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2. R. hiber'nica (Sm.) ; prickles scattered, larger slightly 
falcate. Its. simply [or irregularly] serrate without glands, sep. 
[usually] pinnate not glandular on the back, fr. with a small 
disk.—E. B. 2196. — [usually a compact bush.] Fl. 1—3 rarely 
more, pale pink. Fr. urceolate blood-red with subpersistent 
Sep., ripe in Oct. [a. Lts. slightly hairy on the midrib above and on 
the veins beneath or (var. glabra, Bak.) quite glabrous, ped. naked. 
^. Grovesii (Bak.); robust, very glaucous, sep. almost always simple, fr- 
ovate-nrceclate. 7. cordifolia (Bak.); ped. hispid glandular.— Generally con- 
sidered a hybrid between Sp. 1 and 10.] Chiefly in the N. of England 
and N". of Ireland, ji. Surrey. Sh. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
3. E. involnta (Sm.) ; prickles crowded, Its. doubly serrate 
doumy and often glandular beneath, sep. simple or pinnate 
glandular on the back, fr. subglobose with no disk. — E. B. S. 
2594. — St. erect [or arching]. Fl. 1 — 3. Fr. red or pink, with 
persistent sep., ripe in Sept. and Oct. [Prof. Crepin considers this 
to be a series of hybrids of R. spinosissima with R. villosa, R. tomentosa, 
and possibly R. rubiginosa. The following are the principal forms described 
as British.— a. Smithii (Bak.); Its. naked above hairy principally on the 
midrib beneath, serration but slightly compound, ped. and cal.-tube densely 
aciculate, sep. simple, fi, Robertsoni (Bak.); Its. glabrous above when mature, 
hairy and inconspicuously glandular beneath, serration compound, cal.-tube 
usually naked, sep. compound. 7. Wchbii (Bak.) ; Its. glabrous above hairy 
on the midrib beneath, ped. and fr. naked, sep. more compound than in the 
other forms. 5. Moorei (Bak.) ; Its. nearly glabrous above, thinly hairy' and 
densely glandular beneath, serration nearly simple, ped. and cal.-tube densely 
aciculate. e. IVilsoni (Borr.); Its. thinly hairy on the ribs below, almost 
eglandular, serration simple, sep. nearly simple, fr. ovate-urceolate, ped. 
aciculate and setose, vccidentalis (Bak.); near R. fVilsoni, Its. smaller 
slightly hairy, petiole glandular, ped. densely acicuh:te, fr. naked. 77. Nicholsonii 
Crep.); Its. glabrous above slightly hairy and glandular beneath, serration 
compound, fr. and ped. densely setose. 6. graciUscens (Bak.); a robust Irish 
form, Its. thinly hairy, serration copiously compound, ped. aciculate, cal.-tube 
naked, t. R. SaUni (Woods); Its. thinly hairy above more hairy below, 
serration copiously compound, ped. and cal.-tube densely aciculate, sep. 
with 2—4 small pinnie. K. Imvigata (Bak.); Its. like A". Sabini, ped. and 
cal.-tube naked, sep. simple not glandular. X. R. Doniana (Woods); a small 
form with Its. densely hairy, ped. and cal.-tube densely aciculate, sep. almost 
simple.] Chiefly in the North. Sh. VI. E. S. I. 
ii. Villosa. [st. free.] Sep. mostly persistent, densely glan- 
dular on the back. St. tall suberect with scattered 
uniform nearly straight prickles. Lts. [usually 7, terminal 
one ovate, generally] very hairy and glandular beneath. 
[B. pomif'era. (Herrm.) ; Its. large oblomj -lanceolate doubly 
serrate downy, sep. copiously pinnate, f r. globose with no disk. 
Not a native. Sn. VI. 1] 
