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cordate, fl.-shoot straightish, prickles on rachis few. E. B. 827. 

 Term. It. sometimes divided into three. — 13. conjungens; st. sub- 

 angular green, prickles strong from a large base declining, 1. 

 whitish tomentose beneath coarsely toothed, term. It. usually not 

 lobed cordate-ovate, fl.-shoot straightish, prickles on rachis few. 

 — y. purpureas ; St. angnlar darlc purple a little floccose, prickles 

 patent or a little dellexed or declining from a large base, 1. 

 whitish or greenish tomentose beneath rather finely toothed, 

 term. It. roundish ovate or subcordate,_^.-sAoof«)a»3/, prickles on 

 rachis many. R. oorylifolius y. and 8. height. — Hedges and 

 thickets. Sh. VI.— VIII. 



37. R. nemorosus (Hayne) ; st. prostrate bluntly angular with 

 a few short hairs and setae, prickles many very unequal patent 

 conical, 1. 6-nate or 3-nate nearly glabrous above paler and soft 

 beneath, term. It. roundly cordate pointed (on the fl.-shoot nar- 

 rowed below), pan. nearly simple open, sep. ovate-acuminate 

 conspicuously setose embracing the blue-black fr., "pet. nar- 

 rowed below," base of styles flesh-coloured, torus conical. — R. 

 dumetorum R. G. 46. — Prickles often slightly hairy especially 

 on the petioles, a little curved on the midrib of leaves. Basal 

 Its. stalked or subsessile. Fl.-l. simple. — a. glabratus; st. sub- 

 glabrous, fl.-shoot tomentose, 1. green and soft beneath. — 0. pi- 

 iosus ; st. and fl.-shoot subtomentose, 1. paler and soft beneath. 

 — y. R. bifrOTis (Vest.) ; st. subglabrous, 1. whitish and tomentose 

 beneath, fl.-shoot tomentose. — 8. f erase (Leight.) ; prickles 

 strong from a compressed cushionlike base, st. with a few hairs 

 and setse. A doubtful plant.^ — Hedges and thickets. Sh VI. 

 VII. 



38. R. ctesius (L.) ; st. prostrate round glaucous not hairy, 

 prickles weak slender subulate very unequal straight or towards 

 the end of the st. deflexed, 1. 3-nate irregularly incise-serrate, 

 term. It. ovate or rhomboidal or 3-lobed, basal Its. usually sessile 

 lobed below externally, pan. simple, sep. ovate long-pointed em- 

 bracing the glaucous fr. of few drupes, pet. elliptical emarginate, 

 styles green.— E. B. 826. R. G. 46.— St. long, slender. Prickles 

 very variable in number and length. Term. It. rarely divided 

 into three and forming a 5-pinnate leaf. R. tenuis (Bell Salt.) 

 is a state of this. — Heaths and hedges. Sh. VI. — IX. 



B. Herbacei. Stems nearly or quite herbaceous. 



39. R. saxatilis (L.) ; st. slender prostrate rooting unarmed 

 or with very few distant minute prickles, I. ternate, fl.-shoot erect 

 with a terminal few-flowered corymb, pet. oval about equalling 

 the calyx.— .E. B. 2233. R. G. 9.— St. annual, very slender. Fl.- 

 shoots radical, about a span high. Fl. yellow. Fr. of 1 — 4 large 

 red drupes. — Stony mountains. P. VII. VIII. 



