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tlie term, leaflet." Pet. obovate, white. Primordial fr. sub- 

 globose. — p. a. ramoms (Blox.) ; st. erect-arcuate, 1. not over- 

 lappinff broadly ovate shining, pet. pink. J. of B. in.. 330. — By 

 the Wye below Monmouth, abundantly. Mev. F. J. A. Hort. 

 /3. Devon, Oornw., and Warw. Sh. VI. VII. E. 



11. a. latifuKus (Bab.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular ftir- 

 rotved, prickles small slender compressed slightly declining irom 

 a very long compressed base, 1. quinate, Its. thin pilose on both 

 sides coarsely and doubly dentate not felted beneath, tcvm. It. 

 cordate acuminate, basal Its. sessile imbricate, pan. short leafy 

 hairy with ascending few-flowered corymbose branches its top 

 and pedicels felted and hairy its prickles slender short declining. 

 — St. strong, green. I;ts. very broad. Pet. ovate, clawed. 

 Primordial fruit apparently about hemispherical. — Open woods. 

 Cramond Bridge and Colinton near Edinburgh. Acharn, Perth- 

 shire. Sh. VII. VIII. S. 



(3) Villicanles. Stems arching more or less, rooting, pilose 

 or bald, often felted, having subsessile glands and rarely 

 a few setEe and aciculi. Prickles confined to the angles 

 of the stem, nearly equal, or a few smaller scattered on 

 the faces. Basal leaflets stalked, not overlapping the 

 intermediate leaflets. 



a. Diicolores. St. with strong equal prickles and closely 

 adpressed pubescence. Leaves white-felted beneath. 



12. R. dis'color (W. & N.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular fur- 

 rowed stellately downy, prickles declining or deflexed from a 

 much dilated compressed base, 1. quinate, Its. coriaceous convex 

 rugose above finely white-felted beneath, term. It. obovate-cus- 

 pidate, pan. long narrow felted its few lower branches axillary 

 many-flowered its prickles strong hooked, cal. finely white- 

 felted.— R. G. 20. R. fruticosus 8m. E. B. 715.— St. nearly 

 "prostrate unless supported, often nearly glabrous and glaucous. 

 Lts. usually hairless but with fine hard felt beneath, usually with 

 decurved edges. Pet. pink. Fr. of many small acid drupes. — 

 Hedges and thickets. Common. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



13. R. thyrsoideus (Wimm.) ; st. erect-arcuate angular fur- 

 rowed subglahrous, prickles declining or deflexed from a much- 

 dilated compressed base, 1. quinate. Us. flat rather coriaceous 

 glabrous above hairy and greenish-white-felted beneath, term. It. 

 cordate-ovate-acuminate, pan. long narrow its lower branches 

 many axillary few-flowered its prickles strong hooked, cal. hah-y 

 and felted.— R. fruticosus R. O. 7.— St. arching highly, self- 

 supporting. Lts. wavy and a little turned up at the edge, haiiy 

 and softly but often finely felted beneath. Pet. white. Er. of 

 rather few subacid drupes.— Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. 

 vm. E. I. 



