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It. obovate cuspidate rounded below. — y. denticulatus (Bab.) ; 

 term. It. squarely obovate cuspidate cordate below obscurely but 

 broadly dentate. — 8. ? R. Reichenbachii (Weihe ?) ; st. hairy with 

 few aciculi and setae, term. It. nearly round ashy beneath, pan. 

 oblong rather broad lower half leafy, branches racemose-corym- 

 bose, point of Sep. long linear (not leaflike?). R. G. 37. — 

 Hedges and thickets. 0. Shropshire, y. Sheffield. 8. Bangor. 

 Sh. VII. VIII. 



B. L. 5-nate. Prickles passing very gradaally into aciculi 

 and seta. 



a. Basal Its. stalked, not imbricate. 



27. R. paUidus (Weihe) ; St. arched or decumbent roundish- 

 angular, prickles scattered unequal subpatent rather slender (in 

 fi. dechning or deflexed strong) from a compressed base, aciculi 

 and setae scattered, hairs many, I. even green and soft beneath, 

 term. It. obovate-elUptical acuminate, pun. narrow leafy hairj', 

 branches racemose erect-patent, prickles unequal slender declining 

 a few strong, aciculi and setae very unequal. — jR. G. 29. R. 

 Koehleri y. 8. t. of ed. 2. R. rosaceus Lees ! — The amount of 

 prickles varies much on all parts. Pan. sometimes simple, or 

 lower branches long racemose, upper short 1 — 3-flowered, some- 

 times subcorymbose. — ^. infestus (Bab.) ; prickles many strong 

 short much declining or deflexed, hairs aciculi and setae few and 

 short, pan. with short racemose branches and declining (or much 

 deflexed strong) prickles. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VH. VIII. 



28. R. JKbeAfeH (Weihe); st. arched or decumbent roundish or 

 angular, prickles many unequal from a compressed base, aciculi 

 setae and hairs many, 1. even pale green and rough beneath, term. 

 It. obovate, basal Its. stalked, pan. rather open and broad-topped 

 leafy with short mostly corymbose and patent branches, prickles 

 many long straight, hairs aciculi and setae unequal many. — R. G. 

 25. E.B.S. 2605.— In the typical plant (a. and p. ed. 2) the term. 

 It. varies from gradually acuminate to abruptly cuspidate, the 

 prickles often nearly cover the St., the pan.-branches often have 

 very many straight slender prickles. Prickles of pan. all straight 

 and slender, or a few of the largest hooked and broad-based, 

 rarely nearly all so. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 



b. Basal Its. subsessile, usually imbricate. 



29. R.fusco-ater (Weihe ?) ; st. arched or decumbent angular 

 slightly hairy, prickles many subpatent straight from a com- 

 pressed base unequal, aciculi and setae many, 1. rugose above 

 pale green beneath, term. It. cordate-ovate acuminate, pan. long 

 narrowish leafy naked above vidth short erect-patent subracemose 



