140 F. W. C. Areschoug. 



ad luisin dilatatis, glandulisque sessilibus munitis; foliis longius distantibus & 

 longius pctiolatis quam in antec, 5-nato-pedatis, foliolo terminali sensim acumi- 

 nato late oblongo-ovato — obovato, ad vel infra medium latissimo, ad basin leviter 

 cordato, foliolis omnibus subtiliter & eequaliter serrulatis, petiolatis, su'pra satu- 

 rate vel flavescenti-viridibus, subtus canescentibus vel pallide viridibus, tomento 

 tenui & pilis longioribus obsitis; foliis ramorum floriferorum 3-natis, insequaliter 

 & simpliciter serratis, foliolo terminali late ovato vel ovali vel in foliis supremis 

 obovato, acuto; inflorescentia?, plerumque compositse & inferne foliosge, parte su- 

 periore corymbosa, ramis inferioribus inflorescentire elongatis, cymos corymbi- 

 formes apice gerentibus, pedunculis eglandulosis & aculeis gracilibus, rectis 

 vel curvatis armatis; sepalis ovatis, acuminatis, extus canescentibus, in fructu 

 reflexis- petalis roseis, obovatis, longe & anguste unguiculatis, sepala longe 

 superantibus; filamentis sgepe roseis, stylos plerumque roseos superantibus; 

 germinibus glabris; receptaculo piloso. 



R. insularis occurs in its typical form, exclusively in the northwest of 

 Skåne, where it grows in many open places, as well as in woods, from Kullen 

 as far as to Hallands Väderö and Torekow, altbough it does not recede very 

 far from tbe neighbourhood of tbe sea. 



Turiones crassi, ramosi, ad basin rotundato-angulati, magis pilosi & acu- 

 leis minoribus, sed vix numerosioribus instructi, superne aculeis nunc sparsi- 

 oribus & rectioribus, nunc crebrioribus & magis curvatis (var. vulnerans Neuman, 

 Bot. Notiser, 1885, pag. 87) muniti. Folia rarius subtus haud tomentosa (in 

 formis umbrosis); petioli aculeis subfalcatis muniti; serraturee plerumque ovato- 

 lanceolatee, sensim acuininatse; föliola intermedia late oblongo-ovata vel obovata, 

 acuminata, infima ovalia, acuta vel obtusa. Rami floriferi pilis longioribus & 

 tomento tenui obsiti, aculeis nunc pra?sertim versus basin minoribus, debilioribus 

 nunc validioribus, rectis vel curvatis muniti. Inflorescentia nunc efoliosa, sub- 

 -implex, racemosa vel corymbosa, nunc foliosa & composita; folia fioralia 

 superiora ovata, ovalia vel lanceolata, acuminata. Sepala nonnumquam extus 

 aciculosa & glandulosa. Flores magni, speciosi. Sepala pedicellos plerumque 

 longe superantia. Petala in flore aperto inter se sejuncta, versus basin longe 

 attenuata, singula hand raro ovalia & breviter unguiculata, utrinque pubescentia. 

 Antherse glabrse. Pructus grandis, subcylindraceus, e drupeolis magnis, nume- 

 compositus. 



In my revie-w of this genus, in Hartman, Skand. Flora, ed. XI, pag. 281, 

 1 have referred to 11. Lindebergii two by Fries, Herb. Norm. fasc. X, n. 53, 



