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tomentose beneath, pan. long lax, many lower branches axillary 
many-flowered, upper gradually shorter, prickles strong hooked, 
cal. tomentose hairy, pet. obovate much narrowed below.—R. fru- 
ticosus R. G. 7.St. roundish at the base, often nearly suberect. 
L. usually softly tomentose beneath; term. It. usually ovate or 
oblong, gradually and shortly acuminate, rather coarsely and 
doubly serrate. The typical plant has scattered adpressed stellate 
down.—8. R. argenteus (Lees!); st. less furrowed with a dense 
coat of rather loose stellate down, under side of |. softly tomentose, 
cal. loosely tomentose aud a little hairy.—I place var. macro- 
acanthus of Bell Salt. with R. discolor; that of Blox. here.— 
Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 
15. R. discolor (W. and N.); st. arched angular furrowed stel- 
lately downy, prickles declining or deflexed, /. 5-nate coriaceous 
white closely tomentose beneath, pan. long narrow, few lower 
branches axillary many-flowered, upper short close together 
corymbose, prickles strong hooked, cal. closely tomentose, pet. 
roundish-obovate clawed.— R. G. 20. R. fruticosus Sm. EF. B.715. 
—St. nearly prostrate unless supported, often seeming glabrous. 
Prickles large, compressed. L. usually hairless beneath or slightly 
hairy on the ribs only, tomentum hard; term. It. gradually obo- 
vate or oblong, abruptly acuminate; all often with decurved edges. 
—Hledges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 
16. R. leucostachys (Sm.); st. arched angular stellately downy 
and with clustered hairs, prickles slightly decliming, /. 5-nate grey 
or white shining soft tomentose and hairy beneath, term. It. elliptic 
or round cuspidate, pan. long narrow tomentose and hairy, branches 
all short few-flowered spreading, prickles slender straight, cal. to- 
mentose hairy setose.— E. B. 2631. R. leucostachys and R. Leigh- 
tonianus Bab., R. vestitus R.G. 33.—St. often nearly round, some- 
times furrowed; stellate down abundant, often lax; hairs mostly 
clustered, with bulbous bases, sometimes 0; rarely a few subses- 
sile glands or sete. L. often pilose above; term. It. round in deep 
shade, more elliptical when exposed, often subcordate. Fl.-shoot 
hairy throughout; prickles yellow, from a large base.—Hedges 
and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. IL. 
17. R. carpinifolius (W. and N.); st. arched angular patently 
hairy (hairs solitary and clustered) sometimes slightly stellately 
downy, prickles moderate conical compressed slender declining, 1. 
5-nate pilose above pale green and hairy or grey and tomentose 
beneath, term. It. elliptic elliptic-obovate or roundish pointed, pan. 
narrow racemose leafy below very hairy setose, branches all short 
ascending few-flowered or lower elongated, prickles declining, cal. 
very hairy. —R.G.13. R. vulgaris R.G.12. RB. carpinifolius 
(Borr.), E. B. 8. 2664, is different and may be the glabrous form 
of R. collinus (DC.).—St. sometimes nearly round; stellate 
down 0, or very slight ; subsessile glands rather many ; setz rare ; 
prickles very regularly and gradually attenuated.—a. R. carpini- 
