25. R. IIOSACEUS. 177 



25. R. rosaceus Weihe. 



R caule arcuato-prostrato angulato, aculeis, e basi 

 (lilatato-compressa tenuibus declinatis subsequalibus 

 nonnidlis hreviorihus aciculos setas inlosque inter se 

 subsequales paulo excedentihus, foliis quinato-pedatis 

 vel ternatis, foliolis duplicato-dentato-serratis supra 

 pilosis subtus pallidioribus in venis tantum pilosis, 

 foliolo terminali obovato vel oblongo-acuminato basi 

 ssepe subcordato, panicidce suhpyramidalis truncatae in- 

 ferne foliosae ramis racemosis ascendentibus sed ultra- 

 axillaribus patentibus corymbosis vel simplicibus, rachi 

 plus minusve undulato, aculeis tenuibus declinatis, 

 sepalis lanceolato-attenuatis fructui laxe adpressis. 



i?. rosaceus Weihe in Bluff et FiDgerh. Compend. Fl. 

 Germ. 685 (1825). Riibi Germ. 85. t. 36. Bor. Fl. Cent, 

 ed. 3. ii. 192. Bell Salt, in Phytol. ii. 133 (the Selborne 

 plant). Bab. ! Man. ed. 6. 113. 



R. glandulosus y rosaceus Bab.! Man. ed. 2. 105; ed. 

 4. 105. 



B. Giintheri Quest. ! in Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ, exsic. 

 No. 2057 (sp.). 



E. glandulosus fi Lejeunii Bell Salt. ! in Brom. Fl. Vect. 

 159. 



Fl. affinis Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 405 (teste Borrer !). 



E. Koehleri efuscus Blox. ! Fasc. (sp.). 



Stem angular, striate, arcuate-prostrate (usually of a 

 bright coral-red colour) ; liairs, setae and aciculi rather few, 

 short, nearly equal in length, the two latter seated upon 



