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3. R. suberectus Auders. 



R. caule erecto obtusangulo, aculeis raris rectis hrevi- 

 bus exiguis e basi dilatata compressa conicis ad angulos 

 caulis congestis, foliis 3-5-7-natis, foliolis flexibilibus 

 planis, foliolo terminali cordato-acuminato infimis sub- 

 sessilibus ramoruin jioriferorum basi attenuatis, floribus 

 racemosis vel subpaniculatis rachi et pedunculis pilosis, 

 sepalis a fructu (atro-sanguineo) reflexis. 



R. suberectus Anders.! in Linn. Trans, xi. 218. t. 16. 

 (1816). Sm. ! in Eng. Bot. t. 2572; Eng. Fl. ii. 409. 

 Lindl.! Syn. ed. 1. 91; ed. 2. 92. Arrh. ! Mon. 19. Leight. ! 

 Fl. Shrop. 223; in Phytol. iii. 72. Blox. ! in Kirby's Fl. 

 Leicestr. 48. Lees in Steele's Handb. 59. Bab. ! Man. ed. 6. 

 106. Fries! Summa, 164; Herb. Norm. vi. 44 (sp.). Bor. 

 FL Centre, ed. 3. 204. Metsch in Linnsea, xxviii. 130. 

 Godr. Fl. Lorr. ed. 2. i. 244. Lange! Danske Flora, 341 

 (excl. var. (i). Billot.! Fl. Gall, et Germ, exsic. No. 1178 

 (sp.). 



R. umbrosus Lees! in Steele, 60. (1847). 



R. fastigiatus Bub. Germ. 16. t. 23. Blox. in Kirby, 48? 

 Wirtg. ! Herb. Rub. 31 (sp.). 



R. plicatus Leight.! Fl. Shrop. 223. Nees! in Leight. 

 Fl. Shrop. 224. 



R. pseudo-Idceus Miill. ! Mon. 2. 



R. nitidusljm.dl.\ Syn. ed. 1. 92. 



R. affinis Lindl. ! Syn. ed. 2. 92. 



Stem thick, of a soft spongy consistence, gi-een (or reddish 

 in exposed situations), terete near the base, angular or even 

 furrowed towards the top, glabrous, bearing a few subsessile 

 glands chiefly on its lower part, erect, 3-6 feet high, ulti- 



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