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pressed base, hairs seta aind tary slender acicuK unequal many 

 pfitent, 1. quiuate-pedate, Us. Jinely hut doubly patently dentate 

 pilose and opaque above pilose, greenish white and shining be- 

 neath, term. It. obovate-oblong snbciuspidate, pan. broad leafy 

 below its branches corymbose its rachis rather wavy its prickles 

 few slender declining its hairs and setse many-BBftqual, sep. ovate 

 slightly aciculate shortly setose loosely reflexed fcom the fruit. 

 —Ji. G. 35. -K. hirtus a. Bab.-^Pan. sometimes nearly simple. 

 Pet. white, large. Sometimes the underside of the Its. is.felted. 

 —Woods and thickets. Sh. VH. VIIL E. S. I. 



■ 37. i?./oZ«5s«« (Weihe) ; st. arCuate-prostrate angular, prickles 

 many slender unfequal declining from a long compressed base, 

 setre and very slender aciouli scattered unequal, hairs few, 1. 

 quinate-pedate, fts. tmequalk) dentate-serrate pilose and opaque 

 above ^afe)' and pilose beneath, term. It. roundly cordate acumi- 

 nate, pan. long narrow leafy to the top its branches short erect- 

 patent corymbose its rachis rather wavy it-s prickles very slender 

 many declining its hairs and setse many unequal, sep. ovate- 

 atte7wate-aciculatie setose hairy laxly reflexed from the fruit. — 

 JR. G. 28. -B. hirtus y. Bab. — Very near JS. humifusus. The 

 serrature of its 1. is peculiar, the term. It. remarkable, and the 

 shape and spinous sepals different. — Hartshill Wood, Warw. 



Sh. vn. vin. E. 



38. R. glanduUmi (33eU.); st. arcuate-prostrate nearly round, 

 prickles small declining from a long compressed base, aciculi 

 setae and hairs many nearly equal, 1. temate or rarely quinate, 

 Its. nearly equal oblong cuspidate hairy only on the veins be- 

 neath, term. It. eubcordate-ovate-acuminate, pan. felted acicu- 

 late very setose its branches erect-patent axiUary its top racemose 

 its prickles slender declining^ sep. ovate-attenuate aciculate se- 

 tose felted loosely adpressed to the fruit or patent.^a. M. Sellardi 

 (Weihe) ; 1. temate. Its. nearly equal oblong doubly dentate- 

 serrate shortly pilose on the veins bfeneath, lateral Its. divaricate, 

 pan. with axiUary distant corymbose branches its rachis usually 

 wavy'. R. G. 44. R. glandiilosus K S. S. 2883. The divari- 

 cate Its. are remarkable, and the very open panicle. ' Sometimes 

 the 1. are quinate. A subvarietj' has a sKghtly angular stem. 

 Its. ovate-acuminate-cuspidate' with a cordate base' ashy green 

 beneath, lateral Its. patent or ascending. R. dentatus Blox. — fi. 

 R. hirtus (W. & K.) ; 1. quinate coarsely and unequally serrate 

 with long and dense hairs on the veins and shining beneath, 

 term. It. subcordate-ovate-acuminate,pan. often long its branches 

 racemose or corymbose shortly setose its rachis heairly straight. 

 JJiO. 43. R.fascus lanea. A sdbvariety has a sHghliy'angular 

 stem, 1. temate or rarely quinate, Its. doubly dentate cuspidate/ 



