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rmtiHlhj cordate or broadly obovate subcordate, pan. with slender 
prickles, Sep. (apparently) leaf-pointed. L. nearly glabrous be- 
neath. Term. It. very round. — Woods and thickets. Sh. VII. 
vrii. E- S. I. 
c. Spectabiles, Stem with rather unequal prickles and 
scattered aciculi and setse and usually dense pubescence. 
21. R. rmtcroniddtus TBor.") : st. arcuate suhierete patently yi- 
lose, prickles few conical slender declining: from an oblong dilated 
base. 1. quinate. thick fimly dentate-serrate rough and pilost- 
above hairy only on the (reddish) veins beneath, term. It. broadly 
obovate criitndate cordate below, pan. narrow lax leafy hairy se- 
tose felted "its branches long 1 — 3-flowered its prickles small 
slender declining, sep. ovate-attenuate hairy setose felted with 
a linear point. — R. mucromittis Blox. (not Ser.). — St. becoming 
nearlv naked : a few setfe and aciculi. Pet. pale pink.— Banks 
and hedges. Sh. ^H. ^in. E. S. 
22. i?. Sprengd'H (yi^eihe): st. prostrate terete pilose, ^»-icA/t« 
tmequal dejiexed from a large compressed base, 1. 3 — 5-nate 
pedate, Its. thin green with scattered hairs only on the veins 
beneath, term. It. elliptic-acimiinate, pan. lax hairy felted setose 
its axillary branches patent few-flowered the ultra-axillary di- 
varicate its prickles few slender deflexed, sen. ovate-aciuninate 
erect-patent often leaf-pointed. — a. It. Borren (Bell-Salt. ) : st. 
arcuate-prcstrate thick with scattered aciculi and setae, prickl>-s 
unequal, L usually quinate, pan. rather thyrsoid or with a sub- 
corymbose top. — 3. B. SprengeUi (TS'eihe) ; st. usually quite 
prostrate slender, prickles small, aciculi and setas very few, 1. 
usually temate. Its. flexible, pan. lax few-flowered pyramidally 
subcorvmbose. R. G. 10. — The original R. SprengeUi is mani- 
festlv a small form of R. Borreri — ^Heaths and woods. Sh. W. 
e. 
d. Radid<e. Stem rough with small elevated rigid points 
on which the deciduous sette and aciculi were seated : 
prickles nearly equal. 
2-3. R. Blox'.hnii (Lees) : st. arcuate-prostrate angular slightly 
fiirrowed. prickles s)7iaU suhpatetit unequal, aciculi and setje short 
many, hairs many, 1. -5 — 3-nate. Us. coarsely doubly dentate green 
and pihte on both sides, term. it. raundbj obovate ctisj»date, pan. 
long leafy to the top felted its short branches and top corymbose its 
prickles slender declining, sep. ovate-acuminate loosely reflexed 
from the fruit. — St. thick, rarely furrowed. L. subpedate. 
Upper floral 1. simple. Pet, white. — Woods. Sh. MI. \ 111. E. 
24. R. Sys trid (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate angular slightly 
furrowed, prickles slender declining from a dilated compressed 
