23. R. BLOXAMII. 1G9 



23. R. Bloxamii Lees. 



R caiile arcuato-prostrato angulato subsulcato, acu- 

 leis parvis ina3qualil)us suhpatentihus, aciculis setisque 

 brevibus seque ac pilis multis, foiiis 5-3-natis, foliolis 

 grosse dnpYicaio-dentatis iitrinque viridihus et j^^^osis, 

 foUoh terminali rotundo-ohovato cuspidate basi subcor- 

 dato, paniculce longse usque ad apicem foliosce tomen- 

 tosa3 cum brevibus ramis et apice coryinhosis, aculeis 

 tenuibus declinatis, sepalis ovato-acuminatis a fructu 

 laxe reflexis. 



R. Bloxamii Lees! in Steele, 55 (1847). Bab. ! Man. ed. 

 4. 101; ed. 6. 112. 



It. Bah'incjtonii ^ Bloxamii Bab. ! in A. N. H. xvii. 244 

 (184G); Man. ed. 2. 102; ed. 3. 99. Blox. ! in Kirby, 40. 



jR. Guntheri /? Bloxamii Bell Salt, in Bot. Gaz. ii. 12G 

 (1850); in Hook, and Arn. Br. Fl. ed. 7. 128. 



R. rhenanus Miill. (teste Genev.). 



Stem arcuate-prostrate, angular throughout, sometimes 

 slightly furrowed. Aciculi and setce many, equal, very short, 

 deciduous, with the exception of their very thick bases. 

 Hairs about equalling the setse. Prickles many, unequal, 

 small, conical, slightly declining from large compressed bases. 

 Leaves quinate or temate. Leaflets all stalked, dark green 

 and distantly pilose above, paler green and hairy on the 

 veins but not felted beneath, coarsely serrate near the base, 

 doubly and almost lobate-serrate in the upper part; basal 

 oblong, acute ; intermediate broadly obovate-cuspidate, or 

 obovate-lanceolate-acuminate ; terminal round ly-obovate- 

 cuspidate, or almost round with a cordate base (I have seen 



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