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8. R. rhamnifolius W. and N. 



R caule arcuato angulato superne sulcato, aculeis 

 validis patent! bus dcclinatisve, foliis quiiiatis, foliolis 

 coriaceis planis supra opacis subtus viridi-albo-tomen- 

 tosis, foliolo tenninali obovato vel cordato subcuspidato 

 infimis petiolatis intermediis dissitis, paniculse tomeiitosse 

 ssepe ad apicem densae obtusse ram is axillaribus race- 

 mosis paucifloris distantibus aculeis validis declinatis. 



R rhamnifolius Riibi Germ.! 22. t. G (1822). Sm. Eng. 

 Fl. ii. 401. Borr. in Eng. Bot. Siippl. t. 2604; in Hooker, 

 ed. 2. 244; ed. 3. 248. Bab.! Man. ed. 1. 93; ed. G. 107. 

 Leigh t.! Fl. Slirop. 227 (first form in part). Billot! Fl. 

 Gall, et Germ, exsic. No. 543 sp.). Syme, Eng. Bot. iii. 18G. 

 t. 446. 



B. cordifolius Pvubi Germ. 21. t. 5 (1822). Bab. Syn. 

 13 ; Man. ed. 2. 98. Lees ! in Steele, 59 ; Mai v. 56. Leiglit. ! 

 in Phytol. iii. 173. Blox. ! in Kirby, 49. Bor. Fl. Centre, 

 203. 



R. rhamnifolius a cordifolius, and y sylvaticus Bell Salt. ! 

 in Fl. Vect. 155. 



7^. affinis f3 Leight. ! Fl. Shrop. 226. 



B. Thuillieri Poir. Diet. Siippl. iv. 694 (1816)^ Bor. 

 Fl. Centre, 203] 



li. thijrsoideus fi rhamnifolius et y cordifolius Bluff et 

 Fingerh. ed. 2. i. pt. 2. 192. Metsch in Linnsea, xxviii. 126. 



M. argentatus Miill. ! in Jahresb. Pollicliia, xvi. 93. 



Stem angular below with flat sides, usually furrowed 

 towards the top, nearly glabrous, but with a few small 

 scattered hairs and subsessile glands, usually bright red and 



