500 ROSACEAE. 
Climbing or scrambling, often forming a dense bush. Leaflets 
often tomentose beneath, broadly ovate. Fruit id 5 tt 
yellowish » a ie 3. Rh. schmidetioide 
** Leaves |-foliolate. 
Small, prostrate. Leaves sharply dentate. Fruit very large.. 4. R. oe 
cisse des pA. Cranes | it ¥». 
1. R. australis Forst: f- Prodt tt (1786) set tai My Me lk Be ing 
the tops of the highest trees ; ae fhe woody at the base ; branches 
slender, drooping, armed with scattered recurved prickles. Leavy os 
3-5-foliolate or rarely pinnate with 2 pairs of leaflets and a term: inal 
one; leaflets coriaceous, glabrous, very variable in size and shape, 2-5 in. 
long, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate to linear-oblong or almost lines ane . 
acute or acuminate, truncate or cordate at the base, sharply serrate: a 
petioles and midribs armed with recurved prickles. Panicles large, much 
branched, 6-24 in. long, leaty towards the base; pedicels short, aa ur 
ve eae dioecious ; males | larger and 
PPO Cer ser eerie! 
ine a re ‘ty ail —_—— 
ol Subpauperaius Cockayne in Report Bot. Stewart Id. (1909) 42. —Leaves abun 
or Sey ae 1 any to 5) $4 mi Ee ers not} uncommon in shade ; pric 
Pes Norra odes oe ee ISLAND : Not-1 uncommon peeve the North 
Cape southwards, chiefly in lowland districts. September-November. | 
is w ‘hen growing in forest, Pe theientiy in shade, the leaflets are usually 
deve oped ; ; but in open situations, ex exposed to sun and wind, they are > frequently 
size, SO that in var. ee Teinains beyond the prickly midribs, : ; 
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