196 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



" 0, jR. tenuis. Bell Salt. 

 " Stem very slender ; prickles many, strong, but small, nearly 

 equal, deflexed. Leaflets flat ? doubly serrate, pilose on both sides, 

 or villose beneath ; terminal leaflet obovate or cordate-obovate, 

 acuminate. Fruit black, ' not glaucous.' 



" 7, nlmifoUus. Bab. 



E. csesius, var. /3 pseudo-cresius, W. & N. Eubi Germ. PI. xlvi. b. 



" Stem slender, purplish ; prickles many, small, deflexed, or 

 declining; aciculi, sette, and hairs few, short. Leaflets rather 

 rugose, lobate-serrate, pilose only on the veins, or hairy, or slightly 

 ashy-felted beneath ; terminal leaflet round or cordate, acuminate, 

 often S-lobed or rarely divided into 3 sessile leaflets, of which the 

 terminal one is narroAved below. Often much larger than Var. a. 

 or 0. Stem thicker ; leaves very broad. 



" 8, intermedins. Bab. 



" Stem thicker, greenish-purple ; prickles many, slender, very 

 unequal, sub-patent ; aciculi and setae few, strong, very short. 

 Leaflets lobate-serrate, pilose on the veins beneath ; terminal 

 leaflet triangular cordate, acuminate, 3-lobed or 3-partite, or 

 divided into 3 sessile leaflets, of which the terminal is narrowed 

 to the base. 



•' £, M. pseudo-IdcBUs. Lejeune. 



" Stem thick, green, slightly glaucous ; prickles slender, violet- 

 coloured, sub-patent ; aciculi and setse few, very short. Leaves 

 ternate or quinate-innnate ; leaflets doubly serrate, ashy-felted 

 beneath ; lateral leaflets all sessile ; terminal leaflets stalked, 

 roundly-cordate. I have only seen one specimen of tliis variety, 

 found at Hunsdon, Herts. 



" ^, hispidus. Bab. 



" Stem slender, green ; prickles short, many, subulate, unequal ; 

 setsB many, short, rigid. Leaves ternate ; leaflets lobate-serrate, 

 pilose on the veins beneath ; lateral leaflets with a large backward 

 lobe ; terminal leaflets obovate-acuminate, sub-cordate below ; pedi- 

 cels and sepals very setose, felted, scarcely hairy." — (Bab. Man. ed. v.) 



Hedges, roadsides, waste places, and thickets. Very common, 

 and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Early Summer. 



