96 26. ROSACE.E. 



With suckers. St. 2—3 ft. high ; prickles small. L. all ternate ; 

 Its. similar. Fr. unknown. — IlforJ Bridges, Devon. Dunster, 

 Som. Sh. VI. E. 



ii. Suberecti. Ripe fruit not separating from its receptacle. 

 Stems glabrous, slightly pilose; prickles equal. — Sepals 

 densely tomentose within, pilose externally with a narrow 

 border of white tomentum. 



3. R. suberectus (And.); st. roundish obtuse-angled at the end, 

 prickles few small from a large compressed base confined to the 

 angles of the St., 1. 5 — 7-nate flexible thin, term. It. cordate acu- 

 minate, basal Its. subsessile. Its. of fl.-shoot all narrowed below, 

 pan. thyrsoid, fr.-cal. reflexed. — E. B. 2572. R. mnbrosus Lees ! 

 — St. 3 — 4 ft. high. Prickles scarcely longer than the longitudinal 

 extent of their base. L. green on both sides, rarely 3-nate, deeply 

 and very acutely unequally serrate. Fr. dark red. — Boggy woods 

 and heaths. Sh. VII. VIII. 



4. R. fissus (Lindl.) ; st. reclining slightly angular, prickles 

 from a small short oval base slightly deflexed not confined to the 



angles, 1. 5 — 7-nate coriaceous, lateral Its. of fl.-shoot often 

 slightly gibbous below, pan. corymbose, fr.-cal. erect-patent. — 

 St. 1^ — 2 ft. high. Prickles fully twice as long as the longitu- 

 dinal extent of their base. L. green on both sides, unequally 

 serrate ; lower pair imbricate. Fr. dark red. — Bog in Almond 

 Park, Salop. Llanberis, Caern. ? Sh. VII.— IX. E. 



5. R. plicatus (W. and N.) ; st. bluntly angular, prickles 

 slender straight or deflexed from a rather long oval base confined 

 to the angles, 1. 5-nate coriaceous mostly plicate, term. It. cor- 

 date acuminate, basal Its. mostly subsessile, lateral Its. of fl.- 

 shoot dilated and gibbous below, pan. pyramidal, fr.-cal. reflexed. 

 —E. B. 2714. R. G.\. R. nitidus R. G. 4. R.fruticosus (L.) 

 Arrh. R. G. 2. — St. 3 — 4 ft. long. Basal Its. sometimes stalked 

 and prickles on st. stronger ; usually those Its. are subsessile and 

 imbricate. — 13. carinatus ; 1. all lanceolate keeled. — Damp heaths. 

 Sh. VII. VIII. 



** Stem arched or prostrate, generally rooting at the end, shrubby. 



iii. Nitidi. St. slightly pilose, but not stellately downy nor 

 setose. Prickles chiefly on the angles of the stem, neaily 

 equal, from a long low compressed base. 



6. R. nitidus (Bell Salt.) ; st. angular shining smooth, prickles 

 strong few declining compressed, 1. 5-aate plicate green and 

 shining above paler and hairy beneath, term. It. ovate or roundish 

 acuminate, basal Its. stalked not imbricate, pan. compound leafy 

 with spreading or divaricate short branches, rachis polished hairy 



