110 26. EOSAOEiE. 



sides coarsely and doubly dentate not felted beneath, term. It. 

 cordate acuminate, basal Its. sessile imbricate, pan. short leafy 

 hairy with ascending few-flowered corymbose branches its top 

 and pedicels felted and hairy its prickles slender short declining. 

 — St. strong, green. Lts. very broad. Pet. ovate, clawed. 

 Primordial fruit apparently about hemispherical. — Open woods. 

 Oramond Bridge and Colinton near Edinburgh. Acharn, Perth- 

 shire, sh. vn. vin. s. 



(3) Villicaules. Stems arching more or less, rooting, pilose 

 or bald, often felted, having subsessile glands and rarely 

 a few setse and aciculi. Prickles confined to the angles 

 of the stem, nearly equal, or a few smaller scattered on 

 the faces. Basal leaflets stalked, not overlapping the 

 intermediate leaflets. 



a. Diacolores. St. with strong equal prickles and closely 

 adpressed pubescence. Leaves white-felted beneath. 



12. R. dis'color (W. & N.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular fur- 

 rowed stellately dovmy, prickles declining or deflexed from a 

 much dilated compressed base, 1. quinate. Its. coriaceous convex 

 rugose ahove finely white-felted beneath, term. It. obovate-cus- 

 pidate, pan. long narrow felted its few lower branches axillary 

 many-flowered its prickles strong hooked, cal. finely white- 

 felted.— M. O. 20. E. frutioosus Sm. JB. B. 715.— St. nearly 



prostrate unless supported, often nearly glabrous and glaucous. 

 Lts. usually hairless but with fine hard felt beneath, usually 

 with decurved edges. Pet. pink. Fil. and styles purple ; anth. 

 greenish ; stam. exceeding styles. Drupes many, small, acid. — 

 ^. puhigerus ; st. angular stellately hairy with spreading hairs, 

 prickles slender from a dUated oblong depressed scarcely com- 

 pressed base patent or deflexed. — Hedges and thickets. Com- 

 mon. Sh. VII. vin. E. S. I. 



13. JR. thyrsoideus (Wimm. P) ; st. erect-arcuate angular fur- 

 rowed suhgldbrous, prickles declining or deflexed from a much- 

 dilated compressed base, 1. quinate, Its. flat rather coriaceous 

 glabrous above hairy and greenish-iohite-felted beneath, term. It. 

 cordate-ovate-aouminate, pan. long narrow its lower branches 

 many axillary few-flowered its prickles strong hooked, cal. hairy 

 and felted. — R. fruticosus R. of. 7. R. candicans Focke. — St. 

 arching highly, self-supporting. Lts. wavy and a little tinned 

 up at the edge, hairy and softly but often finely felted beneath. 

 Pet. white. Fil. white ; anth. rather fuscous. Drupes few, 

 subacid.— Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



