Eubus.] ROSACEA. 157 



Plant bright green. Petals mostly light pink, in 0. bright rose-coloUred. 

 After the first panicles pass out of flowers, lateral ones continue to form till the 

 close of autumn. 



9. E. Sprengelii, W. Sprengel's Bramble or Blackberry. Stem 

 prostrate round prickly on all sides with slender hooked prickles, 

 panicle corymbose, calj^ embracing the fruit. Br. Fl. p. 586. 

 R. Borreri, Bell-Salter, olim. 



Heaths and open places, not frequent. Fl. June, July. Tj . 



E.Med. — On Pagham common. On Apse heath and by Ninham farm, in 

 some plenty. 



Stem prostrate, often concealed. Panicles upright, often appearing to spring 

 from the ground. Flowers pale. 



Group iv. ToMKNTOsi. Stem angled, more or less silky with diva- 

 ricating opaque hairs; prickles silky at the base, mostly 

 confined to the angles of the stem, often in pairs ; leaves 

 digitate ; leaflets polished above, hoary beneath ; panicle 

 tomentose. 



10. R. discolor, W. & N. Common Bramble or Blackberry. 

 Stem arched furrowed subglaucous with minute silky hairs, 

 prickles mostly uncinate, leaves quinate, leaflets elliptic crenato- 

 serrate usually decurved at the margin. Lindl. Br. Fl. p. 586. 

 E. fruticosus, E. B. t. 715. 



j3. thyrsoideus. Silky pubescence obsolete, tomentum of the panicle short. R. 

 thyrsoideus, Wimm. ? R. fruticosus, W. ^ N. I. vii. ? 



y. macroacanthus. Prickles very large, tomentum of the panicle loose. R. dis- 

 color, W. ^ N. t. XX. 



Hedges, woods and heaths, common. Fl. June — August. 



fi. At Bembridge and St. Helens. 



y. In Quarr wood, abundant. 



Stem dark. The petals vary from pure white to a full deep red. Leaflets gene- 

 rally 6, less decurved in plants growing in the shade. 



11. E. argenteihs, W. & N. Silvery Bramble or Blackberry. 

 Stem pubescent-tomentose, prickles numerous uncinate slender, 

 leaves quinate, leaflets obovate cuspidate doubly serrated pubes- 

 cent-tomentose beneath. W. & N. t. xix. Br. Fl. p. 586. 



13. macroacanthus. Prickles large, pungent. R. macroacanthus, W. Sr N. t. 

 xviii. 



y. tenuis. Stem slender, panicle with lower branches attenuated. R. discolor, 

 var. argenteus, Bell-Salter, olim. 



Thickets and hedges, not frequent. Fl. July, August. Ij . 



E. Med. — In a hedge near Whitefield farm, by the bridle-road towards Ryde. 



B. Near Whitefield farm, with specimens of normal form. 



y. In a boggy thicket on Black-pan common, near Burnt-house. 



Nearly allied to the preceding and following species. Silky pubescence more 

 abundant and less close than in the preceding, and glittering white. Petals pink. 



12. R. leucostachys, Sm. Downy-spiked Bramble or Black- 

 berry. Stem tomentose, prickles straight, leaves quinate, leaflets 

 acuminate unequally and doubly serrated. 



