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nicks terminal, composed of small umbels. Petals ob- 

 lonpf, length of the calyx. 



A native of the mountains of the Peninsula of India. 

 It flowers during the cold season in the Botanic Garden 

 at Calcutta. 



7. R. racemosus. R. 



Shrubby. Stem and petioles prickly and villous. Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets from five to seven, serrate, villous, ovate, 

 lanceolate, the exterior ones often three-lobed. Racemes 

 terminal. Petals as long as the calyx. 



A native of the mountains of Mysore. 



8. R. roscefloriis. R. 



Shrubby, erect, smooth, armed, as well as the petioles, 

 with recurved prickles. Leaves pinnate; leaflets from 

 seven to nine, elliptic ; serratures large and very sharp, 

 hoary underneath. Comrybs terminal, hoary, sessile, 

 shorter than the calyx. 



Found by Captain Hardwicke in the vicinity of Serina- 

 gur. See Asiat. Res, 6. p. 364. 



9. R. albescens. R. 



Shrubby, long, scandent, or creeping, apices vivipar- 

 ous ; armed with sharp, acute prickles, and clothed with 

 a white bloom, which becomes brown by age. Leaves pin- 

 nate; leaflets from five to seven, from cordate to ovate, 

 oblong-serrate, hoary underneath. Stipules lanceolate. 

 Flowers terminal. Petals round, red, shorter than the 

 calyx. 



A native of the mountains of Malabar. In the Botanic 

 garden at Calcutta it blossoms and ripens its bramble 

 like fruit during the cool season. 



10. R. gracilis. R. 



Shrubby, slender, creeping, villous, armed, as well as 



