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d. RadvJae. Stem roi;gh with small elevated rigid points 
on which the deciduous setae and aciculi were seated ; 
prickles nearly equal. ^ 
24. E. Bloxdmii (Lees); st. arcuate-prostrate angular slightly 
furrowed,/.«-ic^?es small suhpatent unequal, aciculi andsetas short 
many ,hairs many, 1. 5- or 3-nate,/^s. coarsdy Ao'ab\y dentate green 
and pilose on both sides, term. It. roundly obovate cuspidate, pan. 
long leafy to the top felted its short branclies and top corymbose its 
prickles slender declining, sep. ovate-acuminate loosely reflexed 
from the fruit. — St. thick, rarely furrowed. L. subpedate. 
Upper floral 1. simple. Pet. white. Pale stam. falling short of 
styles.— Woods. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
25. R. Hys'trix (Weihe); St. arcuate-prostrate angular slightly 
furrowed, prickles slender declining from a dilated compressed 
base, aciculi and hairs few short equalling the many setas and 
much shorter than the prickles, 1. quinate pedate. Its. coarsely 
and rather doubly and pate ntly dentate green arid pilose on both 
sides, term. It. obloiuj -obovate acuminate, pan. long leafy its 
branches long racemose ascending but the uppermost and ultra- 
axillary patent or divaricate its rachis wavy its prickles strong 
declining the uppermost slender, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely 
adpressed to the fruit. — R. G. 41. — Lts. flat, but wavy at the 
edges, hairy but not felted beneath. Pet. pink. Pale stam. 
exceeding pink styles. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 
E. I. 
26. ^.rosrt'cfMS (Weihe); st. arcuate-prostrate angular,/'?-iVA:/es 
slender nearly equal declining from a dilated compressed base a 
Jew shorter slightly exceeding the nearly equal acicidi setae and 
hairs, 1. (luinate-pedate or ternate. Its. doubly-dentate-serrate 
pilose above paler and pilose only on the veins beneatb, term. 
It. obovate- or oblong-acuminate usually subcordate below, ^;a«. 
subpy7-a niidal trunca te leafy below its branches racemose ascend- 
ing or the ultra-axillary patent corymbose or simple its rachis 
more or less wavy its prickles slender declining, sep. lanceolate- 
attenuate loosely adpressed to the fruit. — R. G. 36. — Perhaps 
not distinct from R. Ilystrix. Its more elegant pyramidal and 
abrupt panicle and the more unequal prickles less markedly 
separated from the aciculi are the chief diflerences. " Pet. pale 
V)ink. Pale stam. exceeding pink-based styles." — Woods and 
hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. E.I. 
27. R. ]yrcB'7-upto7'um {Bou\.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subterete, 
prickles many slender unequal declining slightly dilated at their 
base, setaj hairs and very slender aciculi unequal many, 1. (jui- 
nate-pedateor ternate. Its. coarsely unequally and doubly serrate 
