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26. KOSACE^E. 
i. Idm. Stems suberect, biennial. Kipe fruit separating 
from its receptacle. — Leaves often pinnate. 
1. R. Idoe'us (L.) ; st. erect round pruinose, prickles setaceous 
straight, 1. 5-pinnate or ternate white beneath, term. It. long- 
stalk ed,interm. Its. sessile not imbricate, prickles of fl. -shoot and 
ped. dellexed, fl. axillary and terminal corymbose. — E. B. 2442. 
R. G. 47. — Creeping. St. 4 — 6 ft. high ; prickles small, usually 
many. L. usually pinnate, rarely ternate. Fr. red or amber- 
coloured. — (3. R. Leesii (Bab.) ; 1. ternate, Its. all roundly ovate 
subsessile imbricate. E. B. S. 2981. — 7. rotundifoluis ; 1. like 
those of /3 but term. It. long-stalked, 1. of flowering shoot 
similar but upper ones simple. — Damp edges of woods and 
heaths. Sh. YI. E. S. I. 
ii. Fruticosi. Stems biennial or subperennial. Ripe fruit 
not separating from its receptacle. Leaves digitate, 
pedate or rarely subpinnate. — E. fruticosus Hook. 
(1) Suberecti. Stems usually suberect, glabrous or slightly 
pilose, not setose nor felted. Prickles equal. — Sepals 
densely white-felted within, pilose externally ivitfi a 
narrow border of white felt. 
2. R. suberec'tus (Anders.) \ st. erect obtuse-angled at the top, 
prickles few small uniform from a large compressed base confined 
to the angles of the stem, 1. 3 — 5 — 7-nate, Its. flexible flat, term. 
It. cordate-acuminate, basal Its. subsessile those of fl.-shoot nar- 
roived to the base, fl. racemose or subpanicled, sep. reflexed. — E. 
B. 2572. — St. 3 — 6 ft. high. Prickles conical, scarcely longer 
than the longitudinal extent of their base. L. rarely ternate ; 
Its. thin, unequally serrate. Stam. pale, exceeding styles. Fr. 
dark red. — Boggy woods and heaths. Sh. YI. YII. E. S. I. 
3. R. fls'sus (Lindl.) ; st. erect or subarcuate obtuse-angled, 
prickles many straight or deflexed fi-om an oblong slightly dilated 
base not confined to thearigles, 1. 5 — 7-nate, Its. coriaceous plicate, 
term. It. cordate-ovate, basal Its. sessile, lateral Its. of fl.-shoot 
often gibbous at the base, pan. simple racemose-corymbose,/V.- 
cal. erect-pdtent. — Creeping extensively. St. 1 — 2 ft. high. 
Prickles much longer than the longitudinal extent of their bast-. 
Lts. unetiually serrate. Stam. slightly exceeding styles. Fr. 
dark red.— Wet places. Sh. YI.— YIIL E. S. I. 
4. R. plicdtus (W. & X.) ; st. suberect obtuse-angled, prickles 
straight or deflexed from an oblong dilated base confined to the 
angles, 1. quinate. Its. more or less plicate thin pilose not felted 
beneath, term. It. cordate-acuminate, basal Its. usually subsessile, 
