98 26. ROSACEA. 
lose beneath, term. It. elliptic-obovate, pan. compound rather 
elongate hairy tomentose with short sunken sete, branches axil- 
lary racemose ascending, prickles slender much declining from a 
large base, cal. hairy tomentose.—R. G. 12. FE. B. 2625? RB. 
Schlechtendalii Bab. R. amplificatus Lees.—St. thick, very long, 
purplish green. Prickles usually singularly thick although some- 
times rather small, yellow. Short aciculi and sete not unfre- 
quent.—Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 
22. R. Balfourianus (Blox.); st. arched obtusely angular with 
scattered patent hairs, prickles rather unequal slender conical 
subpatent, 1. 5-nate green on both sides pilose above tomentose 
beneath, term. lt. cordate or ovate acute, basal Its. subsessile im- 
bricate, pan. lax corymbose diffuse hairy tomentose setose, sep. 
ovate-attenuate with a long point hairy tomentose setose, fr.-cal. 
erect, fr. hemispherical.—St. and its armature like R. villicaulis, 
but fewer hairs and no stellate down. L. very large on both shoots. 
Pan. like that of the diffuse forms of R. SprengeluiRugby, War- 
wickshire, Sh. VIII. 
23. R. Sprengelii (Weihe) ; st. prostrate round hairy, prickles 
many unequal compressed from a large base deflexed, 1. 3—5- 
nate-pedate green on both sides distantly pilose beneath, term. It. 
elliptical acuminate, pan. lax leafy below hairy tomentose setose, 
branches divaricate few-flowered the lower axillary ones often long 
and decompound, prickles slender few, sep. erect-patent hairy to- 
mentose long-pointed.—a. R. Borreri (Bell Salt.); st. thick strong 
with many often very unequal prickles and some setz and acicul, 
1. mostly 5-nate, pan. often corymbose or when the branches are 
shorter subthyrsoid.—8. R. Sprengelii (Weihe); st. slender with 
small prickles and subsessile glands, 1. mostly 3-nate, pan. lax 
few-flowered subcorymbose. R. G.10.—These forms are quite 
connected by intermediate states ; sometimes a few sete occur on 
the st. of 8, they are found on the panicle of both.— Woods and 
thickets. Sh. VI. VIL. E. 
y. Glandulosit. St. with many hairs glands set and aciculi 
which pass more or less gradually into the scattered 
prickless 
A. L.5-nate (rarely 3-natein R. Babingtonii); basal Its. stalked, 
not imbricate. Prickles on st. passing abruptly into aci- 
cult and sete. 
24. R. fuscus (Weihe); st. decumbent roundish, prickles small 
weak dechning from a much enlarged base chiefly on the angles, 
aciculi and sete few very short, hairs dense persistent, 1. green on 
both sides pilose above pale green and thickly pilose beneath 
coarsely dentate, term. It. elliptical-subcordate acute, pan. long 
leafy except at the top densely hairy and setose not tomentose, 
prickles few slender declining lower ones stronger, branches short 
