118 26. KosACE^. 



raohia longest slender, sep. ovate-subacuminate setose loosely 

 adpressed to the (black-blue) fruit, pet. obovate, styles flesb- 

 coloured at their base. — St. round at the base, above bluntly 

 angular or even furrowed. Pan. rather long, open ; top formed 

 of irregular corymbs of nearly simple peduncles. Pet. nearly 

 white.— Hedges' Sh. VI.— VIII. E. 



42. R. tuberculdtm (Bab.) ; St. arcuate-prostrate slightly 

 angular mth scattered short hairs and setaB, prickles many un- 

 equal slender patent from an oblong tuberaulifurm base, 1. ternate 

 or quinate, Its. rather doubly dentate hairy on the veins beneath 

 green on both sides, basal Its. of the ternate 1. bilobate of the 

 quinate I. nearly sessile imbricate, term. It. roundly cordate sub- 

 cuspidate, pan. leafy its axillary branches racemose its top 

 corymbose, prickles from the middle to the top of the pan. and 

 ped. slender and longest, sep. ovate acuminate aciculate setose 

 loosely adpressed to the fruit. — J. of B. viii. t. 106. S,. nemoro- 

 sus h.feroi' Leight. Probably R. teretiusculus (Kalt. !). — St. very 

 bluntly angular. Pan. short, its branches few-flowered. Pet. 

 pinkish. — Sir. Warren combines my R. diversifolius and R. 

 Briggsii with this under the name of R. dumetontm. His R. 

 concinnus is near R. corylifolius, but has not felted 1. on my au- 

 thentic specimen. It may be distinct. — Hedges. Sh. VII. 

 VIII. E. I. 



43. R. cce'sius (L.) ; St. prostrate terete glaucous, prickles 

 small unequal subulate declining or deflexed from a long com- 

 pressed base, 1. ternate or rarely pinnate. Us. unequally cut or 

 coarsely serrate, term. It. ovate rhom.boidal-ovate or 8-lobed, 

 lateral its. rather bilobed subsessile, pan. nearly simple often 

 very small, sep. ovate acuminate with a long linear point ad- 

 pressed to the glaucous fruit, pet. obovate notched, styles green- 

 ish. — a. agrestis ; st. very slender, prickles few small, Ite. flat 

 lobate-serrate rather pilose on both sides, term. It. rhomboidal- 

 ovate acuminate rounded below. R. ccesius a. aqiiaticus and fi. 

 agrestis R. G. 46. A. Pan. often nearly simple, or its branches 

 rarely more than once divided but often very long. — (3. R. temds 

 (Bell-Salt.) ; st. very slender, prickles many strong but small 

 nearly equal deflexed. Its. flat (?) doubly serrate pilose on both 

 sides or villose beneath, term. It. obovate or cordate-obovate- 

 acuminate, fr. black "not glaucous." St. sometimes having a 

 very few aciculi and setse. Bases of prickles much enlarged.^ 

 y. ulmifolius ; st. slender purplish, prickles many small de- 

 flexed or declining, aciculi setse and hairs few short, Its. 

 rather rugose lobate-serrate pilose only on the veins or hairy 

 or slightly ashy-felted beneath, term. It. roundty cordate acumi- 

 nate often 3-lobed or rarely divided into 3 sessile Its. of 

 which the term, is narrowed below. R. ccesius /3. pscudo-ccesiv-s 

 R. G. 46. B. f. 1. Often much larger than var. □ and /3. St. 



