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patently pilose, prickles short slender conical-compressed de- 

 clining from a large dilated compressed base, I. quinate. Us. 

 doubly and patently dentate or irregularly dentate-serrate pilose 

 above pale green felted or velvety or haiiy only on the veins 

 beneath, term. It. elliptic or roundly obovate or obovate cuspi- 

 date or acuminate more or leas cordate, pan. hairy felted setose 

 its branches short few-flowered corymbose the lower axillary 

 subracemose and ascending its prickles declining, sep. ovate-at- 

 tenuate hairy felted setose loosely reflexed from the fruit. — The 

 following forms have been considered species. — a. R. um- 

 brostis (Arrh.) ; prickles slender from a large base, 1. quinate, 

 Us. doubly and patently dentate velvety or slightly felted beneath, 

 term. It. broadly obovate cuspidate, pan. with slender prickles, 

 tip of Sep. linear, cor. rose-coloured. It. carpinifoUus (Blox.). 

 Term. It. sometimes divided into three. — /3. R. maerophyllus (W. 

 & N.) ; prickles small short from a very large base, 1. 5 — 3-nate, 

 Its. irregularly dentate-serrate hairy only on the veins and rarely 

 felted beneath, term. It. elliptic or broadly obovate, pan. with 

 .slender prickles, sep. leaf-pointed, cor. white. E. B. S. 2625. 

 R. G. 12. Lts. often very large. St. often with a few aciculi 

 and setse. A very variable plant. — y. R. Schlechiendalii (W. & 

 N.) ; prickles short small from a very large base, 1. usually 

 quinate, Us. doubly and patently dentate usually haiiy only on 

 the veins not felted beneath, term. It. long obovate acuminate 

 wedgeshaped or subcordate at the base, pan. with strong prickles, 

 sep. with a linear point, cor. white, R. O. 11. Hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from var. /3. — S. R. amplificatus (Lees) ; pricldes 

 short from a very large base, 1. usually quinate, Us. somewhat 

 doubly patently dentate hairy only on the veins beneath not 

 felted, term. It. broadly obovate acuminate, pan. very large its 

 prickles strong compressed from a very large base, sep. usually 

 leaf-pointed, cor. white or pinkish. Ifemarkable for the very 

 strong prickles with exceedingly long compressed bases on its 

 panicle. — e. ylnbratus; prickles short from a very large base, 1. 

 quinate. Us. irregularly or rather doubly dentate sligMly hairy 

 only on the veins beneath, term. It. roundly cordate or broadly 

 obovate subcordate, pan. with slender prickles, sep. (apparently) 

 leaf-pointed. L. nearly glabrous beneath. Term. It. verr round. 

 —Woods and thickets. Sh. VII. Vlll. " E. S. I. 



c. Spectabiles. Stem with rather unequal prickles and 

 scattered aciculi and setse and usually dense pubescence. 



21. R. mueronuldtus (Bor.) ; st. arcuate subterete patently pi- 

 lose, pricldes few conical slender declining from an oblong dilated 

 base, 1. quinate, Us. thick finely dentate-serrate rough and pilose 

 above hairy only on the (reddish) veins beneath, term. It. broadly 

 obovate cuspidate cordate below, pan. narrow lax leafy hairy 



