102 26. ROSACEiE. 



prickles moderate subpatent compressed chiefly on the angles, 

 aciculi and setae small, hairs many all short, 1. 5 — 3-nate green 

 and pilose on both sides coarsely dentate, term. It. broadly ob- 

 ovate cuspidate, pan. long leafy, short branches and top corym- 

 bose, simple floral 1. very large subcordate below, prickles slender 

 declining from long compressed bases, rachis angular not tomen- 

 tose, Sep. ovate-lanceolate leaf-pointed. — St. thick, rarely fur- 

 rowed, green or purplish. L. subpedate. Upper floral 1. simple ; 

 others 'd — 5-nate ; term. It. cordate-ovate cuspidate. — Leicester- 

 shire. Warwickshire. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



24. R. Hystrix (Weihe) ; st. arched angular slightly furrowed, 

 prickles slender from a long compressed base slightly declining 

 rather scattered, aciculi few setae many hairs few all nearly equally 

 short, 1. pedate green and pilose on both sides dentate-serrate, 

 term. It. obovate-oblong acuminate, pan. long leafy rather prickly 

 with racemose ascending branches below upper half leafless with 

 short patent or divaricate branches, prickles on fl. -shoot large- 

 based declining on pan. very slender, rachis wavy, sep. lanceo- 

 late-attenuate (point flattened and dilated) erect-p.itent on fruit. 

 — R. G. 41. — St. greenish-purple. Prickles sometimes very 

 small. L. paler and more hairy, but not white, beneath ; term. 

 It. gradually narrowed into a long point in the typical plant, nar- 

 rowed below on both shoots. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. 

 VIII. E. 



2.5. R. Radula(W eihe); st. arched angular, prickles compressed 

 from a long compressed base declining vmequal and passing into 

 aciculi, aciculi setae and hairs many unequal, I. pedate whitish- 

 green and downy beneath unequally and finely serrate, term. It. 

 ovate acuminate, pan. long leafy slightly prickly naked at the 

 end with short corymbose ascending branches, prickles of fl. -shoot 

 and base of pan. strong large-based deflexed, sep. ovate longBOi 

 leaf-pointed loosely reflexed from the fruit. — R. G. 39. — The 

 y. pygmeeus and 8. foliosus of ed. 2 are R. pallidus; R. Lingua 

 (Bab.) is this species with a less compound panicle. — Hedges and 

 thickets. Sh. Vn. VIII. E. 



26. R. rudis (Weihe) ; st. arched angular shghtly furrowed, 

 prickles long compressed nearly equal clearly separated from the 

 acicuU, aciculi setae and hairs equal, 1. whitish green and doT\'ny 

 beneath doubly and coarsely serrate, term. It. obovate-elliptic 

 acuminate, pan. long leafy naked at the end slightly prickly, 

 branches ascending corymbose, prickles of the fl. -shoot and base 

 of pan. strong large-based deflexed, sep. ovate leaf-pointed closely 

 reflexed from the fruit. — R. G. 40.— The presence not absence 

 of the leaf-point to the sep. is of value. Var. attenuatus (Bab.) 

 is a wood form with thinner 1. green beneath and term. It. much 

 lengthened at one or both ends.— ^. R. Leightonii (Lees) ; term. 



