152 20. R. MACROPHTLLUS. 



7 Schlechtendalii (W. & N.) ; aculeis e basi maxima 

 parvis brevibus, foliis ssepissime quinatis, folioUs dupli- 

 cato-patenti-dentatis subtus saepissime in venis tantum 

 pilosis nee tomentosis, foliolo terminali longe ohovato 

 acuminato hasi cuneato vel subcordato, aculeis paniculae 

 validis, sepalorum apice lineari, corolla alba. 



K macrophyllus P Schlechtendalii Bab. ! Syn. 20. Leight. ! 

 Fasc. (sp.). 



E. Schlechtendalii Rubi Germ. 34. t. 11 (1825?). Blox. 

 in Kiiby 45. 



JK. vulgaris y Schlechtendalii Sond. Hamb. 276. 



B. piletostachys Godr. ! in Gren. et Godr. Fl. de Fr. i. 

 548; Fl. Lorr. ed. 2. i. 242. Billot! Fl. Gall, et Germ. 

 exsic.No.2667(sp.). Wirtg. ! Herb. Bub. ed. l.JSTo.lSl (sp.). 



E. mentitus Mull. ! in Billot Annot. 293. 



R. macrophyllus var. Wirtg. ! Herb. Bub. 79 and lib. (sp.). 



The difference between this plant and the R. macro- 

 2)hyllus \% ^o ^\\g\\i that a detailed description is unnecessary; 

 indeed the characters supposed to separate them are incon- 

 stant. It sometimes happens, as is remarked in the Ruhi 

 Germanici, that the leaves on the flowering shoot are felted 

 on the underside, whilst those on the stem are nearly or 

 quite devoid of felt. 



The R. piletostachys (Godr.) has a broader terminal 

 leaflet than is usual on this plant ; and it is decidedly cordate 

 at the base. I should describe it as roundly-quadrangular-obo- 

 vate acuminate-cuspidate, coarsely and doubly and patently 

 dentate. R. piletostachys seems to connect this plant with 

 € glabratus ; but perhaps it may be really distinct ; for 

 Godron says that the stem is erect-arcuate and the petioles 

 flat above. 



A specimen from Bloxam (unnamed), from Hartshill 

 wood, has a very long lax panicle and remarkably slender 



