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spreading pubescence. Prickles very few, weak, straight, declining, 

 from a small oblong base. Leaves of the barren stem quinate, or 

 more rarely ternate ; leaflets rather thick, green on both sides, 

 with a few scattered hairs above, rather densely hairy on the veins 

 beneath, finely irregularly and sharply serrate ; tei-minal leaflet 

 roundish or roundish-obovate cordate at the base, and abruptly cus- 

 pidate. Panicle small, narrow, with ascending branches, the upper 

 ones often simple and 1-flowered, the lower ones corymbosely 2- or 

 rarely 3-flowered; racliis felted and setose, with numerous long 

 gland-tipped setoe and a few small declining straight slender 

 prickles. 



In woods, thickets, and hedges. Apparently rather rare. It is 

 known to occur in Shropshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, York- 

 shire, and Argyleshire. 



England, Scotland. Shrub. Summer. 



A well-defined form, recognizable by its abruptly cuspidate 

 leaflets, and nearly simple panicle with numerous gland-tipped 

 setae. Petals pale pink. Fruit-calyx reflexed. 



Cuspidate-leaved Bramble. 

 Sub-Species XX.— Rubus Sprengelii. Weihe. 



Bah. Jlan. Biit. Bot. ed. v. p. 103. 



Barren stem prostrate, rounded, with remote spreading pubes- 

 cence ; prickles numerous, unequal, rather small, straight or slightly 

 hooked, from a rather large much compressed base. Leaves quinate 

 or ternate; leaflets tliin, green on both sides, sub-glabrous above, 

 sparingly hairy on the veins beneath, rather finely unequally or 

 doubly serrate ; terminal leaflet oval or obovate-oval, acuminate, 

 rounded or sub-cordate at the base, scarcely cuspidate. Flowers 

 in a lax panicle with short spreading-ascending corymbose branches ; 

 rachis and peduncles densely hairy, with a few short gland-tipped 

 setae and slender slightly hooked compressed spines. 



a, B. Borreri. Bell Salt. 



Barren stem arching-prostrate, rather stout, with a few 

 scattered setae and aciculi. Leaves mostly quinate. Panicle many- 

 flowered. 



^, 7i. Sprengelii. "VVeihe. 



Barren stem prostrate, slender with scarcely any setae or aciculi. 

 Leaves usually ternate. Panicle few-flowered, lax. 



