112 26., KosACEa;. 



roundly cordate or broadly ^oboTate suboordate, pan. with slender 

 piiickles, Sep. (apparently) leaf-pointed. ■ L., nearly glabrous be- 

 neath. Term. It. very round. — Woods and thickets. Sh. VIIj 



yiii. . E.S.I. 



c. iSpectahiles. Stem with rather "unequal prickles, and 

 scattered aioiculi and setae and. usually dense pubescence. 



: 21. -S. mucronuldtus (&)r.) ; :st. arcuate Mderete patently pi- 

 lose, prickles few conical slender declining from, an oblong dilated 

 base, i.'-quinate, Us. thick Jinely dentate- serrate rough andpilose 

 above hairy only on the (reddish) veins beneath, term. It. broadly 

 obovate (Mspidate cordate below,pan. narrow lax leafy hairy 

 setose felted its branches long 1 — .3-flowered its prickles small 

 slider declining, Sep. ovate-attenuate hairy setose felted with 

 a linear point. — -ffi. mucronatus Biox. (not Ser^) — St. becoming 

 nearly naked ; a few setae and adiculi. Pet. pale pink. — Banks 

 and hedges. Sh. VII. VIH. i E. S. 



- 22. -K. SprerigeHii (Weihe); st. prostrate terete, pilose, ^rw^fes 

 unequal defiexed from a large compressed ba^e, 1. ,3 — ^^5-nate 

 pedate, Its. thin gTeen, with scattered hairs, only on the .veins 

 beneath, term. It. ellipticracuniiaate, pan. lax hairy felted setose 

 its . axUlary branches patent ,few -flowered < the ultra-axiUary di- 

 varicate its prickles few slender deflexed,.sep. ovate-acuminate 

 erect-patent often leaf-pojnted. — a. H. .Borrei;^' /Bell-Salt.) ;,st. 

 arcuate-prostrate thick with scattered, aciculi and setae, prickles 

 unequal, 1. usua,lly quiuate, pan. rather thyrsoid or with a sub- 

 corymbose top. — 18. R. Spi-engeUi (Weihe) ; st. usually quite 

 prostrate slender, prickles small, aciculi and setae very few, 1. 

 usually ternate, Its. flexible, pan. lax few-flowered pyramidally 

 subcorymbose. R. O. 10. — The original R. Sprengeliiis mani- 

 festly a small form of R. J?or?-e?x-^Heaths and woods. Sh. "VT. 



vn. 1 E. 



d. RadiJd(B. Stem rough with small elevated rigid points 

 on which the deciduous setsS' and aciculi were seated ; 

 prickles nearly equal. 



23. R. Bloxdmii (Le,es)! ; st. arcuate-prosti-ate angular slightly 

 furrowed, prickles small suhpateiit unequal, aciculi and setae short 

 many,' hairs many, 1, •5^3-nate, Its. coarsely ^ouhXj dentate green 

 andjnlose on both gide^, tenn. It. roundly ohovate cuspidate, , pan. 

 long leafy to the, top felted «fo short branches and top corymbose its 



Erickle's slender declining, Sep. ovate-acuminate loosely reflexed 

 :om the , fruit.— St. thick, rarely furrowed. L, . subpedate. 

 Upper flo;ral 1. simple. Pet, white.— Woods. , Sh. VII. VIII,' E. 



24. R. Hya'trix (Weihe) : st. arCuate-prostrate angular slightly 

 furrowed, pricldes slender declining from a dilated compressed 



