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i. Idcei. Stems suberect, biennial. Ripe fruit separating 

 from its receptacle. — Leaves often pinnate. 



1. R. Ida:' us (L.) ; st. erect round pruinose, prickles setaceous 

 straight, 1. 6-pinnate or ternate white beneath, term. It. long- 

 stalked, interm. Its. sessile not imbricate, prickles of fl.-shoot and 

 ped. deflexed, fl. axillary and terminal corymbose. — E. B. 2442. 

 -ffi. 0. 47. — ^Oreeping. St. 4 — 6 ft. high ; prickles small, usually 

 many. L. usually pinnate, rarely ternate. Fr. red or amber- 

 coloured. — ^. a. Leesii (Bab.) ; 1. ternate, Its. all roundly ovate 

 subsessile imbricate. E. B. 8. 2981. — y. rotundifoKus ; 1. like 

 those of j3 but term. It. long-stalked, 1. of flowering shoot 

 similar but upper ones simple. — ^Damp edges of woods and 

 heaths. Sh. VI. E. S. I. 



ii. Fruticosi. Stems biennial or subperenniaL Ripe fruit 

 not separating from its receptacle. Leaves digitate, 

 pedate or rarely subpinnate. — R. fruticosua Houk. 



(1) Suherecti. Stems usually suberect, glabrous or slightly 

 pilose, not setose nor felted. Prickles equal. — Sepals 

 densely white-felted within, pilose externally with a 

 narrow harder of white felt. 



2. .B. SM6e)-eo'ii«s (Anders.) ; st. erect obtuse-angled at the top, 

 prichlesfew small uniform from a large compressed base confined 

 to the angles of the stem, 1. 3 — 6 — 7-nate, Its.fleTihle flat, term. 

 It. cordate-acuminate, basal Its. subsessile those of fl.-shoot nar- 

 rowed to the base, fl. racemose or subpanicled, Sep. reflexed. — E. 

 B. 2572. — St. 3 — 6 ft. high. Prickles conical, scarcely longer 

 than the longitudinal extent of their base. L. rarely ternate ; 

 Its. thin, unequally serrate. Stam. pale, exceeding styles. Fr. 

 dark red. — Boggy woods and heaths. Sh. "VI. VIl. E. S. I. 



3. R.fls'sus (Lindl.) ; st. erect or subarcuate obtuse-angled, 

 prickles many straight or deflexed /rom an oblong slightly dilated 

 base not confined to the angles, 1. 6 — r7-nate. Its. coriaceous plicate, 

 term. It. cordate-ovate, basal Its. sessile, lateral Its. of n. -shoot 

 often gibbous at the base, pan. simple racemose-corymbose, fr.- 

 cal. erect-patent. — Creeping extensively. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. 

 Prickles much longer than the longitudinal extent of their base. 

 Lts. unequally serrate. Stam. slightly exceeding styles. Fr. 

 dark red.— Wet places. Sh. VI.— VIII. E. 1. 



4. R. pUcdtus (W. & N.) ; st. suberect obtuse-angled, prickles 

 straight or deflexed from an oblong dilated base confined to the 

 angles, 1. quinate. Its. more or less plicate thin pilose not felted 

 beneath, term. It. cordate-acuminate, basal Its. usually subsessile. 



