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27. ROSACE.E. 
setic : apex and short ascending many-flowered branches panicled. 
— R. G. 21. Bab. in A. N. H. xix. 17- — Prickles short from a 
thick base. L. much like those of R. glandulosus, nearly always 
0- iiate. Panicle long, narrow, d or four lower branches axillary 
short. — Ilartshill Wood, Warwickshire. Rev. A. Bloxam. Crows- 
nest Wood near Worcester. Mr. E. Lees. Sh. VIII.? E. 
21). R. humifusus ( Weihe) ; st. procumbent terete baiiy setose 
prickles very slender and unequal numerous declining, 1. 3-iiate 
or 5-nate tinely and unequally serrate green on both sides j)aler 
and ])ilose beneath, leafl. cordate-ovate cuspidate, panicle branch- 
ed leafy below densely covered witli lax bairs prominent seta; 
and long slender declining prickles. — R. G. 35. — St., h. -shoot, 
pcd. and ])etioles beautifully clothed with long slender prickles 
and aciculi, which have a purjjle base and pass insensibly into 
very long and slender and very unequal setae. Lower branches of 
the panicle elongated, asceiuhng, 3— ^-flowered ; the others mostly 
1 - flowered. St. slender, fuscous-purple. — Glen Falloch, Perth- 
shire. Sh. VII. VIII. S. 
30. ? R. Schleicheri (Weihe?); st. arched or ]>rostrate obso- 
letely angular nearly round with scattered hairs and seta, prickles 
scattered unequal straight declining, 1. 5-nate or 3-nate pilose 
above green soft and ])ubescent beneath, leafl. roundish shortly 
acuminate narrower below, panicle small with 3 or 4 distant very- 
few-flowered short branches and a terminal simple corymb setose ; 
prickles m.any long straight declining, cal. of fr. erect-patent. — 
height. Shrop. 237. — Avery doubtful plant. — Shropshire, Hamp- 
shire. Sh. VII. VIII. “ E. 
31. R. Wahlbergii (Arrh.); st. ai’ched obtusely angular with 
few or no hairs or seta;, prickles numerous very unequal, 1. 5-nate 
])ale green beneath, leaji. broadly ovate acuminate cordate below, 
on the fi.-shoot cordate broad below, panicle long leafy prickly, 
cal. of fr. ]>atent, pet. obovate narrowed below, “ styles green.” — 
Bell Salt, in A. N. H. xvi. 371. Prickles straight, rather de- 
clining, on the autumnal shoots and petioles hooked. Often 
much like R. corylifolius. — South of England. Sh. VIII. E. 
32. R. nemorosus (“Ilayne”); st. arched obsoletely angular 
hairs and seta; few', prickles numerous very unequal, 1. 5-nate 
nearly glabrous above ])aler and soft beneath, leajl. roundly cor- 
date cuspidate, on the Jl.-shoot ovate narrowed below, panicle 
nearly simj)le, j)et. nearly round, “ styles flesh-coloured,” cal. em- 
bracing the (black) fruit. — R. dumetorum R. G. 45. Bab. ed. 1. 
— Prickles as in the preceding. — a. glabratus ; 1. hairy and pale 
green beneath, fl. -shoots downy, st. nearly terete subglabrous. — 
(6. pilosus ; 1. softly hairy and pale green beneath, fl. -shoots and 
nearly terete st. tomentose. — y. bifrons; 1. whitish and tomen- 
