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setose felted its branches long 1 — 3-flowered its prickles small 

 slender declining', sep. ovate-attenuate haiiy setose felted with 

 a linear point. — Sy. JS. B. 451. R. Tnucronatus Blox. (not Ser.). 

 — St. becoming nearly naked; a few setse and aciculi. Pet. 

 pale pink.— Banks and hedges. Sh. VII. Vni. E. S. 



22. R. Sprengel'ii (Weihe) ; st. prostrate terete pilose, j9/70^fe 

 unequal deflexed irom a large compressed base, 1. S— 5-nate 

 pedate. Its. thin green with scattered hairs only on the veins 

 beneath, term. It. elliptic-acuminate, pan. lax hairy felted setose 

 its axillary t)ranches patent few-flowered the ultra-axillary di- 

 varicate its prickles few slender deflexed, sep. ovate-acuminate 

 erect-patent often leaf-pointed. — a. R. Borreri (Bell-Salt.) ; st. 

 arcuate-prostrate thick with scattered aciculi and sette, prickles 

 unequal, 1. usually quinate, pan. rather thyrsoid or with a sub- 

 corymbose top. — R. ruhicolor (Blox.) seems an extreme form 

 of this. — j3. R. Sprenyelii (Weihe) ; st. usually quite prostrate 

 slender, prickles small, aciculi and setse very few, 1. usually 

 teruate, Its. flexible, pan. lax few-flowered pyramidally sub- 

 corymbose. R. G. 10. — Heaths and woods. Sh. VI. Vll. E. 



d. Radulce. Stem rough with small elevated rigid points 

 on which the deciduous setee and aciculi were seated ; 

 prickles nearly equal. 



23. R. Bloxdinii (Lees) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular slightly 

 iuTcowsdi, prickles small siibpatent unet^aX, maiavli and setae short 

 many, hairs many, 1. 5 — 3-nate, Its. coarsely doubly dentate gr-ceit 

 and pilose on both sides, term. It. roundly ohovate cuspidate, pan. 

 lony leafy to the top felted its short branches and top corymbose its 

 prickles slender declining, sep. ovate-acuminate loosely reflexed 

 from the fruit. — St. thick, rarely furrowed. L. snbpedate. 

 Upper floral 1. simple. Pet. white.— Woods. Sh. VIL VIII. 



E. 



24. R. Hys'trix (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular slightly 

 furrowed, prickles slender declining from a dilated, compressed 

 base, acicuh and hairs few short equalling the many setse and 

 much shorter than the prickles, 1. quiuate-pedate, Its. coarsely 

 and rather doubly and patently dentate green and pilose &n both 

 sides, term. It. oblong-obovate acuminate, pan. long leafy its 

 branches long racemose ascending but the uppermost and ultra- 

 axiUary patent or divaricate its raohis wavy its prickles strong 

 declining the uppermost slender, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely 

 adpressed to the fruit. — R. O. 41. — Lts. flat, but wavy at the 

 edges, hairy but not felted beneath. Pet. pink. — Hedges and 



thickets. Sh. VII. vm. E. I. 



25. R. rosdeei/,s (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate 3,-a^\a.x, pi-ichles 



