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3. -B. mvoluta (Sm.) ; prickles many crowded gradually pass- 

 ing into abundant aciculi, Us. dovhly serrate downy glandular 

 beneath, sep. simple or pinnate glandular on the back, fr. subro- 

 tund with no disk.— JJ. Sahini Woods. E. B. S. 2594.— St. erect 

 with short branches. Fl. 1 — 3 ; ped. aciculate and setose. Fr. 

 red or pink, with persistent sepals, ripe in Sept. and Oct. — Typi- 

 cal -R, mvoluta (JS. B. 2068) is a smaller plant with 1. scarcely 

 at aU glandular and very slightly compound serratures, and 

 solitary flowers. R. Donniana {E. B. 8. 2601) has very hairy 

 leaves and nearly simple sepals. 22. Wilsoni (E. B. S. 2723) 

 has simply serrate Its. hairy on both sides without glands, sep. 

 nearly simple, fr. ovate-urceolate. — Chiefly in the North. Sh. 

 "VT. E. S. I. 



ii. ViLLOS^. Sepals mostly persistent, densely glandular on 

 the back. St. tall, subereot, with uniform nearly straight 

 scattered prickles. L. very hairy and inconspicuously glan- 

 dular beneath. 



[-K. pomifera (Herrm.) ; prickles uniform slender straight, Its. 

 ohlong-lanceolate doubly serrate downy on both sides, sep. quite 

 persistent copiously pinnate, fr. globose with no disk. — St. erect 

 with arching branches. Fl. 1 — 3; ped. about j an inch long. 

 Fr. bright red with connivent sepals, ripe in August. — Not a real 

 native. Sh. VI.?] 



4. M. mol'lis (Sm.) ; prickles uniform slender nearly straight. 

 Its. ovate doubly serrate softly downy, especially beneath, sep. 

 quite persistent slightly, pinnate, fr. subglobose with no disk. — 

 E. B. 2459. — Fl. 1 — 3, deep rose-colour ; ped. very short. Fr. 

 bright red with connivent sepals, ripe in Aug. or July. — ^Northern 

 counties. Sh. VI. VII. " E.S.I. 



5. R. tomentdsa (Sm.) ; prickles mostly uniform slender 

 straight or slightly curved. Us. elliptic or subovate doubly serrate 

 downy especially beneath, sep. mbpersistent copiously pinnate, fr. 

 oblong wceolate with a shght disk. — E. B. 990. — St. erect with 

 arching branches. Fl. 1 — 3, pink or white ; ped. rather long. 

 Fr. bright red with spreading (or subdeciduous) sepals, ripe in 

 Sept. -B. Sherrardi Dav., B. subglobosa Sm., and R. farinosa 

 (Rau) have more globose fruit and, as well as other forms, have 

 been noticed in the north. — ^Hedges and thickets northwards. 



Sh. VI. vn. E. s. I. 



iii. RtTBiGiNOSiB. Sepals subpersistent. St. subereot, with 

 scattered hooked nearly uniform ;prickles becoming more 

 slender upwards. L. scarcely hairy but veiy glandular 

 tlrroughout beneath. Fr. with a small disk. 



6. R. ruhigindsa (L.) ; prickles many the larger hooked the 



