122 26. ROSACEA. 



mostly straight subulate smallest undistinguisliaHe from aciculi, 

 Its. simply serrate glabrous and glandless on both sides, sep. simple 

 acuminate not glandular on the back,/?', nearly globular erect 

 with no disk. — E. B. 187. — St. erect with short compact 

 branches. Fl. solitary, white. Fr. dark purple or black, ripe 

 in September. — Sandy and chalky heaths and sea-shore. Sh. V. 



E. S. I. 



[-R. ruhel'la Sm.,jB. B. 2521, JR. cinnamoinea L., E. B. 2388, and 

 It. IHcksoni Lindl., E. B. S. 2707, do not appear to be natives.] 



2. B. kiher'nica (Sm.) ; prickles scattered unequal gradually 

 passing' into aciculi, the larger strong slightly falcate. Its. sim- 

 ply serrate naked or hairy on the veins beneath without glands, 

 Sep. pinnate not glandular on the back,yV. roundish with a small 

 disk. — E. B. 2196.— St. erect ; branches mostly short. Fl. 1 — 3 

 rarely more together, pale pink ; ped. and cal.-tube quite naked. 

 Fr. rather urceolate, blood-red, with subpersistent sepals, ripe 

 in October.— N. of Ireland, N. of Engl., Sutherland. Sh. V.— 

 VIII. E. S. I. 



3. M. involuta (Sm.) ; prickles many crowded gradually pass- 

 ing into abundant aciculi, Hs. doubly serrate downy glandular 

 beneath, sep. simple or pinnate glandular on the back, fr. subro- 

 tund with no disk. — R. Sabini Woods, E. B. S. 2594. — St. erect 

 with short branches. Fl. 1 — 3 ; ped. aciculate and setose. Fr. 

 red or pink, with persistent sepals, ripe in Sept. and Oct. — Typi- 

 cal E. involuta (E. B. 2058) is a smaller plant with 1. scarcely 

 at all glandular and very slightly compound serratures, and 

 solitary flowers. E. Donniana (E. 3. S. 2601) has very hairy 

 leaves and nearly simple sepals. E. Wilsmii [E. B. S. 2723} 

 has simply serrate Its. hairy on both sides without glands, sep. 

 nearly simple, fr. ovate-urceolate. — Chiefly in the north. Sh. 

 VI. E. S. I. 



ii. ViLLOSJB. Sepals mostly persistent, densely glandular on 

 the back. St. tall, suberect, with uniform nearly straight 

 scattered prickles. L. very hairy and inconspicuously glan- 

 dular beneath. 



[E. pomifei-a (Herrm.) ; prickles uniform slender straight, Us. 

 oblong-lanceolate doubly serrate downy on both sides, sep. quite 

 persistent copiously pinnate, fr. globose with no disk. — St. erect 

 with arching branches. FL 1 — 3 ; ped. about i an inch long. 

 Fr. bright red with connivent sepals, ripe in August. — Not a real 

 native. Sh. VI. ?] 



4. E. mollis (Sm. ) ; prickles uniform slender nearly straio^ht, 

 !t)i. ovate doubly serrate softly downy, especially beneath, sep. 



