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Branches ascending. 



Includes R. Schleck- 



long spreading hairs. Lts. 5, roundish, flat, 

 covered beneath with pale, shaggy, and some- 

 what glittering hairs. S. 7, 8. Thickets, n. 

 Eur. I include with this R. puhescens and 

 R. vestitus of W. and K 



18. carpinifolius. Stem hairy, at first 

 erect. Pricldes strong, cm'ved. Lts. 5, ovate, 

 acuminate, green and downy beneath. Pan. 

 nearly cylindrical ; the branches short and few- 

 flowered. S. 7, 8. Hedges and thickets, n. 

 Eiu". occ. [According to Dr. Bell Salter, the 

 mode of grovrth is like that of U. nitidus ; and 

 Babington assents to this ; so that its place in 

 the arrangement is doubtful.] 



19. sylvaticus. " Stem hairy, always 

 loose and straggKng. Pr. numerous, straight. 

 Lts. 5, green, soft, and somewhat glittering 

 beneath. Pan. compressed, leafy. Branches 

 short. S. 7, 8. Occ."— Bab. 



20. macrophyllus. Stem hairy, diffuse. 

 Pr. few, small, and straight. Lts. 5, eUiptico- 

 oblong, thin, pale green and downy beneath. 

 Pan. corymbose. 

 7, 8. Woods, n. Eur. 

 tendaMi, W. and N. 



ft Prickles scattered, unequal. Stem 

 hairy. 



21. leightonianus, " Stem somewhat an- 

 gular. Pr. straight, numerous, subulate, on 

 a dilated hairy base. Lts. 3 or 5, pale green 

 and hairy beneath, doubly apiculato-dentate. 

 Pan. leafy below, with short, few-flowered, 

 densely haiiy and setose, divaricate branches. 

 S. 7, 8. Eng. occ." — Bab., loho insists much 

 on the /peculiar toothing of the L. 



22. Borreri. " Stem procumbent. Pr. 

 numerous, unequal, long, slender, deflexed. 

 Lts. 5, of the same colour on both sides, 

 broadly obovato-lanceolate. Pan. corymbose ; 

 the lower branches long and decompound. 

 Cal. of hemispherical Er. erecto-patent. S. 6. 

 Eng. occ." — Bab. 



23. villicaulis. Stem closely covered with 

 spreading hairs. Pr. straight, crowded. Lts. 

 5, elliptico-ovate, hoary and shaggy and some- 

 what glittering beneath; all stalked. S. 7- 

 Thickets. Sil., &c. Differs from sylvaticus 

 in the scattered prickles, from, leightonianus 

 in the toothing of the L., and from Borreri in 

 the fruit. 



*** Leaflets 3. 



24. Sprengelii. Pan. with a few long, 

 spreading, villous, few-flowered branches. Lts. 



3, ovate, acute, green beneath. S. 7. Woods 

 and thickets. Minden, Ger. 



25. linkianus. " Stem nearly erect, 

 densely villous. Pr. hooked. Lts. all stalked, 

 hoary beneath. Pan. simple. S. G. Thickets 

 near Palermo."- — Guss. 



iv. Stems arched or decumbent, furnished 

 icith seta. 



a. Cahj.v of Fruit refle.xed. 



* Prickles on angles of stem. 



26. Babingtonii. " Stem sulcate, hair- 

 less ? Pr. stout and short. Setaj and Aciculi 

 numerous. Lts. mostly 3, crenato-dentato- 

 mucronate, do^^^ly and pale green beneath. 

 Pan. very compound, qfteji more than two 



feet long. S. 7- Selborne. 



" (S. Bloxamii. Stem angular. Pr. small. 

 Branches of Pan. short, few-flowered. 

 Warwickshii-e." — Bab. 



27. Eiingua. Stem somewhat angular. Pr. 

 nearly straight. Aciculi, setaj, and hairs few 

 and short. Lts. 3 or 5, nearly smooth above, 

 hairy beneath. Pan. lax. Branches very long, 

 mostly 1 -flowered. Floral L. large and simple. 

 S= 7, 8. Devon. Jersey. Ger. 



28. scaber. Stem round, somewhat hairy. 

 Pr. curved. Lts. 3 or 5, unequally and finely 

 serrato-obovate, pale and hau-y beneath. Pan. 

 compound. Cal. with a leafy termination. S. 

 Minden. 



29. rudis. Stem hairy, slightly fmTOwed. 

 Pr. stout, deflexed. Lts. 5, ovate, doubly and 

 coarsely serrate, dull above, soft and white be- 

 neath. Pan. much branched, long, leafy, naked 

 at the end. Sepals lanceolate, reflexed, mostly 

 vnth a leaf- like point. S. 7, 8. Hedges and 

 thickets. Eng. Ger. 



30. Radula. Stem angular. Pr. slender, 

 fi'om a thick base. Lts. 5, unequally and finely 

 serrate. Pan. long, leafy, naked at the end, 

 with short corymbose branches. Sepals re- 

 flexed, without a leaf -like point. S. 7, 8. 

 Hedges and thickets, occ. 



31. fuscus. Stem hairy and glandular. 

 Lts. 5, cordatorovate, paler and downy beneath. 

 Separate El. -stalks short and pricldy. S. 7-9. 

 R. foKosus and paUidus, W. and N., probably 

 belong to this. 



** Prickles scattered. 



32. rosaceus. Stem somewhat angular. 

 Pr. unequal, mixed with glands and setae. Lts. 

 3, cordato-subrotxmd, green beneath. Pan. 



