94 26. ROSACEA. 
plicate green and shining above paler and hairy beneath, term. lt. 
ovate or roundish acuminate, basal Its. stalked not imbricate, pan. 
compound leafy with spreading or divaricate short branches, 
rachis polished hairy above most prickly in the middle, fr.-cal. 
reflexed, prickles strong but slender straight declining —R. Lind- 
letanus Lees !~-St. generally rooting, purplish when exposed. L. 
digitate, coarsely and doubly serrate. Ultimate pan.-branches 
tomentose. Primordial fr. small, globular; drupes small, black, 
glossy, globular, well-flavoured.—f. confertus ; pan. closer with 
ascending branches, Its. broader and less plicate.—The term. It. 
is much narrowed below in true R. Lindleianus. R. nitidus (W. 
and N.) is only a form of R. plicatus——Hedges and thickets. 
Sh. VIL. VIII. 
8. R. affinis (W. and N.); st. angular smooth, prickles slightly 
deflexed or declining conical from a dilated base, 1. 5-nate wavy 
towards the end dull green and rather pilose above paler and 
tomentose beneath, term. lt. cordate or cordate-ovate cuspidate, 
basal Its. stalked, pan. broad compound leafy with ascending cy- 
mose often elongated and leafy branches, rachis hairy tomentose 
above, prickles large deflewed with large compressed dilated base. 
—R. G.3.—St. often seeming suberect. Basal Its. often slightly 
imbricate.— 8. R. lentiginosus (Lees); st. a little furrowed, 
prickles declining, term. lt. oblong-obovate rather acuminate cor- 
date below sometimes subglabrous beneath, pan. narrower. This 
seems to be a state of R. affinis growing in exposed situations ; 
an authentic specimen has the basal Its. stalked, and its Its. are 
plicate only from their youth.— Heaths and open woods. Sh. VII. 
VIII. E. 8. 
9. R. latifolius; st. decumbent or slightly arching angular 
Surrowed, prickles moderate slightly declming, 1. 5-nate pilose 
above more so beneath coarsely doubly dentate, term. lt. cordate 
acuminate, basal Its. sessile imbricate, pan. short leafy with 
ascending few-flowered corymbose branches pilose its top and 
pedicels tomentose and hairy, prickles short slender declining. — 
St. strong, green. L. very broad. Base of fl.-shoot slightly hairy. 
Pet. shortly ovate, clawed.—Open woods. Cramond Bridge 
near Edinburgh. Acharn, Perthshire. Sh. VII. VIII. S. 
10. R. imbricatus (Hort); st. decurved much branched angu- 
lar furrowed, prickles small strong declining, /. 5-nate thin con- 
vee opaque and subglabrous above paler and slightly pilose 
beneath dentate-serrate, lés. imbricate cuspidate convex, term. lt. 
roundish-cordate, pan. narrow leafy below with distant long race- 
mose ascending branches very hairy at the top not tomentose, 
prickles short slender from a large base deflexed, fr.-sep. abruptly 
cuspidate. A. N. H. Ser. 2. vii.—St. much branched, purplish 
red. Prickles reddish. Base of fl.-shoot slightly hairy. Pet. 
elliptical, white. Styles greenish yellow below. Primordial fr. 
