104 26. ROSACEH. 
38. R. Wahlbergit (Arrh.); st. arched bluntly angular nearly 
glabrous with a few short deciduous sete but no aciculi, prickles 
many very unequal patent conical from a dilated compressed base, 
1. 5-nate or 3-nate nearly glabrous above paler and hairy whitely 
tomentose beneath unequally and doubly dentate and lobed, 
term. it. broadly ovate pointed subcordate below (on the fl.-shoot 
cordate and broad below), basal Its. sessile, pan. long compound 
prickly leafy top and upper branches densely subcorymbose, 
rachis finely tomentose, sep. ovate-acuminate erect-patent ob- 
scurely setose, pet. roundly ovate, styles greenish, torus roundish- 
clavate.—Prickles near the base of st. acicular, on the autumnal 
shoots deflexed. Rachis wavy. Sep. closely tomentose with 
few but prominent sete.—Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 
E. 
39. R. nemorosus (Hayne); st. prostrate bluntly angular with 
a few short hairs and seta, prickles many very unequal patent 
conical from an enlarged base, |. 5-nate or 3-nate nearly glabrous 
above paler and soft beneath, term. it. roundly cordate pointed 
(on the fi.-shoot narrowed below), pan. nearly simple open, sep. 
ovate-acumimate conspicuously setose embracing the blue-black 
fr., “ pet. narrowed below,” base of styles flesh-coloured, torus 
conical.— R. dumetorum R. G. 45.—Pnickles often slightly hairy 
especially on the petioles, a little curved on the midrib of leaves. 
Basal Its. stalked or subsessile. FL.-l. simple.—a. glabratus ; st. 
subglabrous, fl.-shoot tomentose, ]. green and soft beneath.—@. 
pilosus ; st. and fl.-shoot subtomentose, |. paler and soft beneath. 
—y. R. bifrons (Vest.) ; st. subglabrous, |. whitish and tomentose 
beneath, fl.-shoot, tomentose.—6. feror (Leight., W. and N.?) ; 
prickles strong from a compressed cushionlike base, st. with a 
few hairs and seta. A doubtful plant.—Hedges and thickets. 
Sh. VII. VIII. 
40. R. casius (L.); st. prostrate round glaucous not hairy, 
prickles weak slender subulate very unequal straight or towards 
the end of the st. deflexed, 1. 3-nate regularly incise-serrate, 
term. It. ovate or rhomboidal or 3-lobed, basal Its. usually sessile 
lobed below externally, pan. simple, sep. ovate long-pomted em- 
bracing the glaucous fr. of few drupes, pet. elliptical emarginate, 
styles green.— FE. B. 826. R. G.46.—St. long, slender. Prickles 
very variable in number and length. Term. It. rarely divided 
into three and forming a 5-pinnate leaf. R. tenuis (Bell Salt.) 
on the st. of which a seta may sometimes be found, is a state of 
this.—Heaths and hedges. Sh. VI.—IX, 
B. Herpacei. Stems nearly or quite herbaceous. 
41. R. saratihs (L.); st. slender prostrate rooting unarmed 
or with few very distant minute prickles, J. ternate, fl.-shoot erect 
