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short, nearly equal. Leaves ternate, rarely quinate ; leaflets rather 

 thin, green on both sides, sub-glabrous above, hairy on the veins 

 beneatli, finely and unequally serrate ; terminal leaflet oblong- 

 oval, oval, or obovate-oval, sub-cordate at the base, cuspidate- 

 acuminate. Flowers in a short rather compact leafy panicle, sub- 

 racemose towards the ajijcx ; upper branches short, spreading, 

 mostly simple, lower ones sub-racemose ; rachis flexuous, felted, with 

 longer rather-stiff hairs, very numerous gland-tipped setae, aciculi, 

 and a few slender declining prickles. Sepals ovate-triangular, with 

 gland-tipped setae and aciculi, spreading or loosely applied to the 

 Iruit. 



a, B. Bellardi. Weihe. 



Leaves mostly ternate, with the leaflets nearly equal, the lateral 

 ones divaricate, finely and bluntly serrate, almost crcnate-scrrate 

 witli an apiculus to each crenature ; panicle short, rachis very 

 flexuous, and the lower branches of the panicle distant. R. den- 

 tatus, Blox., is a form of this, with the stem more angular, the 

 leaflets greyish beneath, acuminate-cuspidate, sub-cordate at the 

 base. Haii's on the whole plant shorter and less numerous than 

 in 3. 



/3, R. hirtiis. Waldst. & Kit. B.fuscus. Lees (not Weihe). 



Leaves mostly quinate, coarsely and unequally dentate-serrate ; 

 hairs longer and more numerous than in a. Panicle often elongated, 

 with the rachis only slightly flexuous. U. rotundifolius, Blox., 

 has the stem slightly angular, the leaves often ternate, the leaflets 

 much broader, less sharply serrate and sub-cuspidate. 



In woods and hedges. Not common, the form R. hirtus being 

 apparently the most abundant. 



England, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



The typical forms Bellardi and hirtus or fuscus, are so different 

 that they could scarcely be combined, were it not for the inter- 

 mediates which link them together. 



Glandular-stemmed Bramble. 



Group V.— CJ^SII. Bah. 



Barren stem arching - prostrate or prostrate, roundish or 

 obtusely angled, generally with a glaucous bloom ; prickles unequal 

 aciculi and gland-tipped setae few or none. 



