6S 6. R. AFFINIS. 



6. E. aflSnis W. and N. 



R. caule suberecto vel subarciiato angulato l^evi gla- 

 briusculo, ax^uleis validis paululum deflexis declinatisve 

 e basi dilatata compressa conicis in angulos caulis con- 

 gestis, foliis qums^tis, foliolis coriaceis basi planis apicem, 

 versus suhundulatis utrinque viridibus opacis supra 

 subpilosis subtus pallidioribns sgepe sericeo pubescen- 

 tibus, foliolo terminali cordato-ovali cuspidate infimis 

 petiolatis ramorum floi^iferoruin hasi attenuatis, pani- 

 culce compositse foliosse ramis corymhosis erect o-pat en ti- 

 bus ssepe elongatis, sepalis acuminatis externe viridi- 

 tomentosis margine pallidioribus patentibus. 



R. affinis Rubi Germ. 18. t. 3. Trattin. Eos. iii. 27. 

 AiTh. ! 25. Fries! Summa, 165; Herb. Norm. vi. 45 (sp.). 

 Lees ! in Steele, 59; Mai v. 57. Leight. ! in Phytol. iii. 73 

 (not of Fl. Shrop.). Bab. ! in A. N. H. Ser. 2. ii. 33; Man. 

 ed. 3, 94; ed. 6, 106. Blox. in Kirby, 47. Sond. Fl. 

 Hamb. 273. Fl. Dan. t. 2539. MetscL in Linnsea, xxviii. 

 139. Garke, Fl. Dent-chl. ed. 7. 118. Billot! Fl. Gall, et 

 Germ, exsic. No. 544 (sp.). Wirtg. ! Herb. Rnb. No. 32 (sp.). 



R. fastigiatua Lindl. ! Syn. ed. 1, 91. 



R. incarnatus Miill. in Flora, 1858 (teste Genevier!). 



B. Jissus Lees ! MS. 



R. suberectus Lees ! MS. 



R. j^licatus /3 racemosus Lees ! MS. 



Creeping. Stem suberect or elongate and arching but 

 perhaps never reaching the ground and rooting, nearly round 

 at the base, angular or even furrowed in the upper part, 



