104 26. ROSACEiE. 



branches, prickles strong longest about the middle of the fl.- 

 shoot, hairs aeiculi and setse mostly short and equal. — R. G. 26 ? 

 — L. mostly soft beneath. I beheve R. Schleicheri (Leight., not 

 Weihe) is a form of this. The following plants are placed here 

 doubtfully. — /3. R. Colemanni (Blox.); prickles nearly equal often 

 , with deciduous glandular tips, hairs aeiculi and setse very few 

 deciduous, basal Its. not quite sessile, leafless top of pan. with 

 short few-flowered divaricate branches, prickles many, aeiculi 

 and setae rather few.' — y. aculeatus ; prickles from a very large 

 base declining, 1. grey and tomentose beneath, term. It. obovate, 

 basal Its. stalked not imbricate, leafless top of pan. with short 

 few-flowered divaricate branches, prickles very many, hairs aei- 

 culi and setse many unequal. — Hedges and thickets. 0. Leices- 

 tershire and Warwickshire, y. Coleford, Gloucestershire. Sh. 

 VII. VIII. E. 



C. h. 3-nate or 5-naie-pedate : basal Its. stalked, not imbri- 

 cate. Prickles passing rather abruptly into acieuli and 



30. R. pyramidalis (Bab.); St. decumbent roundly angular, 

 prickles many short strong with a very long compressed 

 base much declining or deflexed, hairs few, aeiculi and setas 

 nearly equal short strong, 1. 3-nate rarely 5-nate-pedate green 

 and pilose on both sides dentate-serrate. Its, of 3-nate 1. nearly 

 equal with decurved edges, term. It. obovate cuspidate, pan. py- 

 ramidal leafy below its top and branches tomentose racemose, 

 prickles slender straight, hairs and unequal setae many, rachis 

 straight and rigid. — St. quite procumbent, 1. paler and more 

 pilose beneath. Pan. remarkably pyramidal ; uppermost branches 

 1-flowered. Sep. with long setaceous points, their base adpressed 

 to the fruit. Pet. very narrow, often numerous. — Llanberis, 

 N. Wales. Culbone, Somerset. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



31. R. Guntheri (Weihe); st. decumbent roundly angular, 

 prickles weak unequal from a long compressed base declining, 

 aeiculi setae and hairs nearly equal short, 1. 3-nate or 5-nate- 

 pedate green and pilose on both sides unequally dentate-serrate, 

 term. It. broadly obovate acuminate, pan. thjTsoid leafy with 

 ascending usually few-flowered racemose branches, prickles few 

 small slender straight declining, aeiculi setae and hairs many un- 

 equal, rachis wavy. — R. G. 21. — Only slightly prickly. L. 

 slightly pilose above, much beneath. Upper fl.-l. mostly simple. 

 Sep. reflexed.— Thickets. Sh. VIII. E. 



32. R. hirtus (W. and N.); st. decumbent nearly round an- 

 gular at the end, prickles small slender long-based declining un- 

 equal, hairs setce and slender aeiculi many short unequal patent, 

 /. 5-nate-pedate or 3-nate green on both sides pilose above paler 



