212 SI. R. rUSCO-ATEFv. 



31. R. fasco-ater Weihe. 



R. caule arcuato-prostrato angulato hirto, aculeis 

 insequalibus e basi magna compressa paululum declina- 

 tis, aciculis validis inaequalibus setisque multis, foliolis 

 irregulariter vel subduplicato-clentatis supra plants siib- 

 tus viridibus pilosis, foliolo terminali late cordato- 

 obovato acuiPiinato vel subcuspidato infimis petiolatis 

 intermediis mcumhentihus, panicnl^ longse subpyrami- 

 dalis inferne folosse ramis patentibus cor^^mbosis vel 

 ramis axillaribus erecto-patentibus racemosis, aculeis 

 multis insequalibus iis in medio canlis florentis quam 

 reliquis majoribus, pilis setis aciculisque multis in- 

 sequalibus, sepalis ovato-attenuatis setosis aciculatis 

 imtentihus vel adfructum adpressis. 



R. fusco-ater Weilie in Bluff et Fingerliiit Compend. 

 Fl. Germ. i. 681 (1825). Rubi Germ. 72. t. 26. Blox.! in 

 Kirbv, 40. Bab.! Man. ed. 5. 106; ed. 6. 115. 



R. sca6e?'Lees! Malv. 53. 



R. hirtus Lees! in Steele 55. Bell Salt.! in Bot. Gaz. 

 ii. 127 (excl. /3). 



Stem arcuate-prostrate, usually very prickly, very hairy, 

 angular; sometimes the old stems become nearly naked from 

 the hairs, setas and aciculi being deciduous. Prickles very 

 unequal, declining, from loug compressed bases. Aciculi 

 and setcG many, unequal; some of the setae only differ from 

 the more slender aciculi by having glandular heads. Leaves 

 quinate-pedate, slightly convex. Leaflets all overlapping, 

 dull, slightly convex, smooth and pilose above, green and 

 haiiy on the veins beneath, doubly dentate, wavy at the 



