120 26. KOSACEiE. 



patent, 1. quinate-pedate, Its. finely hut doubly patently dentate 

 pilose and opaque above pilose greenish white and shining be- 

 neath, term. It. obovate-oblong subcuspidate, pan. broad leafy 

 below its branches corymbose its rachis rather wavy its prickles 

 few slender declining its hairs and setse many unequal, sep. ovate 

 slightly aoiculate shortly setose loosely reflexed from the fruit. 

 — M. O. 35. R. hirtus a. Bab. — Pan. sometimes nearly simple. 

 Pet. white, large. Stam. exceeding styles. Sometimes the 

 underside of the Its. is felted. — Woods and thickets. Sh. VII. 

 VUI. E. S. I. 



40. R.foK6sus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular, prickles 

 many slender unequal declining from a long compressed base, 

 setse and very slender aciculi scattered unequal, hairs few, 1. 

 quinate-pedate, Its. urwqually dentate-serrate pilose and opaque 

 above paler and pilose heneath, term. It. roundly cordate acumi- 

 nate, pan. long narrow leafy to the top its branches short erect- 

 patent corymbose its raohis rather wavy its prickles very slender 

 many declining its hairs and setse many unequal, sep. ovate- 

 attenuate acieulate setose hairy laxly reflexed from the fruit. — 

 iJ. exseoatus Miill. — fi. S. adornattis (MiiU.), has term. Ite. 

 obovate-acuminate or even narrowed below. — Hartshill Wood, 

 Warw. Plymouth. Sh. VII. Vni. E. 



41. H. glanduldstis (Bell.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly round, 

 prickles small declining from a long compressed base, aciculi 

 setse and hairs many nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely quinate, 

 Its. nearly equal oblong cuspidate hairy only on the veins be- 

 neath, term. It. aubcordate-ovate-aouminate, pan. felted acieu- 

 late very setose its branches erect-patent axillary its top racemose 

 its prickles slender declining, sep. ovate-attenuate acieulate se- 

 tose felted loosely adpressed to the fruit or patent. — a, H, Bellardi 

 (Weihe) ; 1. ternate. Its. nearly equal oblong doubly dentate-* 

 seri'ate shortly pilose on the veins beneath, lateral Its. divaricate, 

 pan. with axillary distant corymbose hranches its rachis usually 

 wavy, stam. slightly exceeding styles. J2. Q. 44. E. glandulosus 

 E. B. 8. 2883. The divaricate Its. are remarkable, and the 

 very open panicle. Sometimes the 1. are quinate. Asubvariety, 

 R. dentatus Blox., has a slightly angular stem, Its. ovate- 

 acuminate-cuspidate with a cordate base ashy green beneath, 

 lateral Its. patent or ascending. — p. R. Mrtws (W. & K.) ; 1. 

 quinate coarsely and unequally serrate with long and dense hairs 

 on the veins and shining beneath, term. It. subcordate-ovate- 

 acuminate, pan. often long its branches racemose or corymbose 

 shortly setose its rachis nearly straight. R. O. 43. R. fusous 

 Lees. A subvariety, R. rotundifoUus Blox., R. defi£xiden» 

 Boul. ?, has a slightly angular stem, 1. ternate or rarely qiunate, 



