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St. moderately long, dark purple, with numerous short nearly 
equal setae, prickles not very unequal purple with a yellow tip. 
Leaflets jagged or coarsely doubly serrated. — /3. rudis ; st. fur- 
rowed nearly without hairs, prickles slender straightish, setae 
numerous, leaflets narrower at the base less coarsely serrate. 
R. rudis W. and N. 40. — y. Hystrix ; st. slightly angular hairy 
setose, prickles moderate slightly curved deflexed, leaflets ob- 
long-ovate attenuated into a long point coarsely serrate whitish 
green beneath. R. Hystrix W. and N. 41. — Hedges and thick- 
ets, Shropshire. /}. Channel Islands, y. Between Pansangerand 
Bramfield, Herts. Rev. W. II. Coleman. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 
15. R. Leightoni (Lees) ; st. arched hairy copiously glandular 
and setose, prickles nearly uniform straight horizontal, 1. quinate, 
leaflets roundish-obovate abruptly cuspidate finely serrate smooth 
and opaqueabove white with soft close pubescence beneath, lower- 
most pair stalked, panicle long straggling naked above with diva- 
ricate branches. — Leight.p. 233. — St. long, green, slightly hairy, 
with numerous short setae, prickles yellow. Leaflets remarkably 
abrupt. — Hedges in Shropshire. Sh. VII. E. 
16. R. echinatus (Lindl.) ; st. arched angular hairy setose, 
prickles numerous and rather unequal declined, 1. quinate, leaflets 
ovate with a long tapering point coarsely and unequally serrate 
opaque above green and velvety beneath, panicle spreading leafy 
at the base with corymbose branches. — Lindl. Syn. ed. 1. p. 94. 
— Seta: numerous and nearly equal in length. L. tapering in a 
remarkable manner, jagged. — Shropshire and near Bath. Sh. 
VII. VIII. E. 
-ft Prickles not confined to the angles and passing insensibly 
into set33. 
17- R. Lingua (Weihe) ; st. procumbent or arched slightly 
hairy and setose, prickles unequal slightly curved and deflexed, 
1. quinate or ternate, leaflets obovate-cuneate abruptly cuspidate 
nearly glabrous above pale green and hairy beneath, lowermost 
pair stalked, panicle lax with corymbose few-flowered branches 
and long pedicels, calyx of the fruit reflexed. — W. and N. 38. — 
St. long, slightly arched or procumbent, obsoletely angular, 
green, at length purple. Prickles not very numerous, purplish- 
yellow. Leaflets remarkably abrupt. Panicle remarkable for its 
very long single-flowered pedicels. — Devon and Channel Islands. 
Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
18. R. Koehleri (W. and N.) ; st. decurved or procumbent 
slightly hairy setose, prickles very numerous and unequal straight 
horizontal, 1. quinate, leafets obovate with a long acuminate point 
opaque above hairy soft and shining beneath, lowermost pair 
stalked, panicle decompound naked at the summit with spreading 
corymbose branches, calyx of the fruit spreading. — W. and N. 
