Ullbus.] ROSACE*. 159 



Group vi. KcEHLERiANi. Stem armed with numerous prickles, 

 aciculi and seta on all sides ; leaves ternate or quinate, if 

 quinate the lower pair of leaflets sessile ; fruit of many 

 drupes, shining. 



15. E. Koehleri, W. Kcehler's Bramble or Blackberry. Stem 

 hairy setose with numerous broad - hased prickles and aciculi, 

 leaves pedate quinate, leaflets ovate -acuminate pubescent *and 

 prickly beneath, sepals lanceolate setose and prickly reflected 

 from the fruit. E. B. S. t. 2605. Br. Fl. p. 588. 



/3. apiculatus. Stem procumbent, hairs and seta; not numerons. R. apicula- 

 tus, W. f N. t. xxiv. 



y. foliosus. Plant veiT prickly, panicle leafy to the top. E. Koehleri, 

 W.^-N.t.xxv. 



S. fusco-ater. Leaflets rotund, ovate, finely serrated, lower pair overlapping, 

 Borr. R. fusco-ater, W. ^ N. t. xxvi. 



c. fuscus. Prickles mostly confined to the angles of the stem. R. fuscus, W. ^ N. 

 t. xxvii. 



Woods and thickets. J7. July, August. Tj. 



E. Med. — In Quarr copse, near Ryde. About Ninham, near Ryde. Near 

 Wootton-bridge. 



W. Med. — Along the road between Cowes and Newport. In thickets about 

 Apes down. 



;8. In a bog by Ninham farm, near Shankliu. 



y. In thickets on Ninham farm, near Ryde, opposite Quarr wood, are speci- 

 mens referrible to this variety, thounh uot typical of its full development. 



S. In hedges near Ryde. Near Cockleton bog, Miss G. Kilderhee. 



t. On the heathy common about Lynn farm. In Bohemia, A. Hamhrough, 

 Esq. 



Stem very prickly, purplish green. Leaves glossy, soft beneath. Panicle 

 variable, often much branched. Petals white or pale pink. 



16. R. glandulosus, Bellardi. Olandulose or Bellardi's Bram- 

 ble or Blackberry. Stem hairy setose, prickles unequal, leaves 

 mostly ternate, leaflets oval cuspidate strongly veined beneath, 

 panicle, bracts and sepals very setose, calyx patent after flower- 

 ing. Br. Fl. p. 688. E. B. S. t. 2883. R. BeUardi, W. d N. t. 

 xliv. 



/3. Lejeunii. Leaves unequally serrated. R. Lejeunii, W. Sc N. t. xxxi. 



Woods and thickets, not frequent. Fl. Jvly — September. Tp. 



/3. This form only yet observed in the island, growing in considerable abun- 

 dance on a wooded bank between Guildford and Lynn, on the road from Ryde 

 to Arreton. 



Stem reddish green. Leaflets pale green above, tawny-pale with pink veins 

 beneath. Inflorescence with a mossy covering of red glands and setas. Sepals 

 often leaf-pointed. Petals rose-coloured. 



Group vii. C^sn, Lindl. Stems glaucous, with few hairs and 

 seta ; fruit of few drupes, glaucous. (Fruit blue or bluish). 



17. R. Wahlbergii, Arrh. Wahlherg's Dewberry or Bramble. 

 Stem with a few hairs and glands and numerous thick-based 

 prickles, leaves pedate-quinate, leaflets overlapping pubescent 



