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from the fruit. — St. thick, rarely ftirrowed. L. subpedate. 

 Upper floral 1. simple. Pet. white. Pale stam. falling short of 

 styles.— Woods. Sh. Vn. VIII. E. 



25. -H.-Hys'<n>(Weihe); st. arcuate-prostrate angular slightly 

 furrowed, prickles slender declining from a dilated compressed 

 base, aciculi and hairs few short equalling the many setse and 

 much shorter than the prickles, 1. quinate-pedate. Its. coarsely 

 and rather doiibly and patently dentate green and pilose on both 

 sides, term. It. oblong-obovate acuminate, pan. long leafy its 

 branches long racemose ascending but the uppermost and ultra- 

 axiLlary patent or divaricate its rachis wavy its prickles strong 

 declining the uppermost slender, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely 

 adpressed to the fruit. — R. O. 41. — Lts. flat, but wavy at the 

 edges, hairy but not felted beneath. Pet. pink. Pale stam. 

 exceeding pink styles. — ^Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 



E. I. 



26. B,. rosdceus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular, ;3ncte« 

 slender nearly equal declining from a dilated compressed base a 

 few shorter slightly exceeding the nearly equal aciculi setce and 

 hairs, 1. quinate-pedate or ternate, Its. doubly-dentate-serrate 

 pilose above paler and pilose only on the veins beneath, term. 

 It. obovate- or oblong-acuminate usually subcordate below, pan. 

 subpyramidal truncate leafy below its branches racemose ascend- 

 ing or the ultra-axillary patent corymbose or simple its rachis 

 more or less wavy its prickles slender declining, sep. lanceolate- 

 attenuate loosely adpressed to the fruit. — H. Cf. 86. — Perhaps 

 not distinct from H. Hystrix. Its more elegant pyramidal and 

 abrupt panicle and the more unequal prickles less markedly 

 separated from the aciculi are the chief differences. " Pet. pale 

 pink. Pale stam. exceeding pink-based styles." — Woods and 



hedges. Sh. vn.vni. E. I. 



27. R. prce'mptorum (Boul.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subterete, 

 prickles many slender unequal declining slightly dilated at their 

 base, setse hairs and very slender aciculi unequal many, 1. qui- 

 nate-pedate or ternate, Its. coarsely unequally and dovbly serrate 

 pilose above paler and pilose only on the veins beneath, term. It. 

 obovate-acuminate, pan. long narrow leafy below its branches 

 corymbose its rachis straight its prickles slender declining its 

 aciculi setse and hairs many and unequal, sep. ovate-attenuate 

 aciculate with long setce felted loosely reflexed from the fruit. — 

 R. G. 42. R. hirtus ^. Menkii Bab. R. pygmeeus Bab. not 

 Weihe. — St. perhaps prostrate. Pan. rather long with distant 

 short axillary branches, uppermost very short and often divari- 

 cate. Pet. white or pinkish. " Pale stam. exceeding pink-based 

 styles." — Hedges. South-eastern counties. Sh. VII. VUI. E. 



