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acute teeth remarkably directed forwards. Pan. often nearly 
simple, cylindrical. Pet. white or reddish. — Open places in 
hilly districts. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
20. R. villicaulis (W. & N.) ; st. arcuate angular patently pi- 
lose, prickles strong conical-compressed subpatentfrom a dilated 
compressed base, 1. quinate, Its. thin dentate-serrate pale green 
and shining and often densely hairy but the hairs only on the 
veins beneath, term. It. obovate or roundly cordate-obovate sub- 
acuminate, ^jm. open compound leafy hairy subsetose felted its 
branches corymbose its prickles declining or deflexed, sep. hairy 
setose aciculate loosely reflexed from the fruit. — R. G. 17. 
R. villicaidis and R. pam])inosus Bab. — St. becoming nearly 
naked, rarely a few setse and aciculi. — /3. R. adscitus (Genev.) ; 
St. aciculate and setose. R. vidgaris (Lindl.). Heads of setae 
very deciduous. — Woods and hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
21. R. macrophyl'lus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate- pi'ostrate angular 
patently pilose, prickles short slender conical-compressed de- 
clining from a large dilated compressed base, 1. quinate. Its. 
doubly and patently dentate or irregularly dentate-serrate pilose 
above pale green felted or velvety or hairy only on the veins 
beneath, term. It. elliptic or roundly obovate or obovate cuspi- 
date or acuminate more or less cordate, pan. hairy felted setose 
its branches short few-flowered corymbose the lower axillary 
subracemose and ascending its prickles declining, sep. ovate-at- 
tenuate hairy felted setose loosely reflexed from the fruit. — The 
following forms have been considered species. — a. R. uni- 
brosus (Arrh.) ; prickles slender from a large base, 1. quinate, 
Its. doubly and patently d^entate velvetyor slightly felted beneath, 
term. It. broadly obovate cuspidate, pan. with slender prickles, 
tij) of sep. linear, cor. rose-coloured. Stam. white, scarcely 
exceeding the dull styles. R. carpinifolius (Blox.). Term. It. 
sometimes divided into three.—/?. R. macrophyllus (W. & N.) ; 
prickles small short from a very large base, 1. 5 — 3-nate, Its. 
irregularly dentate-serrate hairy only on the veins or rarely 
felted beneath, term. It. elliptic or broadly obovate, pan. with 
slender prickles, sep. leaf -pointed, cor. white. E. B. S. 2625. 
R. <T. 12. Lts. often very large. St. often with a few aciculi 
and setae. Stam. pinkish, exceeding the pink styles. A very 
variable plant. — 7. R. Schlechtendalii (W. & N.) ; prickles short 
small from a very large base, 1. usually quinate, Its. doitbly and 
patently dentate usually hairy only on the veins not felted be- 
neath, term. It. long obovate acuminate wedgeshaped or subcor- 
date at the base, pan. with strong prickles, sep. with a linear 
point, cor. white. 7i!. ^r. 11. Hardly distinguishable from var. /i. 
— 5. R. amplificatiis (Lees) ; prickles short from a very large base, 
