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and hairy beneath dentate, pan. with a racemose naked top and 

 many short axillary distant branches very hairy and setose, 

 prickles long slender declining lower ones long-based. — R. G. 

 43. — St. densely covered with hairs and very unequal setse and 

 aciculi. Term. It. with a cordate base, obovate-cuspidate, finely 

 but doubly dentate. Axillary branches of pan. racemose-corym- 

 bose, sometimes and then the pan. is usually simple. Fr.-cal. 

 patent or reflexed, tomentose, setose, scarcely at all prickly. — 

 0. R. Menkii (Weihe); term. It. obovate-lanceolate coarsely 

 doubly dentate-serrate, cal. prickly. R. G. 22 ? — y. R.foUosus 

 (Weihe) ; st. more angular with fewer hairs and setae, term. It. 

 cordate acuminate, pan. leafy to the top, cal. slightly prickly. 

 R. G. 28.— Thickets. /3. Tonbridge Wells, y. Warwickshire. 

 Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. 



33. R. glandulosus (Bell.) ; st. decumbent nearly round 

 throughout, prickles small slender unequal large-based declining, 

 aciculi setcB and hairs rather many short nearly equal patent, I. 

 3-nate or 5-nate-pedate green on both sides pilose above hairy 

 beneath dentate-serrate, pan. with a racemose or corymbose naked 

 top and several short axillary corymbose branches very hairy and 

 setose, prickles slender declining some large-based, fr.-cal. erect 

 or patent. — L. scarcely paler beneath. Aciculi setee and hairs on 

 st. less numerous and far less conspicuous than in R. hirtus. 

 Prickles on lower part of fl. -shoot often deflexed. — a. R. Bellardi 

 (Weihe) ; st. round, prickles small, hairs and setse rather many, 

 term. It. elliptic cuspidate finely dentate-serrate, pan. shghtly 

 divided, its top and few long distant branches corymbose. R. G. 

 44. E. B. S. 2883. A state of this is the R. dentatus Blox.— 

 0. R. fascus (Bab.) ; st. roundish, prickles small, aciculi and 

 setse rather few, hairs dense, term. It. elliptic-subcordate acute 

 coarsely or doubly dentate, pan. rather long, branches subcorym- 

 bose. R. rotundifolius (Blox.) is a form of this. — The two fol- 

 lowing plants may constitute a distinct species from the two pre- 

 ceding. — y. R. Lejeunii (Weihe) ; st. slightly angular sparingly 

 hairy and setose, I. with long silky hairs on both sides, term. It. 

 ovate acuminate, pan. spreading densely hairy with many short 

 sunken setse, cal. very hairy. R. G. 31. — 8. R. rosaceus (Weihe); 

 St. slightly angular, I. very slightly pilose above more so beneath, 

 term. It. cordate or cordate-obovate-attenuate, pan. rather pjaa- 

 midal branched below hairy with long unequal prominent setse. 

 B, G. 36. — a. Terrington Car, Yorkshire. Twycross, Leicester- 

 shire. Gt. Malvern. Tintern. ^. Leicestershire. Worcester- 

 shire. Hertfordshire, y. Channel Isles. Twyci-oss. 8. rather 

 common. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



34. R. scaber (Weihe) ; st. rather angular, prickles strong 

 short dechningj acicuh setae and hairs very short rather few 



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