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26. EOSACE^. 
above hairy or felted beneath, term. It. obovate acuminate, basal 
Its. stalked not imby-icate, pan. long narrow pyramidal leafy 
nearly to the top its branches and hrancMets subcorr/mbose sub- 
patent its rachis very prickly aciculate and setose its prickles 
many verj' strong fromlirge compressed bases, sep. ovate felted 
setose reflexed with rather leaflike points. — Pet. dull white. 
" Filam. pink. Styles greenish." — R. obliquus (Blox.) seems to 
belong here. — Hedgebanks in the South. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
36. R. Lejeun'ei (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subangular 
with scattered hairs and setae, prickles mostly small a few longer 
declining from a long compressed base, aciculi very shart, 1. 
quinate-pedate, Its. opaque and pilose above paler and hairj' 
only on the veins beneath lobate-serrate towards the tip, basal 
Its. stalked not imbricate, term. It. obovate-acuminate, pan. broad 
hairy leafy setose its top corj-mbose its axillary branches ascend- 
ing subracemose its prickles slender declining its setae many 
unequal, sep. o«a^e felted setose loosely adpressed to the fruit. — 
R. G. 31. — -Sep. often having a short linear point; its allies 
when furnished with an appendage to the sepals have it leaf- 
like.— Hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
b. Bellardiani. Leaves ternate or quinate pedate ; basal 
leaflets not imbricate, stalked. Prickles mostly confined 
to the angles of the very hairy aciculate and setose stems. 
37. R. pyramiddlis (Bab. not Kaltenb.) : st. very nearly 
prostrate roundly angular, prickles many sho7-t strong much 
declining or defiexed from a very large compressed base, hairs 
few, aciculi and setse many nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely 
quinate-pedate. Its. convex irregularly dentate-serrate nearly 
equal opaque and pilose above paler and pilose beneath, term. It. 
obovate-cuspidate, 7>a«. pyramidal leafy below its top and 
branches racemose felted its rachis straight ngid its prickles 
slender declining its hairs and setae many unequal, sep. lanceo- 
late-attenuate loosely adpressed to the fruit. — St. usually (juite 
prostrate. Pan. very pyramidal. Pet. very narrow, greenish 
white. Stam. white exceeding pinkish styles. — Edges of woods, 
rare. Abundant at Llanberis, N. Wales. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
38. R. (r wn'^Aejn.' (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate terete, yjj-iVi/es 
slender unequal declining from a large subcompressed base, aci- 
culi setaj and hairs short nearly eiiual, 1. ternate or rarely 
quinate-pedate. Its. flat irregularly or doubly dentate-serrate 
nearly equal opaque and pilose above pilose greenish white or 
slightly felted beneath, term. It. obovate-acuminate, pan. narrow 
leafy its branches distant ascending racemose few-flowered its 
