RUBUS. 



It. obovate cuspidate rounded below. y. denticulatus (Bab.) ; 

 term. It. squarely obovate cuspidate cordate below obscurely but 

 broadly dentate. d. ? R. Reichenbachii (Weihe ?) ; st. hairy with 

 few aciculi and setae, term. It. nearly round ashy beneath, pan. 

 oblong rather broad lower half leafy, branches racemose-corym- 

 bose, point of sep. long linear (not leaflike?). JR. G. 3/. 

 Hedges and thickets. j3. Shropshire, y. Sheffield. 8. Bangor. 

 Sh. VII. VIII. 



B. L. 5-nate. Prickles passing very gradually into aciculi 

 and set&. 



a. Basal Its. stalked, not imbricate. 



27. R. pallidus (Weihe) ; st. arched or decumbent roundish- 

 angular, prickles scattered unequal subpatent rather slender (in 

 ft. declining or deflexed strong) from a compressed base, aciculi 

 and setae scattered, hairs many, I. even green and soft beneath, 

 term. It. obovate-elliptical acuminate, pan. narrow leafy hairy, 

 branches racemose erect-patent, prickles unequal slender declining 

 a few strong, aciculi and setae very unequal. R. G. 29. R. 

 Koehleri y. 8. e. of ed. 2. R. rosaceus Lees ! The amount of 

 prickles varies much on all parts. Pan. sometimes simple, or 

 lower branches long racemose, upper short 1 3-flowered, some- 

 times subcorymbose. /3. infestus (Bab.) ; prickles many strong 

 short much declining or deflexed, hairs aciculi and setae few and 

 short, pan. with short racemose branches and declining (or much 

 deflexed strong) prickles. Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VHL_ 



28. R. Koehleri ( Weihe); st. arched or decumbent roundish or 

 angular, prickles many unequal from a compressed base, aciculi 

 setae and hairs many, 1. even pale green and rough beneath, term. 

 It. obovate, basal Its. stalked, pan. rather open and broad-topped 

 leafy with short mostly corymbose and patent branches, prickles 

 many long straight, hairs aciculi and setae unequal many. jR. G. 

 25. E.B.S. 2605. In the typical plant (a. and /3. ed. 2)the term. 

 It. varies from gradually acuminate to abruptly cuspidate, the 

 prickles often nearly cover the st., the pan.-branches often have 

 very many straight slender prickles. Prickles of pan. all straight 

 and slender, or a few of the largest hooked and broad-based, 

 rarely nearly all so. Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 



b. Basal Its. subsessile, usually imbricate. 



29. R. fusco-ater (Weihe?); st. arched or decumbent angular 

 slightly hairy, prickles many subpatent straight from a com- 

 pressed base unequal, aciculi and setae many, 1. rugose above 

 pale green beneath, term. It. cordate-ovate acuminate, pan. long 

 narrowish leafy naked above with short erect-patent subracemose 



