21. R. MUCRONULATUS. 159 



21. R. mucronulatus Bor. 



R. caule arcuato suhtereti patenti-piloso, aculeis 

 paucis e basi oblonga dilatata conicis tenuihus declinatis, 

 fuliis quinatis, foUolis crassis argute clentato-serratis 

 utrin([ue viridibus rugosis supra pilosis subtus in venis 

 (siL'pissime rufescentibus) tantum hirtis, foliolo terminali 

 late ohoY Qiio-ciispidato basi cordate, panicula3 angustse 

 foliosoe laxse pilosoe tomentosse setosse ramis longis 1-3- 

 tloris aculeis paucis tenuibus declinatis, sepalis hirtis 

 tomentosis setosis laxe reflexis ovate-attenuatis apice 

 lineari. 



R. mucronulatus Bor. M. Centre, ed. 3. 196 (1857), 

 Bab.! Man. ed. 5. 103; ed. 6. 112. Syme's Eng. Bot. iii. 

 178. t. 451. 



R. mucronatus Blox. ! in Kirby, 43 (1850). Bab. ! in 

 A. JST. H. ser. 2. ix. 126; Man. ed. 3. 97; ed. 4. 100. 

 Johnst. I East. Bor. C>Q (not of Ser. in DC. Prod. ii. bQrt). 



R. sylvaticus Bab.! Syn. 16 (in part). Blox.! Ease. 

 (sp.). Leight. ! Shrop. Rubi (sp.). 



R. vulyaris Lindl. ! Syn. ed. 2. 93 (in jmrt). Leiglit.I 

 El. Shrop. 231 (in part). 



R. leucantliemus Miill. Mon. 49 (1859) (teste Genevier!). 



R. ai)ij)lichloros Miill. in Boulay, Bonces des Yosges, 

 10 (1859) (teste Genevier). 



R. Lingua Lees in Steele, 57. 



Stem arched, nearly round, slightly angular with flat 

 sides or slightly furrowed towards the end, densely hairy 

 near the base but less so towards the end, often becoming 



