42 1. R. IDiEUS. 



1. R, Idaeus Linn. 



R. caule erecto tereti pruinoso, aculeis setaceis rectis, 

 foliis quinato-pinnatis ternatisve subtus niveo-tomen- 

 tosis, foliolo terminali longe pedicellate lateralihus 

 dissitis, aculeis ramorum floriferorum et pedunculomm 

 e hasi dilatata compressa deflexis, floribus racemosis. 



E. Idceus Linn.! Sp. PI. ed. 1. 492 (1753); Fl. Suec. 

 ed. 2. 172. Sm.! Fl. Br. ii. 541; Eng. Fl. ii. 407. Eng. 

 Bot. t. 2442. Trattin. Eos. iii 6. Rubi Germ. 107. t. 47. 

 Lindl.! Syn. ed. 1. 95; ed. 2. 92. Borr.! in Hook. Br. Fl. 

 ed. 2. 243 ; ed. 3. 245. Arrh. Mon. 11. Leight. ! Fl. Shrop. 

 222. Johnst.! E. Bord. 60. Fries Summa, 164. Bab.! 

 Man. ed. 6, 105 ; Syn. 6. Godr. Mon. 40; Fl. Lorr. ed. 2. 

 i. 245; Fl. de Fr. i. 551. Lees! in Steele, 60; Bot. Malv. 

 58. Blox.! in Kirby, 48. Sond. Fl. Hamb. 271. Bor. Fl. 

 centre Fr. ed. 3. 187. Metsch in Linnaea, xxviii. 104. 

 Garke Fl. Deutschl. ed. 7. 127. Syme's Eng. Bot. iii. 160. 

 t. 442. Wirtg.! Herb Rub. 115 and 47 (sp.). BHlot! Fl. 

 Gall, et Germ, exsic. 1658 (sp.). 



R. framboesianus Lam. Fl. Fr. ed. 1. iii. 135 (1778). 



R. Idceus spinosus fructu ruhro Rail Syn. ed. 1. 228; 

 ed. 3. 467; Hist. 1640. 



Rhizonie creeping. Stem erect, nodding at the top, 

 pruinose, terete, downy, 2-Q feet high. Prickles usually 

 many, setaceous, declining, purple, sometimes few, from an 

 enlarged base of the same colour. Leaves quinate-pinnate 

 or ternate. Leaflets plicate, downy above, snowy white and 

 felted beneath, lobate-serrate ; lower pair subsessile, broadly 

 ovate, acuminate, sometimes lobed on the outer edge ; upper 

 pair distant from the lower, sessile, ovate, acute, rather un- 



