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acuminate, pan. open compound leafy hairy subsetose felted its 

 branches corymbose its prickles slender declining or deflexed, 

 sep. hairy setose aciculate loosely reflexed from the fruit. — M. 

 G. 17. a. viUicaulis and R. pampinosus Bab. — St. becoming 

 nearly naked, rarely a few setse and aoiculi. — 0. R. adscitus 

 (Genev.) ; st. aciculate and setose. R. vulgaris (Lindl.). Heads 

 of setsB very deciduous. — Woods and hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



21. R. macrophyl'lus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular 

 patently pilose, prickles short slender conical-compressed de- 

 clining from a large dilated compressed base, 1. quinate, Us. 

 doubly and patently dentate or irregularly dentate-serrate pilose 

 above pale green felted or velvety or hairy only on the veins 

 beneath, term. It. elliptic or roimdly obovate or obovate cuspi- 

 date or acuminate more or less cordate, pan. hairy felted setose 

 its branches short few-flo\rered corymbose the lower axillary 

 suhracemose and ascending its prickles declining, sep. ovate-at- 

 tenuate hairy felted setose loosely reflexed from the fruit. — The 

 following forms have been considered species. — a. R. um- 

 brosus (Arrh.) ; prickles slender from a large base, 1. quinate, 

 Its. dmibly and patently dentate velvety or slightly felted beneath, 

 term. It. broadly obovate cuspidate, pan. with slender prickles, 

 tip of sep. linear, cor. rose-coloured. Stam. white, scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the dull styles. R. carpinifolius (Blox.). Term. It. 

 sometimes divided into three. — j3. R. macrophyll%m (W. & N.) ; 

 prickles small short from a very large base, 1. 6 — S-nate, Its. 

 irregularly dentate-serrate hairy only on the veins or rarely 

 felted beneath, term. It. elliptic or broadly obovate, pan. with 

 slender prickles, sep. leaf-pointed, cor. white. E. B. 8. 2625. 

 R. G. 12. Lts. often very large. St. often with a few aciculi 

 and setse. Stam. pinkish, exceeding the pink styles. A very 

 variable plant. — y. R. Schlechtendalii (W. & N.) ; prickles short 

 small from a very large base, 1. usually quinate. Its. doubly and 

 patently dentate usually hairy only on the veins not felted beneath, ' 

 term. It. long obovate acuminate wedgeshaped or subcordate at 

 the base, pan. with strong prickles, sep. with a linear point, 

 corr white. R.G.ll. Hardly distinguishable from var. ^. — S. 

 R. amplificatus (Lees) ; prickles short from a very large base, 

 1, usually quinate. Its. somewhat doubly patently dentate hairy 

 only on the veins beneath not felted, term. It. broadly obovate 

 acuminate, pan. very large its pricMes strong compressed from 

 a very large base, sep. usually leaf-pointed, cor. white or pinkish. 

 Remarkable for the very strong prickles with exceedingly long 

 compressed bases on its panicle. — e. glabratus (Bab.) ; prickles 

 short from a very large base, 1. quinate. Its. irregularly or rather 

 doubly dentate slightly hairy only on the veins beneath, term. It. 



