108 26. EOSACE^. 



b. Sylvatici. Stem with moderate mostly equal pricHes 

 and (often dense) hairy-woolly patent (often deciduous) 

 pubescence. Leaves usually green but sometimes white- 

 felted beneath. 



14. jR. leucdstachys (Sm.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular hairy 

 icoolly and felted, prickles many subpatent slender from a dilated 

 compressed base, 1. quinate. Its. flat hairy and shining and softly 

 yelloioish or ichitely felted beneath, term. It. obovate ovate or 

 roundish cuspidate, pan. long narrow felted hairy setose its 

 branches short few-flowered its prickles slender declining or 

 angularly deflexed, cal. green-felted hairy setose aciculate. — a ; 

 st. arcuate-prostrate, prickles mostly on the angles of the stem 

 equal, Its. coriaceous obovate sublobate-serrate yellowish-white- 

 felted and shining beneath. E. B. S. 26.31. St. nearly pros- 

 trate, covered with loose spreading clustered hairs. Pan. very 

 narrow, long. Pet. pinkish. Er. purplish black.' — /3. R. vestitus 

 ( Weihe) ; st. arcuate, prickles unequal scattered, Its. cordate- 

 roundish cuspidate irregularly dentate pale green beneath. R.O. 

 .33. St. often nearly round and bearing a few aciculi and setse. 

 Lts. rather thin. — Hedges, thickets and woods. Sh. VII. VIII. 



E.I. 



lo. B,. Grahows'hii (Weihe) ; st. arcuate angular subglabroits, 

 prickles many equal declining or deflexed much dilated and 

 compressed below, 1. quinate. Us. plicate opaque and glabrous 

 above ashy-felted beneath irregularly dentate imbricate, term. It. 

 cordate abruptly cuspidate (on the fl.-shoot much dilated below), 

 pan. long leafy below its branches ascending racemose-corym- 

 bose its prickles many deflexed, cal. ashy-felted and hairy. — M. 

 carpinifolius Borr. E. B. jS'. 2664 ?— St. with a few often clustered 

 hairs. Pan. hairy but not felted. Fr. sparingly produced. — 

 Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



16. jR. Coleman'ni (Blox.) ; st. arcuate angular subglabrous, 

 prickles many nearly equal declining compressed and dilated 

 below, 1. quinate, Us. convex opaque above green and hairy on the 

 veins beneath irregularly dentate imbricate, term. It. roundly 

 cordate acuminate (on the fl.-shoot roundish or broadly oval), 

 pan. long leafy below its branches ascending corymbose or the 

 axillary ones racemose its prickles many slender deflexed or de- 

 i-lining with many setse and aciculi, sep. ashy -felted hairy. — 

 B. fusco-ater ^. Colemanni Bab. — St. vrith a few aciculi and 

 setse and scattered hairs. Pan. not felted. Pet. white. The 

 position of this plant is doubtful ; but it seems to be most allied 

 to B. Ordbowskii of our species. — Hedges near Coventry and 

 Packington. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



17, R. Sal'teri (Bab.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular furrowed 



