



2. Term. It. about twice the length of its stalk, roundish or 

 broadly oval. 



R. rhamnifolius Wh. & N. Lts. finely toothed, white-felted 

 beneath ; term, often barely twice the length of its stalk, 

 cuspidate cordate. Pan. rather close. Pet. roundish white. 



Siibsp. Bakeri F. A. Lees. Dwarf. Lts. like those of 

 R. rhamnifolius but smaller, green and hardly felted beneath, 

 with longer point. Pan. with many long branches ; very 

 floriferous, Pet. obovate, pink. 



R. nemoralis P. J. Muell. Lts. green on both sides, slightly 

 paler arid thinly hairy beneath. Pan. long lax leafy, at first 

 pyramidal then corymbose. Pet. pink. 



Var, glabratas Bab. Pan. narrow, cylindrical, with subequal 

 lower branches long-pedicelled small fl. and very white-felted 

 rach. and ped. 



Var. Silurum A. Ley. Term. It. broader below than in type 

 (i. e. oval-roundish instead of obovate-roundish) and* more 

 gradually acuminate. Pan. in great part ultra-axillary, truly 

 pyramidal. Pet. faint lilac. 



R. Scheutzii Lindeb. St. glabrous or subglabrous, shining. 

 Lts. concolorous, thinly hairy ; term, broadly rotund-cuspidate. 

 Pan. long, narrow, leafy. Pet. large, pale lilac. Very^ 

 prickly. 



R. dumnoniensis Bab. St. with some short crisp hair (at 

 first). Prk. long, subulate, crowded. Lts. large, white-felted 

 beneath. Pan. pyramidal. Pet. large, roundish, white. 



3. St. hairy for this group. Lts. finely toothed; term, 

 obovate-acuminate, long-stalked. Pan. very long. 



R. pulcherrimm Neum. Prk. patent or declining. L. not 

 unfrequently 6-7-nate. Lts. opaque above ; term, from 2^ to 

 more than 3 times the height of its stalk. Pan. normally with 

 pink pet. and some stkd. gi. 



R. lAndebergii P. J. Muell. Prk. stout, partly falcate or 

 hooked, especially on pan. L. constantly 5-nate. Lts. pale 

 grey-green ; term, about twice as long" as its stalk. Pan. 

 eglandular, with large white pet. 



Group IV. VILLICAULES. Hardly separable from Rhamni- 

 folii, but making some approach towards Silvatici in st. mostly 

 lower and usually hairy (tiiough often only thinly so and liable to 



