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above most prickly in the middle, fr.-cal. reflexed, prickles strong 

 but slender straight declining. — R. Lindleianus Lees ! — St. 

 generally rooting, purplish when exposed. L. digitate, coarsely 

 and doubly serrate. Ultimate pan. -branches tomentose. Pri- 

 mordial fr. small, globular ; drupes small, black, glossy, globular, 

 well-flavoured. — Sometimes the pan. is closer with ascending 

 branches, and the Its. broader and less plicate.^-The term. It. is 

 much narrowed below in true R. Lindleianus. R. nitidus (W. 

 and N.) is R. pZjcates.— Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 



7. R. qffinis (W. and N.) ; st. angular smooth, prickles slightly 

 deflexed or declining conical from a long compressed base, 1. 5- 

 nate wavy towards the end dull green and rather pilose above 

 paler and tomentose beneath, term. It. cordate or cordate-ovate 

 cuspidate, basal Its. stalked, pan. broad compound leafy with 

 ascending cymose often elongated and leafy branches, rachis hairy 

 tomentose above, prickles large deflexed with large compressed 

 dilated base. — R, G. 3. — St. often seeming suberect. Basal Its. 

 often slightly imbricate. — R. lentiginosus (Lees) ; St. a Httle fur- 

 rowed, prickles declining, term. It. oblong-obovate rather acu- 

 minate cordate below sometimes subglabrous beneath, pan. nar- 

 rower : seems to be a state of R. affinis growing in exposed 

 situations; the basal Its. are stalked, and its Its. plicate only 

 from youth. — Heaths and open woods. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. 



8. R. latifolitts (Bab.) ; st. decumbent or slightly arching an- 

 gular /arrowed, prickles moderate slightly declining compressed 

 from a long base, 1. 5-nate pilose above more so beneath coarsely 

 doubly dentate, term. It. cordate acuminate, basal Its. sessile im- 

 bricate, pan. short leafy with ascending few-flowered corymbose 

 branches pilose its top and pedicels tomentose and hairy, prickles 

 short slender declining. — St. strong, green. L. very broad. 

 Base of fl.-shoot slightly hairy. Pet. shortly ovate, clawed. — 

 Open woods. Craraond Bridge near Edinburgh. Acharn, Perth- 

 shire. Sh. VII. VIII. S. 



9. R. imbricatus (Hort) ; st. decurved much branched angular 

 furrowed, prickles small strong dechning from a long base, 1. S- 

 nate thin convex opaque and subglabrous above paler and slightly 

 pilose beneath dentate-serrate. Its. imbricate cuspidate convex, 

 term. It. roundish-cordate, pan. narrow leafy below with distant 

 long racemose ascending branches very hairy at the top not to- 

 mentose, prickles short slender from a large base deflexed, fr.-sep. 

 abruptly cuspidate. — A. N. H. Ser. 2. vii. — St. much branched, 

 purplish red. Prickles reddish. Base of fl.-shoot slightly hairy. 

 Pet. eUiptical, white. Styles greenish yellow below. Primor- 

 dial fr. subglobose ; torus subsessile. — Valley of the Wye below 

 Monmouth, plentiful. Mr. Hort. Sh. VI. VII. E. 



