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pilose above paler and pilose ordy on the veins beneath, term. It. 
obovate acuminate, pan. long narrow leafy below its branches 
corjTiibose its rachis straight its prickles slender declining its 
aciculi setse and hairs many and unequal, sep. ovate-aAtenuate 
I acicvlnte u ith lane/ setce felted loosely rellexed from the fruit.— 
R. G. 42. 7?. hirtus ^. Menkli Bab. R. pyrjmoeiai Bab. not 
Weihe. — St. perhaps prostrate. Pan. rather long with distant 
short axillary branches, uppermost very short and often divari- 
cate. Pet. white or pinkish. " Pale stani. exceeding pink-based 
styles." — Hedges. South-eastern counties. Sh. YII. VIII. E. 
28. R. scdher (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subangular sub- 
sulcate, prickles stronci short nearly equal declining crt- deflexecl 
from a long compressed base, aciculi setae and hairs few very 
short, 1. 3 — 5-nate, Its. doubly dentate opaque and pilose above 
pale green and pilose beneath, term. It. broadly obovate cuspi- 
date or acuminate subcordate below, pan. subpjTamidal leafy 
felted truncate or blunt at the end its axillary branches erect- 
patent racemose the ultra-axiUaryracemose-corymbose or simple 
its prickles short declining or deflexed from a long base its aci- 
culi strong its setae and hairs nearly equal, sep. ovate-acuminate 
loosely reflexed from the fruit. — R. G. 32. — Stam. inflexed ex- 
ceeding styles. — The typical plant is slender and elegant, pan. 
often nearly simple with long peduncles. The large form {R. 
Bahingtonii Bell-Salt.) is often an enormous plant with very 
rough long prostrate stems, a very large panicle with very large 
and long branches. Pet. white. — Open woods. Sh. VII. VIII. 
E. 
29. R. rvAis (Weihe) ; st. arcuate angular subsulcate, prickles 
strong conical compressed nearly equal subpatent exceeding 
the nearly eqxial atid short aciculi setae aiul hairs, 1. quinate, 
Its. coarsely and doubly serrate (or lobate-serrate) greenish-white- 
Jelted beneath, term. It. elliptic or broadly oblong-obovate acumi- 
nate, pan. long leafy its branches ascending corymbose-racemose 
the uppermost and ultra-axillary divaricate its rachis straight 
its prickles strong decliaing or deflexed from a long base the 
uppermost slender, sep. ovate-attenuate strongly reflexed. — 
R. G. 40. — The nearly equal not scattered prickles, short aciculi 
setae and hairs, jagged Its. felted beneath, and strongly reflexed 
sepals are marks of this species. Pet. white. Stam. exceeding 
styles.— Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
30. R. Rddida (Weihe) : st. arcuate angular, prickles slender 
declining from a dilated compressed base exceeding the many 
short unequal aciculi setce and hairs, 1. quinate-pedate. Its. finely 
but doubly and patently dentate greenish-white-feltedhenea^th, 
term. It. obovate acuminate or subcuspidate, pan. long leafy its 
