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b. Sylvatid. Stem with moderate mostly equal prickles 

 and (often dense) hairy-woolly patent (but often deci- 

 duous) pubescence. Leaves UBually green but sometimes 

 white-felted beneath. 



14. M. leucdstachys (Sm.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular hairy 

 woolly and felted, prickles many subpatent slender from a dilated 

 compressed base, 1. quinate, Its, flat hairy and shining and softly 

 yellovnsh or whitely felted beneath, term. It. obovate ovate or 

 roundish cuspidate, pan. long narrow felted hairy setose its 

 branches short few-flowered its prickles slender declining or 

 angularly deflexed, cal. green-felted hairy setose acioulate. — a ; 

 St. arcuate -prostrate, prickles mostly on the angles of the stem 

 equal. Its. coriaceous obovate sublobate-serrate yellowish-white- 

 felted and shining beneath. — JJ. B. S. 2631. — St. nearly pros- 

 trate, covered with loose spreading clustered hairs. Pan. very 

 narrow, long. Pet. pinkish. Fr. purphsh black. — fi. X. vestitus 

 (Weihe) ; st. arcuate, prickles unequal scattered, Its. cordate- 

 roundish cuspidate irregularly dentate pale green beneath. R. 6. 

 33. St. often nearly round and bearing a few aciculi and setae. 

 Lts. rather thin. — Hedges, thickets and woods. Sh. VII. VIII. 



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15. R. hirtifSlms (Miill.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular 

 pilose, prickles nearly equal small declining from a dilated com- 

 pressed base, 1. quinate, Its. &s.t pale green and pilose ordy on the 

 veins beneath, term. It. obovate acuminate, panicle narrowly pyra- 

 midal setose its branches few-flowered its prickles few slender, 

 sepals greenish felted and with pale edges externally, stam. ex- 

 ceeding the styles. — Pan.-branches often 1-fl. Sep. ovate, leaf - 

 pointed. — .B. pyramidalis Kaltenh. ? — Bushy and heathy places. 

 Near Plymouth. Isle of Wight. Sh. VII. Yin. E. 



16. -B. Orabows'kii (Weihe) ; st. arcmte angular subglabrous, 

 prickles many equal declining or deflexed much dilated and 

 compressed below, 1. quinate, Its. plicate opaque and glabrous 

 above ashy-felted beneath irregularly dentate imbricate, term. It. 

 cordate abruptly cuspidate (on the fl.-shootmuch dilated below), 

 pan. long leafy below its branches ascending racemose-corym- 

 bose its prickles many deflexed, cal. ashy-felted and hairy. — if. 

 carpinifolius Borr. E.B. 8. 2664 ? R. montanus Focke — St. with 

 a few often clustered hairs. Pan. hairy but not felted. " Stam. 

 white scarcely exceeding the green styles." Fr. sparingly 

 produced. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VH. VIH. E. 



17. jR. Colemaiini (Blox.) ; st. arcuate angular subglabrous, 

 prickles many nearly equal declining compressed and dilated 

 below, 1. quinate. Its. convex opaque above green and hairy on the 

 veins beneath irregiJarly dentate imbricate, term. It. roundly 



