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and hairy beneath dentate, pan. with a racemose naked top and 

 many short axillary distant branches very hairy and setose, 

 prickles long slender declining lower ones long-based. R. G. 

 43. St. densely covered with hairs and very unequal setae and 

 aciculi. Term. It. with a cordate base, obovate-cuspidate, finely 

 but doubly dentate. Axillary branches of pan. racemose-corym- 

 bose, sometimes and then the pan. is usually simple. Fr.-cal. 

 patent or reflexed, tomentose, setose, scarcely at all prickly. 

 /3. R. Menkii (Weihe); term. It. obovate-lanceolate coarsely 

 doubly dentate-serrate, cal. prickly. R. G. 22? y. R.foliosus 

 (Weihe) ; st. more angular with fewer hairs and setae, term. It. 

 cordate acuminate, pan. leafy to the top, cal. slightly prickly. 

 R. G. 28. Thickets. /3. Tonbridge Wells, y. Warwickshire. 

 Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. 



33. R. glandulosus (Bell.) ; st. decumbent nearly round 

 throughout, prickles small slender unequal large-based declining, 

 aciculi seta and hairs rather many short nearly equal patent, I. 

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

 beneath dentate- serrate, pan. with a racemose or corymbose naked 

 top and several short axillary corymbose branches very hairy and 

 setose, pricktes slender declining some large-based, fr.-cal. erect 

 or patent. L. scarcely paler beneath. Aciculi setae and hairs on 

 st. less numerous and far less conspicuous than in R. hirtus. 

 Prickles on lower part of fl. -shoot often deflexed. a. JR. Bellardi 

 (Weihe) ; st. round, prickles small, hairs and setae rather many, 

 term. It. elliptic cuspidate finely dentate-serrate, pan. slightly 

 divided, its top and few long distant branches corymbose. R. G. 

 44. E. B. S. 2883. A state of this is the R. dentatus Blox. 

 /3. R. fuscus (Bab.) ; st. roundish, prickles small, aciculi and 

 setae rather few, hairs dense, term. It. elliptic-subcordate acute 

 coarsely or doubly dentate, pan. rather long, branches subcorym- 

 bose. R. rotundifolius (Blox.) is a form of this. The two fol- 

 lowing plants may constitute a distinct species from the two pre- 

 ceding. y. R. Lejeunii (Weihe); st. slightly angular sparingly 

 hairy and setose, /. with long silky hairs on both sides, term. It. 

 ovate acuminate, pan. spreading densely hairy with many short 

 sunken setae, cal. very hairy. R. G. 31. 6. JR. rosaceus (Weihe); 

 st. slightly angular, /. very slightly pilose above more so beneath, 

 term. It. cordate or cordate-obovate-attenuate, pan. rather pyra- 

 midal branched below hairy with long unequal prominent setae. 

 R, G. 36. a. Terrington Car, Yorkshire. Twycross, Leicester- 

 shire. Gt. Malvern. Tintern. /3. Leicestershire. Worcester- 

 shire. Hertfordshire, y. Channel Isles. Twycross. d. rather 

 common. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



34. R. scaber (Weihe) ; st. rather angular, prickles strong 

 short declining, aciculi setae and hairs very short rather few 



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