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25. — Known by its extremely numerous and very unequal prickles. 
— /3. fusco-aler ; prickles fewer and smaller dellexed, hairs and 
setae more numerous, leaflets elliptical subcordate acuminate, 
panicle narrow short leafy below. R. fusco-ater W. and N. 26. 
— '/.pallidas ; clothing of the st. as in /3, /eo/fr/sofiora/e-elliptical 
acuminate, panicle narrow short leafy below. R. pallidus 
W. and N. 29.— Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 
19. R. Lejeunii (W. and N. ?) ; st. arched (?) slightly angular 
hairy sparingly setose, prickles numerous unequal straight de- 
flexed, 1. ternate or quinate, leaflets ovate acuminate hairy above 
rather downy beneath coarsely and unequally serrate, lowermost 
pair stalked, panicle decompound naked above with spreading 
corymbose branches, calyx of the fruit reflexed. — W. and N. 
31. ? — Differs from the last by its jagged leaves and much less 
numerous and smaller prickles. — Channel Islands. Sh. VII. 
VIII. O. 
20. R. durnetorum (W. and N.) ; st. arched angular hairy and 
sparingly setose, prickles very numerous unequal straight deflexed, 
1. quinate, leaflets orbicular narrower and cordate at the base 
acuminate hairy and rugose above paler and velvety beneath, 
lowermost pair sessile, panicle long and straggling with short 
corymbosebranches, calyx embracing the (black) fruit. — W. andN. 
45. . R. diversifolius Lindl. ! — St. strong, thickly covered with 
very unequal prickles dilated at the base. Leaflets large.— I am 
not acquainted with R. Schleicheri of Leight. Fl. of Shrop. 
which is probably a variety of the present species. — Rare. 
Shropshire. Sh. VI —VIII. E. I. 
21. R. casius (L.) ; st. prostrate round or nearly so glaucous 
setose, jirickles small unequal slender straight deflexed, 1. ternate 
or rarely quinate, leaflets broadly ovate cuspidate slightly hairy 
above paler and downy beneath, lowermost pair sessile, panicle 
corymbose, calyx embracing the (glaucous) fruit. — E. B. 826. 
TV. and N. 46. — St. slender, weak ; prickles varying greatly in 
number, always small and slender. L. usually ternate ; ter- 
minal leaflet ovate narrowing gradually into a long point and 
coarsely doubly serrate, or roundish cordate-ovate cuspidate 
and nearly simply serrate. — Dr. Lindley gives R. hirtus (W. 
and N.) as a native of England, and says of it (ed. 2.) " a strong 
glandular state of ccesius approaching R. Koehleri." I have seen 
no specimens.— Hedges and thickets, common. Sh. VI. — VIII. 
Dewberry. E. I. 
***** Stem herbaceous or nearly so. 
22. R. saxatilis (L.) ; st. slender nearly herbaceous prostrate 
hairy unarmed or with few very distant minute prickles, flower- 
ing stem erect simple with few straight weak prickles, panicle 
terminal corymbose of few flowers, 1. ternate, leaflets ovate-acu- 
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