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straight, L 5-piimate or temate white beneath, term. It. long- 
stalked, itiierm. Its. sessile not imbricate, pricMes ofji.-skoot and 
ped. defiexed from a Ormffressed dilated ba-ie, fl. axillary and 
terminal corymbose. — JE. J?. 2442. if. G. 47. — Creeping. St. 
4 — 6 ft. high : prickles small, usually many. L. usually pin- 
nate, rarely temate. Fr. red or amber-coloured. — Damp edges 
of woods Mid heaths. Sh. YI. E. S. I. 
2?. i?. Lees 'ii (Bah.) ; st. erect round, prickles setaceous straight, 
/. temate, Its. all roundly ovate subsessUe imbricate, pricldes of 
Jl.-thoot and ped. few setaceous from a bulbous base, fl. axillary 
and terminal racemose. — Creeping. St. 2 — 5 ft. high : prickles 
small. Fr. unknown. — Banks. Ilford Bridges, Devon. Dunster, 
Som. Sh. VL K 
iL Fnrtieosi. Stems biennial or subperennial. Ripe fruit 
not separating from its receptacle. Leaves digitate, 
pedate or rarely subpinnate. 
(1) Suberecti. Stems usually suberect. glabrous or slightly 
pilose, not setose nor felted. Prickles equal — Sepals 
densely white-felted within, pilose externally vnth a 
narrow border of -white felt. 
3. B.. mberec 'tus ("Anders. ) ; st. erect obtuse-angled at the top, 
prickles few small uniform from a large compressed base confinM 
to the angles of the stem, 1. 3 — 5 — 7-nate, Its. Jlexihle flat, term. 
It cordate-acuminate, basal Its. subsessile tho^e of fi.-shoat nar- 
rowed to the base, fl. racemose or subpanided. sep. reflexed. — 
£. B. 2572. — St. 3 — 6 ft. high. Prickles conical, scarcely longer 
than the longitudinal extent of their base. L. rarely temate ; 
Its. thin, unequallv serrate. Fr. dark red. — Boggy woods and 
heaths. Sh. YL ' E. S. L 
4. B.jis'ms (Xindl.) ; st. erect or subarcuate obtuse-angled, 
/wicAZm many straight or deflexed /row an oblong slightly dilated 
base not confined to the angles, 1. 5 — 7-nate, Its. coriaceous plicate, 
term. It. cordate-ovate, basal Its. sessile, lateral Its. of fl. -shoot 
often gibbous at the base, pan. simple racemose-corymbose, fr.- 
cal. erect-patent. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Prickles much longer than 
the longitudinal extent of their base. Lts. imequaUy serrate. 
Fr. dark red. — Wet places. Alm ond Park and West Felton, 
Salop. Londonderry. Sh. VI. — MIL E. L 
5. B.plicdttis (yr. & X.) ; st. suberect obtuse-angled, prickles 
straight or deflexed from an oblong dilated ba.3e confined to the 
angles, 1. quinate, Its. more or less plicate thin pilase not felted 
beneath, term. It. cordate-acuminate, basal Its. usually subsessile, 
lateral Its. of Ji.-shoot rhomboidal-ovate dilated at the base, fl. 
racemose or corsTnbose, rachis and ped. pilose not felted, fr.- 
caL reflexed.— £ B. S. 2714 B. G. 1. R. fruricosus Arrh. 
