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184l ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Sub-Species XXVII.— Rubus RadTlla. WeUia. 

 Plate CCCCLII. 

 £al. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 105. 



Barren stem arching-angular, sparingly hairy ; prickles unequal, 

 rather slender, declining, from a rather short compressed base ; 

 aciculi and gland-tipped setse rather numerous, short, unequal. 

 Leaves of the barren stem quinate; leaflets rather thin, green 

 above, sparingly pilose greenish-white-felted beneath, with a few 

 longer hairs on the veins, finely and doubly dentate; terminal 

 leaflet oval, obovate-oval, or oblong-obovate, rounded or sub-cor- 

 date at the base, abruptly acuminate or cuspidate. Plowers in a 

 long narrow leafy panicle with short spreading corymbose branches; 

 rachis and pedicels felted, stifHy-hairy, vrith numerous short unequal 

 gland-tipped setse, aciculi, and spreading or declining subulate 

 prickles from long bases. Sepals ovate cuspidate, loosely reflexed 

 from the fruit. 



a, H. Hadida. "Weihe. 



Prickles on the barren stem unequal, terminal leaflet oval or 

 obovate, doubly dentate-serrate, acuminate. 



3, Leightonii. Lees. 



Prickles on the barren stem nearly equal. Terminal leaflet 

 oval or obovate, cuspidate, sharply and doubly dentate-serrate. 



y, denticulattis. R. apiculatus. Weihe ? 



Prickles on the barren stem unequal, with a few aciculi and 

 gland-tipped setae, and occasionally a few scattered hairs. Terminal 

 leaflet broadly oval-oblong, cordate, abruptly cuspidate, finely and 

 irregularly denticulate ; rachis and pedicels densely felted, sparingly 

 bristly-hairy, with numerous gland-tipped setae and aciculi passing 

 gradually into prickles. 



In hedges and woods, a and 3 common, y rare ; near Shefiield, 

 whence I am favoured with specimens by the Rev. W. W. New- 

 bould, and where it has also been found by Mr. Bloxam. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



A large coarse plant varying in the colour of the felt on the 

 underside of the leaves from white to green, according to the 

 degree of exposure to the sun. The plant placed as y, denticulatus, 

 Mr. Bloxam considers the U. apiculatus of continental botanists. 



