104 26. ROSACES. 



branches, prickles strong longest about the middle of the fl.- 

 shoot, hairs aciculi and setae mostly short and equal. R. G. 26? 

 L. mostly soft beneath. I believe R. Schleicheri (Leight., wof 

 Weihe) is a form of this. The following plants are placed here 

 doubtfully. )3. #. Colemanni (Blox.); prickles nearly equal often 

 with deciduous glandular tips, hairs aciculi and setae very few 

 deciduous, basal Its. not quite sessile, leafless top of pan, with 

 short few-flow T ered divaricate branches, prickles many, aciculi 

 and setae rather few. y. aculeatus ; prickles from a very large 

 base declining, 1. grey and tomentose beneath, term. It. obovate, 

 basal Its. stalked not imbricate, leafless top of pan. with short 

 few-flowered divaricate branches, prickles very many, hairs aci- 

 culi and setae many unequal. Hedges and thickets. /3. Leices- 

 tershire and Warwickshire, y. Coleford, Gloucestershire. Sh. 

 VII. VIII. E. 



C. L. 3-nate or 5-nate-pedate j basal Its. stalked, not imbri- 

 cate. Prickles passing rather abruptly into aciculi and 



30. R. pyramidalis (Bab.); st. decumbent roundly angular, 

 prickles many short strong with a very long compressed 

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

 nearly equal short strong, 1. 3-nate rarely 5-nate-pedate green 

 and pilose on both sides dentate-serrate, "its. of 3-nate 1. nearly 

 equal with decurved edges, term. It. obovate cuspidate, pan. py- 

 ramidal leafy below its top and branches tomentose racemose, 

 prickles slender straight, hairs and unequal setae many, rachis 

 straight and rigid. St. quite procumbent, 1. paler and more 



ilose beneath. Pan. remarkably pyramidal ; uppermost branches 

 -flowered. Sep. with long setaceous points, their base adpressed 

 to the fruit. Pet. very narrow, often numerous. Llanberis, 

 N. Wales. Culbone, Somerset.* Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



31. R. Giintheri (Weihe); st. decumbent roundly angular, 

 prickles weak unequal from a long compressed base declining, 

 aciculi seta? and hairs nearly equal short, 1. 3-nate or 5-nate- 

 pedate green and pilose on both sides unequally dentate-serrate, 

 term. It. broadly obovate acuminate, pan. thyrsoid leafy with 

 ascending usually few-flowered racemose branches, prickles few 

 small slender straight declining, aciculi setae and hairs many un- 

 equal, rachis wavy. R. G. 21. Only slightly prickly. L. 

 slightly pilose above, much beneath. Upper fl.-l. mostly simple. 

 Sep. reflexed. Thickets. Sh. VIII. E. 



32. R. hirtus (W. and N.); st. decumbent nearly round an- 

 gular at the end, prickles small slender long-based declining un- 

 equal, hairs setce and slender aciculi many short unequal patent, 

 L 5-nate-pedate or 3-nate green on both sides pilose above paler 



