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round patently pilose, aciculi and setse few, prickles slender 
unec^ual scattered patent from an oblong subcompressed base, 
1. qiunate. Its. dentate-serrate green on both sides rugose and 
pilose above hairy (not felted ) beneath, term. It. cordate or ovate 
acute, basal Its. subsessile imbricate, pan. loose leafy hairy rather 
setose its branches long distant few-flowered racemose-corym- 
bose erect-patent, sep. ovate-acuminate erect-patent, styles pale 
flesh-coloiu-ed, fr. hemispherical its torus oblong stalked. — A 
very variable plant, approaching R. corylifoUus in some states. 
Pet. pale pink.— Hedges. Sh. VH. VIH. E. I. 
40. R. corylifoUus (Sm.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly round 
or obtuse-angled nearly glabrous, aciculi setse and subsessile 
glands very few, prickles subulate slender nearly equal subpatent 
or rarely deflexed from a long base, 1. quinate, Its. doubly 
serrate green on both sides rugose with scattered hairs above 
paler and felted beneath, tenn. It. roundly cordate or ovate 
cuspidate or acuminate, basal Its. subsessile imbricate, pan. and 
its Dranches subcorymbose, sep. ovate cuspidate rejiexed from 
the fruit, pet. roimdly ovate, styles greenish, torus oblong stalked. 
— St. slightly glaucoiLs. Pan. usually with 2 or 3 long axillary 
branches, felted, more or less prominently setose at the top. — 
a. R. sublustris (Lees) ; st. nearly round reddish green, prickles 
slender subpatent frorn a Img base, Its. ashy-felted beneath, 
tettn. It. often s^tbtrilobed roundish cordate, rachis straightish 
with few prickles. R. corylifoUus E. B. 827. St. thick. Pet. 
white. — ^. conjimgens ; st. rather angular reddish green, prickles 
slender strong subpatent from a compressed very long base often 
with slightly deflexed points, Its. ashy-felted beneath, term. It. 
cordate-ovate or broadly obovate with a subcordate base, rachis 
straightish with few prickles. R. Wahlbergii Bell-Salt. St. 
round at the base, angular but flat-sided above. Pet. white or 
pink. — y. pu)-pureus ; st. angular purple often a little floccose, 
Erickles strong subpatent or deflexed from a long compressed 
ase. Its. pale green- or white-felted beneath, term. It. roundly 
or subcordate-obovate, rachis rather wavy with many prickles. 
R. Wa/dbergii Anh. St. round at the base, angular and often 
furrowed above. Pet. white or pink. — Hedges and thickets. 
Sh. VI.— VHI. E. S. I. 
41. R. althmf6lim (Host) ; st. prostrate slightly angular with 
scattered hairs and setse, prickles many unequal slender patent 
from an oblong compressed base, 1. quinate or temate, Its. crenately 
lobed pale green with hairs on the veins loosely white-felted 
beneath, basal Its. of the ternate I. retrorsely bipaHite of the quinate 
I. sessile imbricate, term. It. rhomboidal-obovate subcordate below, 
pan. leafy its axillary branches and top racemose-corymbose 
with few very short setse, prickles on the middle of the rachis 
longest slender, sep. ovate-subaciiminate setose loosely adpressed 
