100 26. rosacejE. 



rainate finely but unequally serrate grey hairy and finely tomen- 

 tose beneath. Lts. rather coriaceous. — /3. R. umbrosus (Arrh.) ; 

 St. arched slightly angular, term. It. elliptic-obovate subcuspidate 

 irregularly dentate-serrate pale green softly hairy and mostly 

 finely tomentose beneath. L. often 7-nate. Lts. large, flexible ; 

 term. It. usually subcordate below. R. carpinifolius, Blox. — 

 Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 



17. -R. mllicaulis (W. and N.); St. arched angular patently 

 hairy, prickles strong conical from a large base compressed 

 straight subpatent, 1. 5-nate thick pale green velvety shining with 

 reddish veins beneath dentate-serrate, term. It. cordate-ovate or 

 ovate acuminate-cuspidate, pan. compound leafy lax hairy to- 

 mentose setose, branches corymbose, prickles slender declining 

 or slightly deflexed, sep. long long-pointed hairy tomentose se- 

 tose loosely reflexed. — R. G. 17. R- sylvaticus Lees !, (Bab. in 

 part). R. G. 15? — St. becoming nearly naked; stellate down 

 rare ; hairs mostly solitary ; glands subsessile ; rarely a few setse 

 and aciculi. L. similarly clothed on both shoots. Fl. -shoot 

 rather thinly hairy throughout. Pan. usually narrow. — Hedges 

 and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 



18. R. pampinosus (Lees) ; st. arched angular with few hairs, 

 prickles slender conical declining from a long base, 1. 5-nate thin 

 green on both sides thickly pilose only on the veins beneath un- 

 equally dentate, term. It. cordate-ovate cuspidate, pan. long pyra- 

 midal leafy, lower branches racemose ascending, upper corym- 

 bose patent, prickles slender declining or deflexed, branches and 

 top of rachis ashy with short hair and tomentum, sep. hairy to- 

 mentose and slightly prickly with a dilated or leaflike point. — 

 Bot. of Malv. ed. 2. 55. — St. becoming naked and purple, po- 

 lished, rarely a small seta. L. nearly glabrovis and dull above, 

 naked between the veins beneath. Very nearly allied to the 

 large cordate-leafed form of R. mllicaulis.— Vfoods near Mal- 

 vern and Wire Forest. Sh. VII. VIII, E. 



19. R. mucronatus (Blox.) ; St. arched nearly round patently 

 hairy, prickles few small slender conical from a large base straight 

 subpatent, I. 5-nate rather thick green rough and pilose on both 

 SiA&s, finely dentate-serrate, term. It. broadly obovate with a cor- 

 date base abruptly cuspidate, pan. narrow leafy very lax hairy 

 tomentose setose, branches long 1 — 3-flowered, prickles few 

 slender declining, sep. long-pointed hairy tomentose setose 

 loosely reflexed. — R. sylvaticus (Bab. in part). — St. becoming 

 nearly naked ; hairs scattered ; glands subsessile ; setae and aci- 

 culi few. Fl. -shoot hairy throughout. — Hedges and thickets. 



sh.vii. vm. E. S. 



20. R. Salteri (Bab.) ; st. arched angular furrowed subgla- 

 brous, prickles moderate compressed subpatent from a long base, 



