160 ROSACEA. [Rubus. 



rugose, panicle leafy tomentose with numerous falcate prickles, 

 sepals patent ovate tomentose and glandular. Br. Fl. p. 588. 



/3. glalralus. Plant nearly without sets. R. Giabowskii, Weihe : Bab. Man. 

 p. 98. 



Hedges, rare. i^. June, July. Tj. 



Tn the hedges on the Ryde and Newport road at Binstead. In the hedges by 

 the toll-gate and windmill at Haylands, near Ryde. In the hedges by the road- 

 side at St. Helens, near the Green and thence towards the shore. In hedges 

 throughout the village of Berabridge. 



(3. Near Bembvid^e and Yaverland farms. 



Stem very prickly, pinkish green. Leaflets thick and soft, light green above, 

 pubescent and pale beneath. Panicle large. Peto^s bright rose-coloured. Fruit 

 often-abortive. 



18. R. nemorosus, Hayne. Larger Dewberry. Stem procum- 

 bent, leaves quinate, leaflets ovate-cordate acuminate pubescent 

 overlapping, calyx setose, sepals ovate acute. Br. Fl. p. 589. E. 

 dumetorum, W. d N. t. xlv. E, csesius /3., Bor7\ 



Thickets, rare. -fV. June, July. Tj. 

 In a hedge at Grove, between it and Brading. 

 Petals rose-coloured. Fruit glaucous, black. 



Intermediate between R. Wahlbergii and R. casius, from the latter of which 

 though scarcely distinct, it is distinguished by the quinate leaves. 



19. E. ctBsius, L. Deivberry. Stem weak, prickles unequal 

 passing by gradation into hairs and setae, leaves ternate, leaflets 

 oval acuminate, lateral pair lobed externally, calyx setose, sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate cuspidate. E. B. t. 826. W. d N. t. xlvi Br 

 Fl. pp. 130 and 589. 



/3. Pseudo-ccesius. Leaflets all lobed, fruit mostly abortive. W. |- N. loc. cit. 



y. tenuis. Nearly destitute of hairs and setae. 



S.ferox. Prickles strong, uncinate. 



Hedges and sides of streams, not frequent. Fl. June — September, h . 



B.Med. — Hedges about St. Clare, near Ryde. In Quarr copse. Hedges 

 about Brading. Hedges at Veutnor. 



TI'. Med. — In the copses at Apes-down farm, plentifully. In the great planta- 

 tion at Westover. In Swainston park the ground is in some places covered with a 

 mat of dewberries, W. A. B. 



j3. In Morton Lane and in the wet hedges about Adgestone, both near 

 Brading. 



y. In Quarr wood. In a hedge at Ventnor. 



S. On the road from Newport to Swainston, in a hedge nearly opposite Apes 

 farm. 



Stem purplish green. Leaflets light green and soft. Sepals often leaf-pointed. 

 Petals white or pale pink. Fruit glaucous, often blue. 



Tribe IV. Roseje. 



" Fruit formed of numerous small dry nuts inclosed in the fleshy 

 tube of the calyx." — Bab. Man. 



XI. EosA, Linn. Eose. Briar. 



CaVyx urn-shaped, fleshy, contracted at the orifice, terminating 

 in 5 segments. Petals 5. Stamens many. Achenes numerous, 

 hairy, fixed to the inside of the calyx. 



