88 9. R. INCURVATUS. 



9. R. incnrvatns Bab. 



R. caule arcuato-prostrato angulato, aculeis validis 

 patentibus declinatisve, foliis quinatis concavis, foliolis 

 coriaceis marginem versus incurvatis undulatisque acu- 

 minatis supra nitidis et subglabris suhtus viridi-alho- 

 tomentosis, foliolo terminali cordato-ovato, paniculae 

 angustse inferne foliosae ramis brevibus corymhosis pa- 

 tentibus approximatis apice et pedicellis hirtis tomen- 

 tosisque aculeis validis tenuibus deflexis, sepalis ovato- 

 acuminatis. 



E. incurvaius Bab. ! in A. K H. Ser. 2. ii. 36 (1848); 

 Man. ed. 3. 95; ed. 6. 107. Byrne, Eng. Bot. iii. 169. Lees, 

 Malv. 551 



Stem arcuate-prostrate, slightly angular and very hairy 

 at the base, slightly hairy throughout, angular, furrowed. 

 Prickles strong, straight, declining, from a long compressed 

 base. Leaves quinate. Leaflets coriaceous, flat except at 

 the edges which are wavy and turned upwards, i.e. towards 

 the upper side of the leaf, doubly dentate, shining above, 

 soft hairy- felted greenish white beneath; all stalked, acumi- 

 nate; basal .very shortly stalked, oblong, sometimes over- 

 lapping the intennediate pair; intermediate oblong-obovate ; 

 terminal roundly cordate-obovate ; petioles flat above or 

 very slightly furrowed, and together with the midribs having 

 strong hooked prickles beneath ; stipules linear-lanceolate. 



Flowering sJioot rather long, from white scales clothed 

 with silky down, patently hairy. Prickles few, strong, short, 

 deflexed. Leaves ternate, uppermost floral leaves simple. 

 Leaflets pilose above, pale green and hairy beneath, nearly 



