56l! 



leOSANDRlA rOLYGYNIA. 



bris, subaculeatis 



caule 



bus 



lane 



gros 



s 



Ibl 



tipul 



petioles glabi 



and a 



klv 



stem 



b 



ms 



itis, obtusiusculis, 



serratis, glabris. 



floiibus subgemi- 



gbt 



pul 



gla. 



prickl 



> 



foli 



leaflets ovute 

 lanceolate, obtuse, with 

 large serratures^g 



gris 



Pursh, 1 . p. ^4^. 



inte- I shim ig ; flowers genei 



Sp. p]. 2. p. 1068. 

 II. Caroliua ? Walt 



\y in pairs ; segments of 

 the calyx entire. 



A slirub, 4—6 feet hijrh, with creeping roots, and erect, glabrous, 

 coloured stems; small branches somewhat genicalate and hairy. 

 J^Hjiets generally seven, rather acute, pubescent along the mar-in 

 aiiU the under surface, paler beneath; prickles in pairs, r^fwrnrf. 

 I'loiver^m small corjmbs ; the branches frequently triflorous Seg- 

 uients of the caly.v toliaceous, longer tlian the corolla, pubescent, «//re« 

 of them lactmate, two sim.pl8. Petals obcordate. 

 J w'lM ^ certain that the plant I have described is the real R- lucida 

 ^ fh„. uT'"'.^"'' 'herefore I have left the specific character unaltered, 

 althouich the description below will be found to differ from it in sev- 



3. 



Ge 



g 



K. .fnictibus depresso 



glabris ; florilms sul>g„ 

 inatis; foliis obiongis, 



que 



a- 



nisq 

 tibu? 

 bus u 

 Wijkl 



pe 



puhescen 



aculeis stipularr- 



rursh, 1. p. 344. 



Fruit globose dep 



and, with 



pedu 



geminatis. | cent 



cles, glabrous ; flowei 

 generally by pairs ; leave 



oblong, 



petioles and under sur 

 face of the veins pube 



acute, opaque 



t 



houked, by p 



stipular prickles 



Branches slender, somewhat smooth, and daucous 



guucons and d;;;;;:;zL:^r,-re»y ^e^rate tsr^hriastrr^i-^ 



M mialler, thinntr and 



Leajleis 



a»d stipules finely downy an | W v I^^v"* '* *''°S5^- ^'". 

 »h«rt, smooth peduncles en Pin?-' ,^^''"^'^'-' terminal, in p 



Mowers terminal, in pairs on 



Gernt 



lartc smooth and nakeiL Segments of the cabjx 



r\ 



