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uncles, and gen. also the back of the cal.-divisions, 
hispid-glandular, rarely almost or quite glabr.) . lo 
— Prickles equal, i. e. the branches bearing no small, 
straight ones ....... 16, 17 
15. Leaflets oval or oblong, often rather cuneiform at the 
base, when young gen. glandular on both sides, 
the subfoliar glands very small, sometimes partly dis¬ 
appearing with age. Dense shrubs with a scent resem¬ 
bling that of the pink. Peduncles short, with few stip. 
glands. Cor. bright rose-coloured. Styles short, woolly. 
R. caryopyllacea Chr. not Bess.—Lower Engadine (Tarasp, 
Schuls), Bormio in Veltlin. 6 . rhsetica Grml. 744. 
— Leaflets almost always without glands above, but the 
subfoliar glands more numerous than in the last 16, 17 
16. 17. Peduncles and the back of the cal.-divisions his¬ 
pid-glandular. . . . . . . 18 
— Peduncles and the back of cal.-divisions gen. glabr. 
(Cor. white or pale rose-coloured; cal.-lobes and their 
divisions elongated, narrow.) Type of R. sepium 22 
18. Cal.-divisions spreading or erect on the fr., persistent 
at least until the fr. becomes coloured. Styles hairy 
or woolly ........ If) 
—Cal.-divisions reflexed on the fr., falling early (gen. 
before or during the colouring of the fr.). Styles glabr. 
or almost so. (Shrubs with lax, arched branches). Type 
of R. micrantha ....... 21 
19. Cor. white. Leaflets of a yellowish green; prickles 
similar, yellowish; peduncles and styles rather longer 
than those of R. rubiginosa, but the styles less hairy. 
Leaflets orbicular-oval, rounded at the base Peduncles 
very hispid-glandular.—SchafFh.(Piemont! Wiirtemberg).6 
Gremlii Christ. 745. 
— Cor. of a bright rose-colour. Styles woolly . . 20 
20. Leaflets oval or orbicular-oval, gen. broadly rounded 
at the base and more or less hairy, with broad, spread¬ 
ing teeth. Peduncles short, as long or scarcely longer 
than the fr., covered with unequal stip. glands mingled 
with fine prickles which often descend below the in¬ 
florescence. Cor. small. Styles short. Fr. globular or 
ovoid.*) —a. umbellala Leers. Dense shrubs with short 
branches, not unusually with unequal prickles (hetera- 
canthous); peduncles often 3—7—15.—b. comosa Rip. 
Branches and prickles rather longer; peduncles 1—3; 
teeth of the leaflets rather more acute and cal.-divisions 
longer and narrower than in the last variety. —Distrib. 6 
rubiginosa L. 746. 
*) v dwarf form with prickles almost straight: var. rotundifolia Ran.; 
the same with very unequal prickles : var. pimpinelloides G. Mey. 
