116 26. ROSACEiE. 



many slender unequal declining from a long compressed base, 

 setae and very slender aciculi scattered unequal, hairs few, 1. 

 quinate-pedate, Its. unequally dentate-serrate pilose and opaque 

 above paler and pilose beneath, term. It. roundly cordate acumi- 

 nate, pan. long narrow leafy to the top its branches short erect- 

 patent corymbose its rachis rather wavy its prickles very slender 

 many declining its hairs and setae many imequal, Sep. ovate- 

 attenuate acictilate setose hairy laxly reflexed from the fruit. — 

 21. O. 28. H. hirtus y. Bab. — Very near JR. humifusits. The 

 serrature of its 1. is peculiar, the term. It. remarkable, and the 

 shape and spinous sepals different. — HartshUl Wood, Warw. 

 Plymouth. Sh. VII. Vm. E. 



38. R. fflandiddsus (Bell.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly roimd, 

 prickles small declining from a long compressed base, aciculi 

 setae and hairs many nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely quinate. 

 Its. nearly equal oblong cuspidate hairy only on the vems be- 

 neath, term. It. subcordate-ovate-acumiuate, pan. felted acicu- 

 late very setose its branches erect-patent axillaiy its top racemose 

 its prickles slender declining, sep. ovate-attenuate aciculate se- 

 tose felted loosely adpressed to the fruit or patent. — a. R. Bellardi 

 (Weihe); 1. ternate. Its. nearly equal oblong doubly dentate- 

 serrate shortly pilose on the veins beneath, lateral Its. divaricate, 

 pan. vsdth a.xi'Uary distant corymbose branches its rachis usually 

 wavy. R. G. 44. E. glandulosus E. B. S. 2883. The divari- 

 cate Its. are remarkable, and the very open panicle. Sometimes 

 the 1. are quinate. A aubvariety, R. dentatus Blox., has a slightly 

 angular stem. Its. ovate-acuminate-cuspidate with a cordate 

 base ashy green beneath, lateral Its. patent or ascending. — /3. 

 R. hirtus (W. & K.) ; 1. quinate coarsely and unequally seiTate 

 with long and dense hairs on the veins and shining beneath, 

 term. It. subcordate-ovate-acuminate, pan. often long its branches 

 racemose or corymbose shortly setose its rachis nearly straight. 

 R. G. 43. R.fiisctts Lees. A subvariety, R. rotundifolius Blox., 

 has a slightly angular stem, 1. ternate or rarely quinate. Its. 

 doubly dentate cuspidate, term. It. nearly round with a subcor- 

 date base. — y. R. Retiteri (Merc.) ; 1. quinate coarsely and rather 

 doubly dentate-serrate with few hairs on the veins beneath, 

 term. It. obovate-rhomboidal acuminate, pan. truncate its 

 branches short subcorymbose few-flowered upper I — 3-flowered 

 very aciculate setose and hairy, rachis nearly straight. Much more 

 hairy and setose than the other forms and with some stronger 

 declmiug or deflexed prickles on the stem. — Woods. Sh. VII. 

 VIII. E. I. 



(5) Ccesii. Stems most often arcuate-prostrate, terete or 

 slightly angular, usually with a glaucous bloom ; aciculi 

 and setae few or none ; prickles unequal. 



39. R. Balfouridnus (Blox.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly 



