7. R. LINDLEIANUS. 7o 



7. R. Lindleianus Lees. 



R caule erecto-arcuato Icevi nitido, aculeis validis 

 declinatis compressis basi dilatatis, fuliis qiiinatis, fblio- 

 lis subcoriaceis supra nitidis subtus pallide viridibus 

 pilosis (sii^pe subtomentosis), fuliolo terminali obovato 

 rotuiidatove acuniiiiato infimis pedicellatis intermediis 

 dissitis, paniculce compositse foliosse ramis patentibus 

 divaricatisve brevibus corymbosis rachi polita in medio 

 spinosissima superne pedicellisque tomentosis aculeis 

 validis declinatis. 



R. Lindleianus Lees! in Pliytol. iii. 30 1 (1818); Bot. 

 Malv. 57. Bab.! Man. ed. 5. 98; ed. 6. 107. Syme, Eng. 

 Bot. iii. 168. 



R. nitidus Bell Salt.! in Phytol. ii. 101 (1845), (not of 

 Paib. Germ.). Bab.! Syn. 9; Man. ed. 2. 97; ed. 4. 9G. 

 Leight. ! in Phytol. iii. 75. Blox. ! in Kirby, 46. 



R. leucostacJiijs Lindl, ! Syn, ed. 2. 95 (1835), (not of 

 Sm. Eng. Fl.). Leight.! Fl. Shrop. 230. Lees! in Steele, 57. 



R. plicatits Sin.! Eng. Fl. ii. 401 (1824), (not of Rub. 

 Germ.). 



R. rhamnifolius ^ nitidus Bull Salt. ! in Bot. Gaz. ii. 

 118; inFl. Vect. 155. 



R. affinis^m. Eng. Fl. ii. 405 (1824), (not of Rub. Germ.). 



R. aryeiracanthus Mlill. teste Genevier! 



R. hamulosus Mull. Mon. 3 (1859), teste Baker! 



Stem arching, angular throughout, not furrowed (except 

 perhaps at the extreme point), appearing as if varnished, 

 hairy near the base, with distant hairs in the uj^per pai-t, 

 usually striate on the faces when youug, but the striie dis- 



