22. R. SPRENGELir. 163 



22. R. Sprengelii Weihe. 



E.. caule prostrato piloso, acuJeis incequalihiis e basi 

 magna compressa deflexis, foliis 3-5-natis pedatis, foliolis 

 tenuibus iitrinque viridibns subtus in venis sparsim 

 pilosis, foliolo terminali elliptico-acuminato, paniculae 

 laxae hirtae tomentosse setosae ramis axillaribus paten- 

 tibus paucifloris summis extra-axillaribus divaricatis, 

 acideis paucis tenuibus deflexis, sepalis ovatis acumina- 

 tis erecto-patentibus apice ssepe foliaceo-dilatato. 



R. Sjyrengelii Sond. ! Hamb. 275. Bab. ! Man. ed. 3. 

 98; ed. 6. 112. Blox. ! in Kirby, 44. Lees in Steele, 0^, 

 Godr. in Fl. de Fr. i. 542. Bor. Fl. Centre, 201. Metsch 

 in Linnsea, xxviii. 156. Sjme's Eng. Bot. iii. 179. 



a Borreri; caule arcuato-procumbente crasso sparsim 

 aciculato et setoso, aculeis inaequalibus, foliis ssepe qui- 

 natis,paniculasubthyrsoidea vel adapicem subcorymbosa. 



R. Sprengelii a Borreri Bab. ! Man. ed. 3. 98; ed. 6. 112. 



R. Borreri Bell Salt.! in A. N. H. xv. 30G (184.3). 

 Bab.! Syn. 17; Man. ed. 2. 100. 



R. Sprenyelii Lange! Danske Fl. ed. 2. 347. Eeielienb. ! 

 Fl. exsic. 784 (sp.). Wirtg. ! Herb. Rub. No. 51 (sp.). 

 Billot! Fl. Gall, et Germ, exsic. No. 971 (sp.). 



Stem usually lying close to the ground or very slightly 

 arching, thick, often terete, with a few setse and haii*s and a 

 very few short large-based aciculi. Prickles many, not con- 

 fined to the angles, very unequal, often much deflexed, 

 conical, from a loug compressed base. Leaves quinate- 

 pedate or ternate. Leaflets all stalked, rather thin, simi- 

 larly green on both sides, distantly pilose on the veins 



