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26. EOSACEJE. 
tt Bracts small or wanting. 
[1. i?. riihel'la (Sm.) ; st. and branches densely setigerous 
througLoiit, prickles nearly equal few slender, leaflets smiply 
serrate naked their disk without glands, fi". oblong or urceolate 
pendulous. — E. B. 2521 and (fruit) 2G01. — Persistent sepals 
mostly spreading. Fr. bright red. — South Shields ? Abergeldy ? 
Sh. v.] E. S. 
2. R. spinosis'si77ia (L.) ; prickles many croivded very unequal 
mostly straight subulate iutenuLxed •with setoe, leaflets simply 
sen-ate their disk without glands, scp. half as long as the cor. 
acuminate entire, fr. nearly (/lobular erect. — JK £. 187. — Fr. dark 
purple or black. — ^.pilosa (Lindl.) ; " very dwarf, 1. acute hairy 
on the under side." — Sandy and chalky heaths. ^. Ireland. 
Sh. V. E. S. I. 
R. hiber'nica (Sm.) ; prickles scattered unequal the larger 
slightly falcate, setce few, Its. simply sen-ate hairy beneath their 
disk without glands, sep. shorter than the cor. pinnate slightly 
leaflike, fi-. nearh' globular. — E. B. 2196. — Fr. somewhat m-ceo- 
late, blood-red. Fl. mostly solitary or 2 or 3 together. Lts. 
sometimes smooth. — Near Lorton, Cumb. Flotterton, North- 
umb. ? Near Belfast harbour. Sh. T.— VIII. E. I. 
4. R. Wilsoni (BoiT.) ; prickles many crowded very unequal 
straight, setae few, leaflets simply serrate hairy on both sides 
their disk without glands, sep. shorter than the cor. slightly 
leaflike mostly simple, fr. ovate-urceolute. — E. B. S. 2723. — Fr. 
scarlet. — Banks of the Menai near Bangor. Sh. VI. E. 
5. R. involuta (Sm.); prickles crowded very vmequal straight, 
setse few, leaflets doubly serrate hairy and ylandular beneath, sep. 
nearly as long as the cor. slightly leaflike mostly sunple, fr. glo- 
bose-urceolate setose.- — E. B. 2068 and (fr.) 2()dl. — Fr. dai-k red. 
Dwarf. — Hebrides and Western Highlands. Sh. VI. S. 
6. R. Sab'mi (Woods) ; prickUs scattered unequal straight or 
nearly so, setag few, leaflets doubly serrate hairy glandular be- 
neath, .tep. nearly as long as the cor. somewhat pinnate slightly 
leaflike, fr. globose or slightly urceolate setose. — E. B. S. 2594. — 
Fr. dark red. — ^. R. Doniana (Woods) ; prickles more numerous, 
1. very hairy, cal. almost simple. E. B. S. 2601. — y. R. gracilis 
(Woods) ; lareer prickles falcate, cal. almost simple. E. B. 583 
(fig. only).— Mostly in the North. Sli. VI. E. S. I. 
** Shoots mostly without setce, leaves glandidar especially beneath. 
t Prickles nearly uniform, setaj few or none. 
7. R. villiUa (L.) ; prickles miifonu nearly straight, leaflets 
doubly seiTate downy, sep. slightly pinnate, root-shoots straight. 
