RtTBUS. 
with scattered hairs and setee, prickles mostly snrall a few louger 
decliuiiig from a long compressed base, aciculi venj short, 1. 
quiuate-pedate, Its. opaque and pilose above paler and hairy 
only on tlie veins beneath lobate-serrate towards the tip, hiisal 
Its. stalhed not imbricate, term. It. obovate-acuminate, pan. broad 
hairy leafy setose its top corymbose its axillarj- branches uscendmji 
subracemose its prickles slender declining its sette many unequal, 
sep. ovate, felted setose loosely adpressed to the fruit. — R. G. 31. 
— Sep: often having a short linear point; its allies when furnished 
with an appendage to the sepals have it leatiike. — Hedges. 
Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
b. Bellardiuni. Leaves temate or quinate-pedate ; basal 
leaflets not imbricate stalked. Prickles mostly confined 
to the angles of the very hairy aciculate and setose stems. 
34. R. pyrmniddlis (Bab.) ; st. very nearly prostrate roundly 
angular, prickles many short stroru/ much declining or deflexed 
from a large compressed base, hairs few, acicidi and setje many 
nearly equal, 1. temate or rarely quinate-pedate, Its. convex 
in-egularly dentate-seri'ate nearly equal opaque and pilose above 
paler and pilose beneath, term. It. obovate-cuspidate, pyra- 
midal leafy below its top and branches racemose felted its 
7-achis straight rigid its prickles slender declining its hairs and 
setai many unequal, sep. lanceolate-attenuate loosely adpressed 
to the fruit. — St. usually quite prostrate. Pan. very pyrami- 
dal. Pet. verv narrow, greenish white. — Edges of woods, rare. 
Sh. VII. VIII.' E. 
35. J?. G«M'<Aen" (Weihe); St. arcuate-prostrate terete, />/-iV7.-./es 
slender unequal decHning fr-om a large subcompressed base, 
aciculi setse and haii-s short nearly equal, 1. ternate or rarely 
quinate-pedate, /fe. fvut irregularly or doubly dentate-sen'ate 
nearly equal opaque and pilose above pilose greenish white or 
slightly felted beneath, term. It. obovate-acuminate, pan. narrow 
leafy its branches distant ascending racemose few-tlowered its 
rachis wavy its prickles few slender declining its hairs and setae 
many equal, sep. ovate-lanceolate loosely reflexed from the fruit. 
— R. G. 21. — Only slightly prickly. Pan. very loose, its rachis 
fonning an angle at each leaf. Pet. nan'ow, pale pink. — Shadv 
places. Sh. VII. VIII. E. I. 
36. R. humifusus (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly 
roimd, prickles many slender veiy unequal declining from a 
long compressed base, hairs setcs and very slender aciculi unequal 
many patent, 1. quinate-pedate. Its. finely hut doubly patently 
dentate pilose and opaque sibove pilose greenish white and shining 
beneath, temi. It. obovate-oblong subcuspidate, pan. broad leafy 
below its branches corymbose its rachis rather wavy its prickles 
few slende^' declining its hairs and setae many imequal, sep. ovate 
