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rylifolius but wants setce on the barren stems and has uniform 
prickles. — Common. Sh. VII. VIII. 
7. R. leucostachys (Sm.) ; st. arched slightly angular hair}-, 
prickles uniform straightish or horizontal, 1. quinate, leaflets ovate 
or roundish abruptly pointed coriaceous flat soft and tawny or 
white with shining hairs beneath, panicle long narrow leafy shaggy 
or don-ny. — E. B. S. 2631. — St. long, furrowed or nearly round. 
Prickles moderate, numerous. Leaflets, particularly those of the 
flowering shoot, usually wavy at the margins and jagged but not 
decurved. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
8. R. fruticosus (L.) ; st. arched angular furrowed silky, 
prickles uniform straightish decurved or horizontal, 1. quinate, 
leaflets obovate or oblong pointed coriaceous with decurved mar- 
gins hard and white beneath, panicle long narrow leafless hairy. — 
E. B. 715. R. discolor W. and N. 20. — St. long, usually deeply 
furrowed, silky or nearly glabrous. Prickles large, strong, nu- 
merous. Leaflets varying in shape, obovate and acute, or cuneate- 
oblong abrupt and cuspidate, not jagged at the margin. — R. fru- 
ticosus W. and N. 7- looks rather different and is referred to 
R. thyrsoideus (Wimm.) by Arrhenius. — Hedges, less common 
in the north. Sh. VII. VIII. 
9. R. carpinifolius (W. and N.) ; st. arched angular hairy, 
prickles strong curved deflexed, 1. quinate, leaflets ovate acumi- 
nate rather coriaceous but flexible green beneath, lowermost pair 
stalked distinct, panicle compact with ascending branches. — 
E. B. S. 2664. TV. and N. 13.— St. long clothed with fascicles 
of hairs. Prickles numerous, of moderate size, uniform, curved, 
tipped with yellow. Leaflets slightly hairy above, more so and 
paler but still green beneath. Panicle prickly and compact. — 
Hedges, rare. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 
10. R. vulgaris (W. and N.) ; st. arched angular hairy, prickles 
moderate straight decurved, 1. quinate, leaflets roundish or ellip- 
tical cuspidate narrowed below pale green and pubescent beneath, 
lowermost pair stalked distinct, panicle long narrow rather leafy 
below. — TV. and N. 14. /3. Leight. p. 230.— St. long, reddish. 
Prickles uniform, purplish with the point yellow. Panicle with, 
short few-flowered branches, prickles numerous straight long. 
The want of seta? and the stalked lowermost leaflets separate 
this from R. corylifolius. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. 
VIII. E. S. 
11. R. macrophylliis (W. and N.) ; st. arched angular hairy, 
prickles few small uniform straight, 1. quinate or ternate, leaflets 
elliptic-ovate thin pale green and pubescent beneath, lowermost 
pair stalked, panicle compound somewhat corymbose. — E. B. S. 
2625. TV. and N. 12. — St. long, purplish. Prickles short, thick 
at the base, distant. Leaflets irregularly but scarcely doubly 
