106 26. ROSACE-S. 



prickles ofjl.-shoot and ped. few setaceous from a bulbotts base, fl. 

 aidllary and terminal racemose. — HJ. B. S. 2981. — Creeping. 

 Sfe 2 — 3 ft. liigli ; prickles small. Fr. unknown. — Banks, Ilford 

 Bridges, Devon. Dunster, Som. Sh. VI. E. 



ii. Fruticod. Stems biennial or stibperennial. Kipe fruit 

 not separating from its receptacle. Leaves digitate, 

 pedate or rarely subpinnate., 



(1) Suherecti. Stems usually suterect, glabrous or slightly 

 pilose, not setose nor felted. PricMes. equal. — Sepals 

 densely wkite-felted within, pilose externally with a 

 narrow border of white felt. 



3. JR. siiberedtus (Anders.) ; st. erect obtuse-angled at the top, 

 p>-ichles few smaR uniform from a large compressed base confined 

 to the angles of the stem, 1. 3-^5— ^7-nate. as. flexible flat, term. 

 It. cordate-acuminate, basal Its. silbsessile those offl.-shoot nar- 

 rowed to the base, fl; racemose or subpanicled, sep. reflexed. — ^St. 

 3 — 6 ft. high. Prickles conical, scarcely longer than the longi- 

 tudinal extent of their base, L. rarely ternate ; Its. thin, un- 

 equally serrate. ' R. dark red. — Boggy woods and heaths. Sh. 

 VI. Vil. E. S. I. 



4. R.fls'siis (Lindli) ; st. erect or subarcuate obtilae-angled, 

 frickles many straigbt or deflexed/rom an oUong slightly dilated 

 base not conjmedto the ismghs^l. 5 — 7-nate, Its. coriaceous plicate, 

 term. It. cordate-ovate, basal Its. sessile, lateral Its. of n. -shoot 

 qften gibbous .at the base, pan. simple racemose-corymbose, /)•.- 

 bal. erect-patent. — Creepiag extensively. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. 

 Prickles much longer than the longitudinal extent of their base. 

 Lts. unequally serrate. Fr. dark red. — Wet places. Sh. VI. — 



vrn. E.I. 



5. M-plicAtus (W. & N.) ; St. suberect obtuse-angled, prickles 

 straight or deflexed from an oblong dilated base confined to the 

 angles, 1. quinate. Us. more or less plicate thin pilose not felted 

 beneath, term. It. cordate-acuminate, basal Its. usually subsessile, 

 lateral Its. of fl.-shoot rhomboidal-ovate dilated at the base, fi. 

 racemose or corymbose, raohis and ped. pilose not felted, fr.-cal. 

 reflexed.— .£■.£. S. 2714. JR. O. 1. E. frutiCosus Arrh.—Bt. 

 rately 4 ft. high. ' Prickles unequal, usually conical, much longer 

 than the longitudinal extent of their base. Upper 1. sometimes 

 pinnate-septenate.-^Heaths. • Sh. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



6. R.affinis (W. & N.) ; st. suberect or subarcuate angular 

 smooth, prickles Strong slightly deflexed or declining from a 

 dilated compressed base confined to the angles, L quinate. Us. 

 coriaceous wavy towards the end green and opaque on both sides 



