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felted, more or less prominently setose at the top.— a. H. suh- 
lustris (Lees) ; st. nearly round reddish green, prickles slender 
subpatent from a long base, Its. ashy-felted beneath, term. It. 
often suhtrilohed roundish cordate, rachis straightish with few 
prickles. R. coryl ifoliusSm. Sy.E.B.Abb. St. thick. Pet. 
white. Stam. slightly exceeding styles. — /?. conyungem (Bab.) ; 
St. rather angular, reddish green, 2^rickles slender strong sub- 
patent or defiexed from a compressed very long base often with 
slightly defiexed points, Its. ashy-felted beneath, term. It. 
cordate-ovate or broadly obovate with a subcordate base, 
rachis straightish with few prickles. R. Wahlhergii Bell-Salt. 
St. round at the base, angular, but flat-sided above. Pet. white 
or pink. — 7. purpureus (Bab.) ; st. angular purple often a little 
floccose, prickles strong subpatent or defiexed from a long com- 
pressed base. Its. pale-green- or white-felted beneath,_term. It. 
roundly- or subcordate-obovate, rachis rather wavy with many 
prickles. R. Wahlhergii Arrh. St. round at the base, angular 
and often furrowed above. Pet. white or pink. — Hedges and 
thickets. Sh. VI.~VIII. E.S.I. 
44. R. althceifolius (Host) ; st. prostrate slightly angular mth 
scattered hairs and setae, prickles many unequal slender patent 
from an oblong compressed base, 1. quinate or ternate. Its. cre- 
nately lohed pale green with hairs on the veins loosely white- 
felted beneath, 6asa/ Its. of the ternate I. retrorsely bipartite of the 
quinate I. sessile imbricate, term. It. rhomboidal-obovate sub- 
cordate below, pan. leafy its axillary branches and top racemose- 
corj'^mbose with very few short setae, prickles on the middle of 
the rachis longest slender, sep. ovate-sabacuminate setose 
loosely adpressed to the (black -blue) fruit, pet. obovate, styles 
flesh-coloured at their base. R. deltoideus Miill. ? — St. round at 
the base, above bluntly angular or even furrowed. Pan. rather 
long, open ; top formed of irregular corymbs of nearly simple 
peduncles. Pet. nearly white. Pale stam. about equalling 
pinkish styles. — Hedges. Sh. VI.— VIII. E. 
45. R. tuherculdtus (Bab.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate slightly 
angular with scattered short hairs and setae, jn-ickles many 
unequal slender patent from an oblong tuberculiform base, 1. 
ternate or quinate. Its. rather doubly dentate hairy on the 
veins beneath green on both sides, basal Its. of the ternate 1. 
bilobate of the quinate ^ .nearlysessile imbricate, term. It. roundly 
cordate subcuspidate, pan. leafy its axillary branches racemose 
its top corymbose, prickles from the middle to the top of the 
pan. and ped. slender and longest, sep. ovate acuminate acicu- 
late setose loosely adpressed to the fruit. ./. of B. viii. t. 106. 
B. nemcn-osiis 0. ferox Leight. St. very bluntly angular. Pan. 
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