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base, aciculi and hairs few short equaJUing tbe many setse and 

 much shorter than the prickles, 1. quinate-pedate, Its. coarsely 

 and rather doubly and patently dentate green and pilose on both 

 sides ) term. It. oblong-obovate acuminate, pan. long leafy its 

 branches long racemose ascending but the uppennost and ultra- 

 axillary, patent or divaricate its rachis -vravy its prickles strong 

 declining the uppermost slender, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely 

 adpressed to the fruit. — R. G. 41. — Lts. flat, but wavy at the 

 edges, hairy but not felted beneath. I*et. pink. — Hedges and 

 thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



25. H.rosdceus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular,^n'eAZe« 

 slender nearly equal declining from a dilated compressed base a 

 few shorter slightly exceeding the nearly, equal aciculi sette: and 

 hairs, 1. quinate-pedate or temate. Its. doubly-dentate-serrate 

 pilose above paler and pilose only on the veins beneath, term. 

 It. obovate- or oblong-acuminate usually subcordate below, ^a». 

 .fubpyrarnidal truncate leafy below its branches racemose ascend- 

 ing or the ultra-aixUlary patent corymbose or simple its rachia 

 more or less wa\T its prickles slender declining, sep. lanceolate- 

 attenuate loosely adpressed j to the fruit. — JR. O. .86. — Perhaps 

 not distinct from £. HystrLv. Its more elegant pyramidal and 

 abrupt papjcle and the more unequal prickles less markedly 

 separated from the aciculi are the chief differences. "Pet. pale 

 pink."— Woods and hedges. Sh. Vn. VIH. ' ' E. I. 



26. R. pygmt^ws (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subterete, 

 prickles many slender unequal declining slightly dilated at, their 

 base, setse hairs and very slender aciculi unequal many, 1. qui- 

 nate-pedate or temate, Us. coarsely unequal and doubly serrate 

 pilose above paler and piose only on the^ veins beneath, term. It. 

 obovate-aouminate, pan. long narrow leafy below its branches 

 cdrymbose its rachis straight its prickles slender declining its 

 aciculi.. setae and haii's many and unequal, sep. ovate-attenuate 

 aciculate with long seta felted loosely reflexed from the fruit. — 

 R. G. 4:'2. R. hirtus /3. MenUii Bab.— St. perhaps prostrate. Pan. 

 rather long with distant short axillary branches, uppermost very 

 short aajd often divaricate. Pet. white or pinkish. — Hedges. 

 Tonbridge Wells and l^atford. Sh. VII."MII. E. 



27. R. scaber (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subangular sub- 

 sulcate, prickles strong short nearly equal declining or dcflexed 

 from a long compressed base, aciculi setae and hairs, few very 

 short, 1. 3 — 5-nate, Its. doubly dentate opaque and pilose above 

 pale; green and. pilose beneathy term. It. broadly obovate cuspi- 

 date or acuminate subcordate below, pan., subpyramidal leafy 

 felted truncate or blunt at the end its axillary branches erect- 

 patent racemose the ulti'a-axillary racemose-corymboae or simple 



