24. R. IIYSTIIIX. 173 



24. R. Hystrix Weihe. 



R. caule arcuato-prostrato angulato subsulcato, acu- 

 leis e basi dilatato-compressa teniiibus declinatis acicu- 

 los pilosque paucos et etiam setas multas omnes inter 

 se suba^quales brevesque longe excedentibus, foliis 

 qiiinato-pedatis, foliolis grosse et siihduplicato-patenti- 

 dentatis utnnque viridibus et pilosis, foliolo terininali 

 oblongo-ohovato acuminato, paiiiculaii longse foliosse ramis 

 brevibus racemosis ascendeDtibus sed summis et Tiltra- 

 axillaribus patentibus vel divaricatis, rachi undulatu, 

 aculeis e basi longa declinatis validis sed summis tenui- 

 bus, sepalis lanceolato-attenuatis fructui laxe adpressis. 



R. Hystrix Weihe in Bluff et Fingerh. Compend. Fl, 

 Germ. i. 087 (1837). Rubi Germ. 92. t. 41. Bab.! Man. 

 ed. 3. 99; ed. 6. 112. 



R. Radula (3 Hystrix Bell Salt. ! in A. N. H. xvi. 369; 

 in Fl. Vect. 158. 



R. Radula Lindl. ! Syn. ed. 2. 94 (in part). Leight. ! 

 Fl. Shrop. 232 (in part). 



R. Lingua Bab.! Syn. 24; Man. ed. 2. 103. 



R. carpinifolius Johnst. ! E. Bor. 67. 



R. approximatus Quest. ! in Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ, 

 exsic. No. 24.54 (sp.). 



R. gland ulosus y 7'osaceus Leiglit. ! Fasc. No. 23 (sp.). 



R. jjallidus heesl Mai v. 52. 



Stem arcuate-prostate angular, rather furrowed through- 

 out, with many nearly equal and short aciculi and setne, few- 

 hairs except near the base. Prickles rather strong but 



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