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pink. Primordial fr.' about • hemisplierical. — Heaths and open 

 woods. Sh. %n[I. i E. S. 



10. R. imbricdim (Hort); st. arcuate-prostrate angular, 

 prickles small strong declining from a Ibng compressed. base, ,/. 

 convex quinate, Us. omivea; coriaceous opaque and subglabrous 

 above paler witb scattered hairs beneath cuspidate imbricate^ 

 term. It. roundly cordate-obovate, pan. narrow leafy below with 

 ascending distant long racemose branches its top and pedicels hairy 

 scBJ'ceSz/etoHts prickles slender deflexed, sep. abruptly cuspi- 

 date. — St. purplish red. Basal overlap the interm., interm. the 

 term, leaflet. . Pet. obovate, white. Primordial fr. subglobose. 

 — By the Wye' below Monmouth, abundantly. Rev. K J. A. 

 Hort. Sh. VI. Vn. E. 



11. R. latifdlius (Bab.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate ang-ular fur- 

 rowed, prickles small slen,der compressed slightly declining from 

 a very long compressed base, 1. quinate, Its, thin pilose on both 

 sides coarsely and doubly dentate not felted beneath, term. It.-, 

 cordate acuminate, basal Itg., sessile imbricate, pan. short leafy 

 hairy with ascending fewTflowered corymbose brajiches its top 

 find pedicels felted and hairy its prickles slender short declining. 

 — St., strong, green., Lts. very broad. Pet. ovate, clawed. 

 Primordial fruit apparently about hemispherical. — Open woods. 

 Cramond Bridge and Colintpn near Edinburgh. Acham, Perlhr 

 shire. Sh. ^^I. VHI. S. 



(3) Villicaules. Stems arching more or less, rooting, pilose 

 or bald, often felted, having subsessile glands and rarely 

 a few setse and aciculi. Prickles confined to the angles 

 of the stem, nearly equal, or a few smaller scattered on 

 the faces. Basal leaflets stalked, not overlapping the 

 intermediate leaflets. , ^ <';' 



a. Discohres. St. with strong equal prickles' and closely' 

 adpressed pubescence. Leaves white-felted beneath. 



12.' J2. dis' color (W. & N.),; st. arciude-prostrate angular fur- 

 rowed stellately downy, prickles declining, or deflexed, from a 

 much dilated compressed base, 1. quinate. Its. coriaceous convex 

 rugose above_^e^ white-felted beneath, term. It. obovate-cus- 

 pidate, pan. long narrow felted its fe-wr dower branches axiUaiy 

 many-flowered its prickles strong hooked, cal. finely white- 

 felted. — R. O. 20. B. fruticosus Sm.r^Qt. nearly prostrate un- 

 less supported,^ often nearly glabrous ,and glaucous. Lts, usually 

 hairless but with fine hard, felt beneath, usually -with decurved 

 edges. Pet. pink. Fr. of nianv small acid drupes. — Hedges 

 and thickets. , Common. Sh. YH, VHI, E. S. I. 



