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/3. Sclilechtendalii ; prickles somewhat stronger: Bab. li. 

 Schleclitendalii TF. and N, ? 



Woods and thickets, frequent. 6, 7. — Whole plant pale, closely 

 allied to the preceding. Petals usually small and white ;" in ^3. larger 

 and somewhat pink. 



6. R. corylifolhis Sm. (^Hazel-leaved B.) ; stem 

 glaucous, prickles unequal, leaflets cordate mostly rugose, 

 lower pair sessile overlapping. — (3.fastigiatus ; leaflets flat. R. 

 iastigiatus Bab. — y. Smithii; panicle cymose prickly and glan- 

 dular, Leighton. R. corylifolius E> B. t. 827, — S, incurvalus ; 

 panicle narrow prickly and glandular. R. incur vatus Bab. 



Hedges and thickets, common ; j8. unfrequent ; 5. rare, Lamberris, 

 Mr, Babington, 5, 6. ■ — Stem decumbent green or tinted purplish. 

 Leaflets often crisped. Petals small mostly white. 



(See, with hairy stems, 8. R. carpinifolius j3. and 12. R. leu- 



costacJiT/s 13, : with glabrous stems, 10. R, discolor )3., 20. R. 



Wahlbergii P,, and 22. R. c<2sius 7.) 



b. Calyx emhracing the fruit, . 



7. R. Salteri Bab, (Bell Salter s B.) : stem angled slightly 



Iiairy, prickles small, leaflets elliptic acute, panicle compound. 



Bab — 13. Balfourianus ; panicle corymbose. R. Balfourianus 

 Bab, 



Woods, rare. 6. — Whole plant pale green, spreading abundantly 

 by creeping stolons, as well as rooting at the end of the stems. Petals 

 small white. 



(See 9. R. Sprengelii 7.) 



Group iii. Carpinifoi.ii. Stem clothed ivilh patent translucent 

 ha'n^s^ and numerous uncinate prichles : leaves pedate-quinate or 

 ternate^ leaflets carinated^ their surfaces nearly glabrous and 

 concolorate^ sti^ongly veined beneath ; panicle subtomentose. 



8. R. carpinifolius W. and N". (Hornbeam-leaved B.) ; stem 

 arched angular, prickles with broad bases mostly confined to 

 the angles of the stem, panicle branched, calyx reflexed. W. 

 and^ AK : E. B. S. t. 2664. — (3. roseus ; stem but little hairy, 

 panicle with a few setae. W. and N. — 7. corymbosus; panicle 

 corymbose prickly, terminal flower subsessile. 



Thickets in a sandy soil; jS. in woods. 6 — 9. Plant bright green. 

 Petals mosdy light pink : in ^8. bright rose-coloured. After the first 

 panicles pass out of flower, lateral ones continue to form till the close 

 of autumn. 



9. R, Sprengelii W. (SprengeTs B.) ; stem prostrate round 

 prickly on all sides with slender hooked prickles, panicle 

 corymbose, calyx embracing the fruit. — a. Borreri ; prickles 



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