15. R. GRABOWSKII. 123 



15. R. Grabowskii Weihe. 



R. caule arcuato aiigalato suhglahro, aculeis mrdtis 

 eqiialibus declinatis deflexisve ad basin valde dilatatam 

 corapressis, foliis quinatis, foliolis plicatis supra opacis 

 glabris suhtus cinereo-tomentosis irregulariter dentatis 

 iDCiimbentibus, foliolo terminali cordato abrupte cus- 

 pidate (ramorum floriferorum ad basin valde dilatato), 

 paniculse elongata3 inferne foliosie ramis ascendentibus 

 racemoso-coiymbosis aculeis multis deflexis, sepalis 

 cinereo-tomentosis hirtis. 



E. Grabowskii AVeihe in Wimm. et Grab. FI. Siles. ii. 

 32 (1829). Bab.! in A. N. H. xix. 83; Man. ed. 4. 98; 

 ed. G. 109. Blox. ! in Kirby, 46. Syme Eng. Bot. iii. 173. 

 t. 449. 



7^. thyrsoideus y apricus. Wimm. FI. v. Schles. (181:0), 

 131. 



Ii. carpinifolius Boit. ! in Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2G64 

 (1830); in Hook. Br. FI. ed. 2. 244; ed. 3. 247. 



R. Wahlbergii (i glahratus Bell Salt, in Bot. Gaz. ii. 129; 

 in Hook. Br. FI. ed. 6. 589 (not FI. Vect.). 



M. nitidus y rotundi/oliiis Blox. ! Fascic. (sp.). 



Stem "arching," angular or sulcate towards the end, 

 with a few (often clustered) hairs, often nearly or quite 

 denuded when old. Prickles many, short, rather slender, 

 often very much declining or towards the end of the stem 

 deflexed, very much longitudinally dilated and compressed 

 at their base. Leaves quinate. Leaflets all stalked, imbri- 

 cate, plicate, glabrous (or slightly pilose) and dark green 

 above, hairy and with fine ashy felt beneath, irregularly 



