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1. usually quiuate, Its, somewhat doubly patently dentate hair)/ 
ordii on the veins beneath not felted, term. It. broadly obovate 
acuminate, pan. very large its prickles strong compressed from 
a very large base, sep. usually leaf -pointed, cor. white or pinkish. 
Remarkable for the very strong prickles with exceedingly long 
compressed bases on its panicle. — f. glabratiis (Bab.) ; prickles 
short from a very large base, 1. quinate, / ts. irregularly or rather 
doubly dentate si ighthj hairy only on the veins beneath, term. It. 
roundly cordate or broadly obovate subcordate, pan. with slender 
prickles, sep. (apparently) leaf-pointed. L. nearly glabrous 
beneath. Term. It. very round. — Woods and thickets. Sh. 
VII. vin. E. S. I. 
c. Spectabiles. Stem with rather unequal prickles and 
scattered aciculi and setse and usually dense pubescence. 
22. Ji. mucromddtus (Bor.) : st. arcuate subterete patently pi- 
lose,7>/-!'cA-/esfew conical s/e?!<:/«- declining from an oblong dilated 
base, 1. quinate, thick nnely dentate-serrate Tongh and pilose 
above hairy only on the (reddish) veins beneath, term. 1 1. broadly 
obovate cuspidate cordate below, pan. narrow lax leafj- hairy 
setose felted its branches long 1 — 3-flowered its prickles small 
slender declining, sep. ovate-attenuate hairy setose felted vrith 
a linear point. — Sy.E. B. 451. R. mucronatus Blox. (not Ser.). 
— St. becoming nearly naked ; a few setae and aciculi. Pet. 
pale pink. Pink stam. exceeding green styles. — R. festivus 
(Warr.) seems to differ only by angular st. and much thinner 
doubly dentate leaves. — Banks and hedges Sb. Vll. Vlll. 
E. S. I. 
23. R.Sprengel'ii(yi^em2) \ st. prostrate terete pLlose,/>n'cZ:/es 
unequal deflexed from a large compressed base, 1. 3 — 5-nate 
pedate, Its. thin green with scattered hairs only on the veins 
beneath, term. It. elliptic-acuminate, pan. lax hairy felted setose 
its axillary branches patent few-flowered the ultra-axillarj- di- 
varicate its prickles few slender deflexed, sep. ovate-acuminate 
erect-patent often leaf -pointed. — a. R. Borreri (Bell-Salt.) : st. 
arcuate-prostrate thick with scattered aciculi and Setse, prickles 
unequal, 1. usually quinate, pan. rather thyrsoid or with a sub- 
corymbose top, dull stam. falling short of styles. — R. rubicolor 
(Blox.) seems an extreme form of this. — ^. R. Sprengelii 
(Weihe) ; st. usually quite prostrate slender, prickles small, 
aciculi and setae very few, 1. usually temate, Its. flexible, pan. 
lax few-flowered pjTamidally subcorymbose ; rose-coloured 
stam. exceeding styles. R. G. 10. — Heaths and woods. Sh. 
VI. VII. E. 
