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Nebrodes. Cors." Smell sometimes bituminous. 

 — Beiit. Var. ofR. tomentosa? 



32. pustulosa. " Erect. Pr. hooked, di- 

 lated at base. Brancbes sometimes armed with 

 a mixture of smaller straight prickles and setse. 

 Lts. ovate, obtuse, hairless, glandular on both 

 sides. Fr. ovoid, unarmed. S. 6, 7. Sic. Luc." 

 — Beet. Bertoloni says that his plant is not 

 the R. pulverulenta (?/ Jf. von Bieb., to which 

 Gussone has referred it. Query, if the plants 

 of Bertoloni and Gtissone be the same. 



33. rubiginosa. Branches armed with a 

 mixture of smaller straight prickles. Seta3 

 descending from flower-staEc on to branch. L. 

 without glands on upper siu'face. Primordial 

 Pr. pear-shaped. S. 6, 7. Hedges and thickets, 

 chiefly in calcareous soil. 



34. inodora. Pr. equal, scattered. No 

 setas on branch. Primordial Pr. nearly glo- 

 bose; secondarjr elliptic. Pinnseof Cal. crowded. 

 Glands of Lts. few, sometimes wanting. S. 

 6, 7. Hedges and thickets, s. Eng. 



35. glutmosa. " Erect. Pr. falcate, com- 

 presso-dilatate. Lts. small, subrotund or ovate, 

 somewhat villous; very glandular beneath, 

 somewhat glandular above. Tube of Cal. in 

 flower ellipsoid. Segments pinnate, persistent. 

 s.§. 5, 6. Palermo."- — Bert. 



36. micrantlia. Pr. equal, scattered. Pri- 

 mordial Pr. ellipsoid ; secondary urceolate. 

 Pinnae of Cal. not crowded. Fl. fink. Lts. 

 ovate. S. 6, 7. Hedges and thickets. 



27. Sepium. Pr. equal, scattered. Pri- 

 mordial Pr. ovate ; secondary eUipsoid or ur- 

 ceolate. Fl. white. Lts. elliptico-lanceolate. 



5. 6, 7. Dry hills, m. Em*. 



28. apeiisiina, J. W. Bush small, com- 

 pact. Pr. very crowded, even to ends of 

 branches, \mequal. Pr. eUipsoid or urceolate. 

 s.S. 7. Apenn. Habit of R. spinosissima. 



G. CaniNjE. 



39. csesia. Segments of Cal. entire or 

 nearly so. Lts. doubly serrate, downy. s.S. 



6, 7. Sc. and Eng. Query, «/'R. glandulosa 

 of Bellardi belong to this species. 



30. glandulosa. " Pr. of Shoots few, 

 somewhat falcate, compressed at base. Lts. 7, 

 subrotund, doubly serrate, smooth beneath. 

 Stip. of floral L. elliptic, dilatate ; free part of 

 the others divergent. Stalk and Cal. hispid. 

 Segments pinnate. Pr. subglobose. s.S. 6. 

 Sty. Upper Als. Sw."— Koch. 



31. rubrifolia. Pr. stout. Segments of 



Cal. entire or nearly so. Lts. simply serrate, 



hairless, glaucous -. these, when young, and 

 the twigs red. S. 6. Thickets. Alps. Pyr. 



33. bractescens. Segments of Cal. pin- 

 nate. Pr. stout. Lts. simply serrate, downy 

 on both sides. Stip. of floral L. very much 

 enlarged. S. 6, 7. Lane, and Westm. 



33. heckeliana. " Dwarfish. Pr. hooked. 

 Lts. small, subrotund, somewhat doubly serrate, 

 silky on both sides, without glands. Tube of 

 Cal. in flower ellipsoid ; in fruit globose. Seg- 

 ments pinnate. S. 6, 7. Nebrodes." — Beet. 



34. canina. Segments of Cal. pinnate. Pr. 

 stout. Lts. nearly or quite hairless on the 

 upper sm-face. Stip. not much enlarged to- 

 wards flower. S. 6, 7. Hedges, Sfc. It 

 ■varies with leaves dull or shining, green or 

 glaucous, hairy beneath or quite smooth ; 

 serratures simple, or someivhat compound ; 



fruit globose, ellipsoid, or urceolate;' — a7id 

 these characters present every possible variety 

 of combination. The Fr.-stalk is usually 

 smooth, but occasionally has a few hairs, and, 

 in the var. collina, weak setce. 



O. Systtl^. 

 85. systyla. Styles hairless. Pr. uniform, 

 all stout and hooked. Shoots assurgent. 

 Segments of Cal. somewhat pinnate. S. 6, 7. 

 Hedges. Em\ 



36. arvensis. Styles hairless. Pr. ofthe 

 branches feeble, and often nearly straight ; of 

 the shoots veiy much expanded at the base. 

 L. deciduous. Shoots trailing. Segments of 

 Cal. somewhat pinnate. S. 7. Thickets. 



j8. L. shining. Sussex. 



37. sempervirens. Styles hairy. Pr. 

 falcate ; of flowering branches small or want- 

 ing. L. persistent, shining. Shoots trailing. 

 S. 6. Bry. m. and s. Em\ 



Tribe VL FOMB^. 

 . 219. CRATiEGUS. 



1. laciniata. "L. inciso-pinnatifid, hir- 

 sute. Segments acute, sen-ato-dentate at top. 

 Stip. semiorbiculari-falcate. Segments of Cal. 

 ovate, acuminate, reflexed. S. 4, 5. Hills 

 Sic."— Guss. 



3. laevigata. "L. nearly entire, rusty 

 beneath. Spines very short or wanting. Pr.- 

 stalk and reflexed Segments of Cal. smooth." 

 S. Abruzzi."— Ten. These two are perhaps 

 varieties of the following. 



