rosacea:. 
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pinnate, leaflets flexible cordate-ovate pointed lowermost pair 
usually sessile, panicle nearly simple, calyx of fruit reflexed. — 
E. B. 25/2. — St. 3 — 4 feet high. L. digitate and pinnate on 
the same stem. Prickles confined to the angles of the stem. Ripe 
fruit deep red. — Boggy woods and heaths in the north. Sh. VI. — 
VIII. 
3. R.flssns (Lindl.) ; st. arched not (?) rooting angular, prickles 
scattered uniform numerous slender straight, 1. digitate or pinnate, 
leaflets cordate-ovate cuspidate plicate, lowermost pair sessile, pa- 
nicle nearly simple corymbose, cal. of fruit erect. — Lindl. Syn. 
ed. 2. p. 92. Leight. Shrop.p. 225. — " St. reclining," about 2 feet 
long, hairy. L. digitate and pinnate on the same stem. Prickles 
not confined to the angles. — Ayrshire and Salop. Sh. VII. — ■ 
IX. E. S. 
4. R. plicatus (W. and N.) ; st. nearly erect not rooting an- 
gular, prickles confined to the angles uniform slightly curved, 1. di- 
gitate, leaflets cordate-ovate cuspidate plicate, loieermost pair 
slightly stalked, panicle nearly simple corymbose, cal. of fruit 
reflexed. — E. B. S. 2714. W. and N. 1. R. fruticosus Arrhen. 
Rubi Suec. — St. 3 — 4 feet long, glabrous. — L. very rarely pin- 
nate. Leaflets downy and paler beneath. Panicle rather prickly. 
Fr. finally quite black. — Boggy woods. Sh. VII. VIII. 
*** Stems arched or prostrate, rooting, angular, 'without setee. 
f Prickles chiefly confined to the angles of the stem, nearly 
uniform. 
5. R. affinis (W. and N.) ; st. arched angular smooth, prickles 
weak, 1. quinate, leaflets cordate-ovate cuspidate thin flexible flat 
downy beneath, lowermost overlapping the intermediate pair and 
nearly sessile, panicle diffuse. — W. and N. 3. Leight. p. 226. — St. 
many feet long. Prickles often few in number. Leaflets large, 
generally thin, paler beneath and downy ; but in a form approach- 
ing R. rhamnifolius thicker somewhat coriaceous and whitish and 
cottony beneath. Panicle straggling, loose. — Hedges and thickets. 
Sh. VII. VIII. 
6. R. rhamnifolius (W. and N.) ; st. arched angular nearly 
naked, prickles strong nearly straight horizontal or deflexed, 
1. quinate, leaflets ovate or nearly round or cordate cuspidate 
downy beneath thick and coriaceous, lowermost pair stalked di- 
stinct, panicle compound diffuse. — E. B. S. 2604. W. and N. 6. 
and (R. cordifolius) 5. — St. many feet long, naked or slightly 
hairy. Leaflets variable in shape, soft and whitish beneath ; but 
in a form approaching to R. affinis thinner hairy beneath but 
neither soft nor white. Panicle spreading rather elongated. — 
Leighton's second form which has the lowest pair of leaflets 
overlapping and sessile is perhaps distinct. It approaches R. co- 
