26. R. PYGM^EUS. 181 



26. R. pygmaeus Weihe. 



R caule arcuato-prostrato subtereti, aculeis crebris 

 tenuibus in2equalibus declinatis hasi paululum dilatatis, 

 aciculis tenuissimis et setis pilisque ingeqiialibus crebris, 

 foliis quinato-pedatis vel ternatis, foliolis grossh et 

 incequaliter duplicato-serratis supra pilosis subtus palli- 

 dioribus in venis tantiun inlosis, foliolo terminali 

 obovato-acuminato, paniculse coarctatse inferne foliosae 

 ramis corymbosis, rachide recta, aculeis tenuibus decli- 

 natis, aciculis setis pilisque insequalibus crebris, sepalis 

 ovato-attenuatis aciculatis longi-setosis tomentosis a 

 fructu laxe reflexis. 



E. pygmceus "VVeihe in Bluff et Fingerh. Compend. FI. 

 Germ. 687 (1825). Eubi Germ. 93. t. 42. Wimm. et 

 Grab. Fl. Siles. ii. 43. Bab. ! Man. ed. 6. 113. 



M. hirtus P Menkii Bab. ! Syn. 29 ; Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 Ser. 2. ii. 39; Man. ed. 2. 105; ed. 4. 105. 



Stem nearly terete, prostrate (1). Prickles many, very 

 unequal, very slender, declining, flattened but only slightly 

 dilated at the purplish base, otherwise yellow. Aciculi very 

 slender, and as well as the setce and hairs many, unequal, 

 patent ; or the hairs slightly crisped. Leaves quuiate-pedate 

 or ternate. Leaflets coarsely irregularly or somewhat doubly 

 serrate, green and pilose above, slightly paler and pilose on 

 the veins but not felted beneath ; basal lanceolate ; inter- 

 mediate broadly lanceolate, attenuate; terminal obovate- 



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