116 26. eosacEjE. 



prickly plant which differs much in appeai-ance from R. fusco- 

 ater. . hta. usually soft beneath. Pet. white. — Hedges. Sh. 



VII. vm. > E. 



33. -B. Lejmn'ii (Weihe) ; sti arcuate-prostrate suhangular 

 with scattered hairs and sstse, prickles mostly small a few longer 

 declining from a long, compressed base, aciculi very short, 1. 

 q^iinate-pedate, Its. opaque and pilose above paler, £(Jid hairy 

 only on the veins beneath lobafe-seiTate towards the tip, basal 

 Its. stalked not imbricate, term. It. obovate-acuminate,'pan. broad 

 hairy leafy setose its top corymbose its axillary branches asc^d- 

 inr/ subra;Cemose its, prickles slender declining its aets^ many 

 unequal, sep. ovate felted setose loosely adpressed to the fruits 

 M. G. 31. — Sep. often having a short linear .point; itp, allies 

 when furnished with an appendage to the sepals have it leaf- 

 like.— Hedgep,. Sh, ,vii. vni. ,. ' , ■ E. 



b. Bellurdiani. Leaves teruate or quinate-pedate ; basal 

 leaflets not imbricate, 'stalked. Prickles mostly confined 

 to the angles ofthe very hairy aoiculate and setose stems. 



34. R. joyramidSis (Bab.); st. very nearly prostrate roimdly 

 angular, prickles many short strong much- declining or deflexed 

 from a very large compressed base, hairs few, aciculi and setEe 

 many nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely quinate-pedate. Its, convex 

 irregularly dentate-sen'ate, nearly equal opaque and pilose above 

 paler and pilose beneath, term. It. oboyate-cuspidate, jmn. pyra- 

 midal leafy beldw its top and branches racemose felted Marachi^ 

 straight rigid its prickles slender declining its hairs and' setse 

 many unequal, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely adpressed to. the 

 fruit.— St; usually quite prostrate. Pan. very pyramidal. Pet. 

 very narrow, greenish white. — Edges of woods, rare. Sh. "VTI. 

 Vlil. ' E. 



35. R. Gwt'theri CWeihe); st. arcuate-prostrate terete, ;)rfcfes 

 slender unequal declining froni a large subcottlpressed base, aci- 

 culi setss and hairs short nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely 

 quinate-pedate. Us. fiat irregularly or doubly dentate-serrate 

 nearly equal opaque ,and pilose above pilose greenish white or 

 slightly felted beneath, term. It. obovate-acuniinate, pan. nan-ow 

 leafy, its branches distant ascending racemose fpw-flowered its 

 rachis wavy its prickles few slender declining its hairs and setee 

 many equal, sep. ovate-lanceolate loosely reflexed from the fruit. 

 ^ — R. G.. 21. — Only slightly prickly. Pan. very loose, its, rachis 

 forming an angle at each leaf. Pet. narrow, pale pink. — Shady 

 places. Sh. Vll. VIH. E. I. 



36. R. humifusus ( Weihe) ; sl^. arcuate-prostrate nearly round, 

 prickles many slender very unequal declining from a Icing com- 



