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XXVIL ROSACEiE : ROSE^. 



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Celtic reuh^ to tear or lacerate^ on account of tlie pricklj stems 

 of the true Brambles. 



* Leaves pinnate (or ternafe). Stem nearly erects biennial, woody, 



1. R. id<2'us L. {common R.) ; leaves pinnate with 5 or 3 

 leaflets with close white down underneath, foot-stalks chan- 

 neled, stems nearly erect downy prickly not rootino-, flowers 

 drooping, petals as short as the calyx. .E-. B. t. 2442. 



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Woods, especially in the north." Tj , 6, 7 Stems of two kinds: 



one is upright, which the first year produces only leaves, but in the 

 second bears fruit and dies; the other is sarmentose and quite below 

 ground, bearing no leaves, and roots at the extremity, thus formino- 



Leaflets somewhat cut and serrated. Fruit scarlet in a 



Stem 



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new plants, 

 wild state. 



** Leaflets 5, digitate or pedate, or ternate, rarely pinnate. 



(mostly) biennial^ woody, 



2. (1) R. suberedus And. (uprigJit B,) ; stem nearly erect 

 not rooting nearly glabrous, prickles uniform chiefly confined 

 to the angles without setas, leaflets quinate or sometimes pinnate 

 without close white down underneath. B, B. t. 2572. R, pli- 

 catus W. et N.: E. B. S, t. 2714- 



Thickets, hedges, and boggy places. Ij • ^ — 8. 



2. (2) U. f7mtic6stis L. (common B.) ; stem arched rooti nrr 

 angular furrowed nearly glabrous, prickles confined to .„^ 

 angles of the stem uniform without seta3, leaflets quinate with 

 dose white down underneath. E. B. t. 715. 



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Thickets and hedges. 



h ' 7, 8. 



2,(3) 



'hamnifolius W 



(Buckthorn 



stem arched rooting nearly glabrous, prickles confined to the 

 angles of the stem uniform without setas, leaflets quinate paler 

 underneath but not with close white down. E. B. 6\ t. 2604. 



Hedges, thickets, and woods, ]2 . 7, 8. 



2. (4) 



if alius W. et K (He 



Stem arched or prostrate rboting hairy, prickles confined to the 

 angles of the stem uniform without set83, leaflets quinate or 

 ternate without close white down underneath. E. B. S. 



ntL'?^^'^"' ^* ""^'"'"'^ ^^'^ barren root-shoot; and the prickles and leaves, when not 

 ^ofJ^w'' ™'^""'?ned, are those upon that shoot. Botn here and in the genus 

 S'h^ f=t";! ''/ ?■■ H"''''=' ^^""^ '^'"^ glandular at the apex ; aciculce are straight 

 may be ohVerverfr,?^^'ih' °' '^^'"^"^ P^'^'^'es: in some species a gradual transition 

 anv charapfprnh, T^'^J-® one extreme to the other, thus reducing the value of 

 o^^eM^JnftZTV':'''^ 'i'T- .T^« f*""™' '«^*»"' i^^^^ion, petiolation, and 

 ?oo vKll?o hP „ ff'^'J'"'^ *''''• t°™ °*' '^'« inflorescence are, in our opinion, 

 if wrmist^P nnf !? °/ distinguishing the species. All the true Brambles are 

 berried ' '^^^'""'^ "^ 'he underground sarmentose stems of the Kasp. 



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