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XXYII. ROSACEjE : EOSEiE. 



Bab. 



numerous, lea%^es pedate-qumme. R. Borreri Bell Saltei^ ollm- 



/3. Wilsoni ; plant bearing a few seta^. R. Borreri 8 

 Wilsonl Bell Salter olim : Bah. — y, Weihei; stem slender 

 prickles fewer, leaves ternate, panicle lax few-flowered, r' 

 Sprengelii W. and N. 



Heaths and open places, not frequent ; 7. In woods. 6, 7. g*. 



prostrate, often concealed. Panicles upright, often appearing to sprhm- 

 from the ground, especially In 7, Flojvers pale in a. and /3., brijriu 

 rose-coloured in 7. ^ 



( 



Group iv. ToMEKTOSi. Slem angled^ mors or les,^ silky with 

 divaricating opaque hairs ; piHckles silky at the hase^ mostly 

 confined to the angles of the stem,^ often in pairs ; leaves dio-i, 

 tate ; leaflets polished above^ hoa^^y beneath ; panicle tomentose, 



10. R. discolor W. and N. {common _B.) ; stem arclied fur- 

 rowed subglaucous with minute silky hairs, prickles mostly 

 uncinate, leaves quinate, leaflets elliptic crenato-serrate usually 

 decurved at the xnargin. LindL R. fruticosus E, J5. t. 715.^ 

 /3. thtjrsoideus ; silky pubescence obsolete, tomentum of tlie 



R. fruticosus T'F. and 



panicle short. 



Wi 



7. macroacanthus ; prickles very large, tomentum of the 



panicle loose. R. discolor W. and iV. 



Hedges, %voods, and heaths, common. 6 — 8. — Stem dark. The 

 petals vary from pure white to a full deep red. 

 less decurved in plants growing In the shade. 



Leaflets generally 5, 



11. R. argenteus W. et K {Silvery B.); stem pubescent 

 tomentose, prickles numerous uncinate slender, leaves quinate, 

 leaflets obovate cuspidate doubly serrate pubescent tomentose 

 beneath. W. et N, — jS. maci^oacanthus ; prickles large pungent, 



y. tennis ; stem slender, panicle 



with lower branches attenuated. 

 Bell Salter olim : Bab. 



Thickets and hedges, not frequent, 

 preceding and following species. 



R. discolor var, arfrenteus 



7, 8. Nearly allied to the 



Silk]/ pi(hescence more abundant and 

 less close than in the preceding, and glittering white. 



Petals pink. 



) 



prickles straight, leaves quinate, leaflets acuminate unequally 

 and doubly serrate. — a. leaves elliptic coriaceous, serratures 

 acute. R. leucostachys Sm. : B. B, S. t. 2631. — /3. vestitus; 

 prickles weak, leaflets orbicular flaccid scarcely hairy beneath, 



R. vestitus W. and N.? R. vuljzaris 



tomentose clothing loose. 



W. et N. — y. argenteus ; tomentose clothing very close, other- 

 wise like a. 



Common, a. and 7. in hedges, and ^8. in woods. 7, 8. — A 



