184 27. R. SCABER. 



27. R. SCaber Weihe. 



R. caule arcuato-prostrato subangulato subsulcato, 

 aculeis validis hrevihus subsequalibus e basi longa com- 

 pressa declinatis defleocisve, aculeis setis pilisque panels 

 brevlsslmls, folUs ternatis vel qulnatis, foliolis dupllcato- 

 dentatls supra opacis pilosis subtus pallide vlrldibus 

 pilosis, foliolo terminali late obovato cuspidato vel 

 acuminato basi subcordato, paniculas subpyramidatse 

 foliosse tomentosse apice truncato vel obtuso ramis ultra- 

 axillaribus racemoso-corymbosis vel simplicibus axillari- 

 bus erecto-patentibus racemosis, aculeis brevibus e basi 

 longa declinatis vel deflexis, aciculis validis, setis pilis- 

 que snbsequalibus, sepalis ovato-acuminatis a fructu 

 laxe reflexis. 



E. scaher Weihe in Bluff et Fingerh. Compend. Fl. Germ. 

 683 (1825). Rubi Germ. 80. t. 32. Bab.! in A. N. H. 

 ser. 2. ii. 41; Man. ed. 3. 103; ed. 6. 113. Blox. ! in 

 Kirby, 41. Bor. Fl. Centre, 190. 



B. BaUngtonii Bell Salt. ! in A. N. H. xv. 307 (1845); 

 Phytol. ii. 138. Bab.! Syn. 21; Man. ed. 2. 102; ed. 3. 

 99. Blox.! in Kirby, 40. 



R. Kaltenhachii Metscli in Linnaea, xxviii. 170 (1856). 

 Wirtg. ! Herb. Rub. No. 92 (sp.). 



It. Lohrii Wirtg.! Fl. Preuss. Pvhein. 162; Herb. Rub. 

 No. 22 (sp.)? 



M. mutahilis Genev. ! Essai, 5 (1860). 



Stem arcuate-prostrate, round at the base, angular above 

 with the angles rounded and the faces often sulcate. Prickles 

 short, slightly deflexed or much declining, from a com- 



