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41. B. alth(Bif6lius {Host) ; st. prostrate slightly an^ar with 

 scattered hairs and setse, prickles many unequal slender patent 

 from an ohlong compressed base, L quinate or temate, Us. cre- 

 nately lobed pale green -with hairs on the veins loosely white- 

 felted beneath, basal Us. of the temate I. retrorsely bipartite of the 

 qidiiate I. sessile imJriccrfe, term. It. rhotnbMal-obovate suhcordate 

 below, pan. leafy its axillary branches and top racemose-corym- 

 bose with few very short setse, prickles on the middle of the 

 rachis longest slender, sep. ovate-subacuminate setose loosely 

 aApressed to the (black-blue) fruit, pet. obovate, styles flesh- 

 coloured at their base. — St. round at the base, above bluntly 

 an^lar or even furrowed. Pan. rather long, open ; top formed 

 of irregular corymbs of nearly simple peduncles. Pet. nearly 

 white.— Hedges. Sh. 71.-7111. E. 



42. iJ. tvbercaUlws (Bab.); st. arcuate-prostrate slightly 

 angular with scattered short hairs and setae, prickles many un- 

 equal slender patent from an oblong tub^odiform base, 1. temate 

 or quinate. Its. rather doubly dentate hairy on the vans beneath 

 green on both sides, basal Its. of the temate 1. bilobate of the 

 quinate I. nearly sessile irribricate, term. It. roundly cordate sub- 

 cuspidate, pan. leafy its axillary branches racemose its top 

 corymbose, prickles from the middle to the top of the pan. and 

 ped. slender, and longest, sep. ovate-acuminate aciculate setose 

 loosely adpressed to the fruit.— JJ. nemorosus S. ferox Leight. — 

 St. very bluntly angular. Pan. short, its branches few-flowered. 

 Pet., pinkish.— Hedges. Sh. VII. VHL E.I. 



43. S. cee'sius (L.) ; st. prostrate terete glaucous, prickles 

 small unequal declining or deflexed from a long compressed 

 base, 1. temate or rarely pinnate, Its. unequally cut err coarsely 

 serrizte, term. It. ovate rhomboidal-ovate or 3-lobed, lateral Its. 

 rather bilobed subsessHe, pan. nearly simple, often very small, 

 sep. ovate acuminate with a long linear point adpressed to the 

 glaucous fruit, pet.- obovate notched,styles greenish. — a. agrestia; 

 St. very slender, prickles few small,"lta.'JflatiobatE-serrate rather 

 pilose on both sides, term. It. rhoniboidal-ovate acuminate 

 rounded belpw. M. <:(Bsius a. aquaticus and ^. agrestis R. G. 

 46. A. Pan. often nearly simple, or its branches rarely more 

 than once divided but often very long.-t-jS. tenuis ; st. very slen- 

 der, prickles many strong but small nearly equal deflexed,.lt8. 

 flat (?) dtnibly serrate pilosfe on both sides or ■vollose beneath, 

 term. It. obovate or cordate-obovate-atuibinate,fr. black "not 

 glaucous." R. tenms Bell-Salt. St. somfetimes having a very 

 few acicuH and setae. Bases of prickles nfuch enlarged. — y. 

 idmifoUus ; st. slender purplish, prickles many small deflexed 

 or declining, aciculi setse and liairs f^w short, 1^. rather rugose 

 lobate-serrat^, pilose only on the veijis, or hairy or slightly, ashyr 



