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hairy leafy setose its top corymbose its axillary branches ascend- 

 ing subracemose its prickles slender declining its setas many 

 unequal, Sep. ovate felted setose loosely adpresaed to the fruit. — 

 R. O. 31. — Sep. often having a short linear point; its allies 

 when furnished with an appendage to the sepals have it leaf- 

 like.— Hedges. Sh. Vn. VIII. E. 



b. Belt-ardiani. Leaves temate or quinate-pedate ; basal 

 leaflets not imbricate, stalked. Prickles mostly confined 

 to the angles of the very hairy aoiculate and setose stems. 



34. -ffi. pyramiddlis (Bab.) ; st. very nearly prostrate roundly 

 angular, pricldes many short strong much declining or deflexed 

 from a very large compressed base, hairs few, aeiculi and setae 

 many nearly equal, 1. temate or rarely quinate-pedate. Its. convex 

 irregularly dentate-serrate nearly equal opaque and pilose above 

 paler and pilose beneath, term. It. obovate-cuspidate, pan. pyra- 

 midal leafy below its top and branches racemose felted its rachis 

 straight rigid its prickles slender declining its hairs and setae 

 many unequal, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely adpressed to the 

 fruit. — St. usually quite prostrate. Pan. very pyramidal. Pet. 

 very narrow, greenish white. — Edges of woods, rare. Abun- 

 dant at Llanberis, N. Wales. Sh.'VII. VIII. E. 



35. It. Oun'thm-i ( Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate tevete,^n'e^?es 

 slender unequal declining from a large subcompressed base, aei- 

 culi setae and hairs short nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely 

 quinate-pedate, Us. Jlat iri-egularly or doubly dentate-serrate 

 nearly equal opaque and pilose above pilose greenish white or 

 slightly felted beneath, term. It. obovate-aouminate, pan. narrow 

 leafy its branches distant ascending racemose few-flowered its 

 rachis wavy its prickles few slender declining its hairs and setae 

 many equal, sep. ovate-lanceolate loosely reflexed from the fruit. 

 — It. G. 21. — Only slightly prickly. Pan. very loose, its rachis 

 forming an angle at each leaf. Pet. narrow, pale pink. — Shady 

 places. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 



36. R. humifusus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly roimd, 

 prickles many slender very unequal declining from a long com- 

 pressed base, hairs setcB and very slender aeiculi unequal many 

 patent, 1. quinate-pedate, Its. finely hnt doubly patently dentate 

 pilose and opaque above pilose greenish white and shining be- 

 neath, term. It. obovate-oblong subcuspidate, pan. broad leafy 

 below its branches corymbose its rachis rather wavy its prickles 

 few slender declining its hairs and set» many unequal, sep. ovate 

 slightly aciculate shortly setose loosely reflexed from the fruit. 

 — R. O. 35. R. hi>i>/s a. Bab. — Pan. sometimes nearly simple. 

 Pet. white, large. Sometimes the underside of the Its. is felted. 

 —Woods and thickets. Sh. VII. MIL E. S. I. 



37. R. folidsus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular, prickles 



