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27 . IIOSACE.E. 
Imirv, prickles uniform straight declining, 1. 5-nate, Icafl. oval 
apiculate j)ilose above downy beneath, lower pair shortly stalked 
not overlappiny the interin. pair, panicle narrow leafv below with 
short (bvaricated simple or corymbose branches, cal. of the oblong 
fr. adpressed. — Bab. in A. N. H. xvii. \7'2. — St. long, green, 
with scattered short patent hairs ; prickles fi'om a thick base, 
contiued to the angles of the stem. Lead, strongly and doidrly 
dentate-serrate. Petioles with few small strong declining prickles. 
Panicle coni})ound, pubescent with lax bail's, no seta;, prickles 
few short detlexed, term. tl. sessile. — Apse-castle-wood, Isle of 
Wight. Sh. YII. VIII. E. 
7 . R. tenuis (Bell Salt.) ; st. procumbent terete glabrous, 
prickles deflexed equal stout, 1. 3-nate rarely 5-uate subglabrous 
above yreen and downy beneath, lead, obovate acuminate, panicle 
decompound, sep. lanceolate acuminate adpressed to the small 
(black) fr. of few' large grains. — Bell Salt, in A. N. H. xv. 305. 
R. adinis 8. R. G. 3. b. (fr.) — Resembles R. ccesius but (bdrers by 
its short equal and not straight jiriekles and want of hairs and 
seta; on the barren stems. Panicle with long slender declining 
jn-ickles. Prickles on the petioles and midribs strongly hooked. 
—South of England. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
8. R. corylifoUus (Sm.) ; st. decurved or procumbent roundish 
glabrous, prickles conical straight slender, 1. 5-nate dat with a 
wavy margin rather coriaceous soft and hairy beneath, lead, 
roundish ovate or cordate, lower pair subsessile overlapping the 
interm, jiair, panicle suheorymhose, sep. ovate rejiexed from the 
fruit. — E.B.S'27. R. corylifoUus and R. affinis, Bab. ed. 1. — 
Prickles moderate, on the petioles nearly straight. Lower 
branches of the panicle often elongated and spreading. “Torus 
roundish-clavate. Fr. sometimes rather hau'v.” — Hedges and 
thickets. Sh. VH. VIII. 
9. R. cordifolius (W. and N.) ; st. arched angular nearly 
naked, prickles straight horizontal or declining, 1. 5-nate thick 
coriaceous downy beneath, lead, ovate or nearly round or cordate- 
cuspidate, lower pair stalked not overlapping the interm. ]>air, 
panicle compound hairy. — R. G. 5. R. rhamnifolius R. G. 6. E. B. 
2604. Bab. ed. 1. — St. long. Lead, variable in size, soft and 
green or whitish beneath, cordate roundish cuspidate in R. cordi- 
folius, or ovate or roundish-ovate in R. rhamnifolius of the Rub. 
Germ. Panicle rather long ; lower branches often elongated and 
sprea(hng, axillary ; rachis dorrav- — Hedges and thickets. Sh. 
VH. VIII. 
10. R. Grabowskii (Weihe?); st. arched angular glabrous, 
prickles equal much declining or dedexed from a dilated base, 1. 
