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and shining and often densely hairy but the hairs only on the 

 veins beneath, term. It. obovate or roruadly cordate-oboyate suV 

 aouminate, pan. open compound leafy hairy subsetose felted its 

 branches corymboae its prickles slender declining or deflaxed, 

 Bep. hairy setose aciculate loosely reflexed ffom. the feuit. — R. 

 G. 17. B.. viUicaulis and R. pampinosMS Bah. — St. bteoining 

 nearly naked, rarely a few setae and aciCuli. The J!, vulgaris 

 (Lindl.) is a form of this species -snth more aciculi and stfong 

 deciduous-headed sets on its stem.^ — Woods and hedges. Sh, 



vn. vm. E. S. L 



20. M. macrophyThts ( Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angulai 

 jlatently pilose, prickles short slender conical-compressed de- 

 clining from a large dilated compressed base, 1. quinate, Us, 

 doubly and patently dentate ■ or irregularly dentate-serrate pilose 

 above pale, green felted or velvety or hairy only on the veins 

 beneath, term. It. elliptic or roundly obovate or obovate cuspi- 

 date or acuminate more or less cordate, pan. hairy felted setose 

 its branches short few-flowered corymbose the lower axillary 

 subracemose and ascending its prickles declining, sep. ovate-afr^ 

 tenuate hairy felted setose loosely reflexed from the fruit. — ^The 

 following forms have been considered species. — a. -B. um- 

 brosus fArrh.) ;■ prickles slender from a large base, 1. quinate, 

 Its. doubly anapateiitly dentate Velvety or slightly felted beneath, 

 term. It. broadly obovate cuspidate, pan. with slender prickles 

 <i^ o/sgj. K«e»r, cor. rose-coloured. R. carpinifoKus^Xox. Term. 

 It. sometimes divided into three. — ^. R. macrophylhis (W. & 

 N.) ; prickles small short from a very large base, 1. 6 — 3-nate, 

 Its. irregularly dentate-serrate hairy only on the veins and rarely 

 felted beneath, term. It. elliptic or broadly obovate, pan. with 

 slender prickles, sep. leaf-pointed, cor. white. R. Q. 12. Lts. 

 often very large. St.' often with a few aciculi and setae. A 

 very variable plant. — y. R. Schlechtendalii (W. & N.) ; pricklefe 

 short small from a very large base, 1. usually quinate, Us. doubly 

 and patemih/ dentate usually hairy only on the veins not felted 

 beneath, term. U. long obovate acuminate wedgeshaped or sub- 

 cordate at the base, pan. with strong prickles, sep. with a linear 

 point, cor. -white. & G. 11. Hardly distinguishable fromvar. 

 /3.— 5. R. a'mplifkatvs (Lees) ; prickles short from a very large 

 base, 1. usually quinate. Us. somewhat doubly patently dentate 

 hairy only on the veins veneath not felted, teim. It. broadly obo- 

 vate aciiminate, pan. very Wge its prickleS strong compressed 

 from a very large base, sep. usually leaf-pointed, cor. white or 

 pinkish. Remarkable for the very strong prickles'with exceed- 

 ingly long compressed bases on its panicle. — e. glahratus; prickles 

 short from a very large hasp, 1. quinate, Us. irregularly or rather 

 doubly denta,te sligktly hairy only on the veins beneath, term. It. 



