10. R. BffiRICATUS. 91 



10. E. imbricatus Hort. 



K. caule arcuato-prostrato ramosissimo angulato, 

 aculeis parvis validis e basi valde dilatata compressa 

 decliuatis, /oZu"5 convexis quinatis, /o/io/is convexis coria- 

 ceis supra opacis et subglabris subtus pallidioribus 

 sparsim pilosis iinhricatis cuspidatis, foliolo terminali 

 rotundo-obovato-cordato, paniculce angustoe inferne fo- 

 liosae ramis longis racemosis ascendentibus distantibus 

 apice et pedicellis hirtis vix tomentosis aculeis brevibus 

 tenuibus deflexis, sepalis abrupte cuspidatis. 



B. imhricatus Hort! in A. N. H. Ser. 2. vii. 374 

 (1851). Bab. ! Man. ed. 3. 94; ed. 6. 108. Syme, Eng. Bot. 

 iii. 170. 



Stem arcuate-prostrate, witli many 'slender whiplike 

 shoots, angular, slightly furrowed, purplish red, nearly or 

 quite glabrous. Prickles slender but strong, declining, from 

 a much dilated compressed base. Leaves quinate. Leaflets 

 convex, slightly wavy throughout, opaque and pilose above, 

 paler and pilose beneath, doubly but not deeply dentate- 

 serrate, basal overlapping the intermediate which overlap 

 the terminal leaflet; basal oblong, cuspidate, shortly stalked; 

 intermediate obovate, cuspidate; terminal roundish-obovate 

 with a cordate base ; petioles all flat above, or the partial 

 ones channelled, bearing together with the midribs strong 

 decui-ved prickles beneath ; stipules linear. 



Flowering sJioot from brown scales clothed vnih whitish 

 silky hair, nearly glabrous, but having a few patent hairs. 

 Prickles small, strong, declining. Leaves quinate or ternate. 

 Leaflets subglabrous above, paler and pilose beneath, cordate- 

 ovate or cordate-obovate; petioles and midribs with very 



