112 26. EOSACBiE. 



slender nearly equal declining- from a dilated compressed base a 

 few shorter slightly exceeding the nearly equal aciculi setee and 

 hairs, 1. quinate-pedate or ternate, Its. doubly-dentate-serrate 

 pilose above paler and pilose only on tbe veins beneath, term. 

 It. obovate- or oblong-acuminate usually subcordate below, ^aw. 

 subpyramidal truncate leafy below its brancbes racemose ascend- 

 ing or the idtra-axiUary patent corymbose or simple its racMs 

 more or less wavy its prickles slender declining, sep. lanceolate- 

 attenuate loosely adpressed to the fruit. — JR. O. 36. — ^Perhaps 

 not distinct from S. Ilystrix. Its more elegant pyramidal and 

 abrupt panicle and the more unequal prickles less markedly 

 separated from the aciculi are the chief differences. " Pet. pale 

 pink."— Woods and hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



26. JR. pygmee'us (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subterete, 

 prickles many slender unequal declining slightly dilated at their 

 base, setse hairs and very slender aciculi unequal many, 1. qui- 

 nate-pedate or ternate. Its. coarsely unequal and doubly serrate 

 pilose above paler and pilose only on the veins beneath, term. It. 

 obovate-acummate, pan. long narrow leafy below its branches 

 corymbose its rachis straight its prickles slender declining its 

 aciculi set» and hairs many and unequal, sep. ovate-attenuate 

 aciculate with long setts felted loosely reflexed from the fruit. — 

 iJ. Gr. 42. H.hirtusfi.lfenkii'Ba.h. — St. perhaps prostrate. Pan. 

 rather long with distant short axillary branches, uppermost very 

 short and often divaricate. Pet. white or pinkish. — Hedges. 

 South-eastern counties. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 



27. R. scdber (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subangular sub- 

 sulcate, prickles strong short nearly equal declining or dejlexed 

 from a long compressed base, aciculi setse and hairs few very 

 short, 1. 3 — 5-nate, Its. doubly dentate opaque and pilose above 

 pale green and pilose beneath, term. It. broadly obovate cuspi- 

 date or acuminate subcordate below, pan. subpyramidal leafy 

 felted truncate or blunt at the end its axillary branches erect- 

 patent racemose the ultra- axillary racemose-corymbose or simple 

 its prickles short declining or deflexed from a long base its aci- 

 culi strong its setse and hairs nearly equal, sep. ovate-acuminate 

 loosely reflexed from the fruit. — R. O. 32. — The tjT)ical plant 

 is slender and elegant, pan. often nearly simple with long pe- 

 duncles. The large form (B.. Babingtonii Bell-Salt.) is often 

 an enormous plant with very rough long prostrate stems, a very 

 large panicle with very large and long branches. Pet. white. — 

 Open woods. Sh. VII. Vni. E. 



28. R. rtidis (Weihe); st. arcuate angular subsulcate, prickles 

 .strong conical compressed nearly equal subpatent exceeding the 

 nearly equal and short acicidi seta and hairs, 1. quinate, Its. coarsely 



