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with a large backward lobe. Ped. and sep. with numerous stalked 
glands, and felted, but scarcely at all hairy. Drupelets 
Section II. Hersacer.—St. nearly or quite herbaceous. se 
usually attacked to the st. Fl. ‘‘umbellate,”’ or nearly solitary. 
eceptac 
Subsection I Beatin: —St. slender, eer esate Fl. umbellate 
or nearly so, or subsolitary. Carpels distine 
87. R. saxatinis L. — St. annual, sei unarmed, or with 
scattered bristles. L. 3-nate. Lts. oblong-obovate, nearly equal. 
l.-shoot erect, with a terminal few-flowered umbel-like corymb. 
Pet. erect, white, equalling sep. Fr. of 1-4 distinct drupelets. 
stony hill-country ; rare in 8. Engl. 
Subsection II. Arcrictr.—nNo sterile st., but a long subterranean 
rhizome. Fl. term., pee or subsolitary. Carpels adhering 
together. 
88. R. Coamamorvus L. — St. subterranean. L. simple, reniform, 
5- tr lobed, plicate. Fl.-shoot oo. phacueee with 1 large dicaious 
term. fl. Pet. large, white. Fr. of several large drupelets, first 
oe ‘then orange. _ipine e turf tities ; ee descending below 2000 ft. 
Axe-Edge, Derb. 
ConspEectus oF THE Groups or BritisH FRuticost. 
. St. tall, glabrous or with few hairs, not glaucous, with 
prickles mostly equal and confined to the angles. Usually without 
stalked glands. Stip. linear. Bas. lts. sessile, subsessile or stalked. 
a. Sep. green, with narrow white margin :— 
Superecti. — Increasing mainly by root-extension. Mature 1. 
green beneath. Pan. often simply racemose. No stalked glands. 
See p. 109 (1892 vol.). 
b. Sep. grey- or white-felted, and either perma white margin, 
or haying only a comparatively inconspicuous on 
Ruamnirotu.—St. usually rooting at the end in eee Mature 
1. green or white-felted beneath. Pan. usually compound. Stalked 
glands very rare, though occurring occasionally i in small quantity, 
especially in pan. See p. 111 (1892 vol.). 
B. St. arcuate or prostrate, rooting at the end in autum 
mostly hairy or furnished with stalked glands, seldom pando 
(except in Betxarprani), with prickles nearly equal or te 
confined to the angles or scattered. Stip. linear or filiform. Bas 
lts. distinctly duets 
a. Large prickles on the angles of the middle ae pe part of 
st. bolarahty rH Small prickles absent or present 
I. Pan. without stalked glands :— 
Discotores. — St. bearing adpressed hairs. All the prickles 
equal, strong. Li. 5-nate, white-felted beneath. See p. 202 (1892 
vol.). 
