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[ R. fissus (Lindl.) is scarcely (lifTcrcnt from R. suherectus. Tlie 
retiexcd calyx is probably not constant, and R. suherectus fi. has 
“ fr. briglit red.”] 
d. R. plicatus (W. and N.); st. suberect angular, prickles 
equal slightly detlexed conhned to the angles of the st., 1. 5-nate 
plicate, lead, cordate-ovate acuminate, lower j)air std)scssilc, late- 
ral leaf, of fl.-slioot diluted below, j)anicle nearly simple racemose, 
cal. rcHexed from tbe (black) fruit. — E.B.2J14. R.G.\. 11. 
fruticosus Arrh . — St. (1—4 feet bigli; prickles slender, dilated at 
the base. L. rarely 7-nate, green on both sides; on the fl.- 
shoot mostly ternate, lateral lead, dilated or lobed on one side at 
the base. — /3. carinatus ; prickles hooked, lead, all elliptic-lanceo- 
late acute at both ends keeled and strongly veined beneath, pani- 
cle simple, ped. very long, “ fr. deep red.” — Damp stony places 
in the north. “ Somewhat boggy places in Sussex.” Mr. Borrer. 
Isle of Wight. Leicestershire. Sh. VII. VIII. 
4. R. fa.stiyiatus (W. and N.?); st. decurved or procumbent 
angular glabrous, prickles few straight declining equal condned 
to the angles of the stem, 1. 5-nnte flat, lead, cordate acuminate, 
lower ])air subsessile and overlapj)ing the interm, pair, lateral 
lead, of d. -shoot dilated below, ])anicle nearly simj)le leafy corym- 
bose at the end, cal. of fi’. redexed. — R. G.2.1 — St. many feet 
long ; jirickles (hlated at the base, distant. L. green on both 
sides, ])ilose above, paler and downy beneath, dexible, large, un- 
equally dentate-serrate ; petioles and midribs with strong hooked 
prickles. Ped. simple, elongate, downy with spreading hairs, 
lower distant axillary, upper corymbose, terminal one short ; 
prickles few, small, straight, declining; d.-l. cordate-ovate, sim- 
ple, few. — Dense woods in Dumfi-ies-shu-e. Sh. VIII. IX. S. 
5. R. nitidus (W. and X.) ; st. suberect angular shining smooth, 
prickles conical straight declining dilated at the base, 1. 5-nate 
dat shining above green and pubescent beneath, lead, ovate or 
rountUsh, lower pair stalked not overlapping the intei-m. pair, 
panicle compound leafy with spreaihng or divaricated branches : 
rachis polished pilose at the end. — R. G.4. — St. not arching but 
producing a j>endulous shoot in the autumn, glabrous or with a 
few scattered hairs ; secondary shoot jrilose at the end. Lead, 
sharply and ii-regularly serrate, terminal one usually ovate. Pe- 
tioles with short, generally numerous, hooked prickles. Panicle 
very prickly, its branches usually nearly at right angles with the 
raehis. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 
*** Stems arched or prostrate, rooting, angular, without setae 
(on the young stems a few seta are often to be found and 
sometimes but rarely on the older ones), not hispid. 
Prickles chiefly confined to the angles of the stem, nearly 
equal. 
6. R. Salteri (Bab.) ; st. procumbent angular furrow'ed slightly 
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