84. R. PYRAMIDALIS. 231 



34. R. pyramidalis Bal>. 



R. caule subarcuato-prostrato tereti-angulato, acu- 

 leis miiltis hrevihus validis e basi magna compressa 

 valde declinatis deflexisve, pilis paucis, aciculis setisque 

 multis subaequalibus, foliis 3-natis vel raro quinato- 

 pedatis, folioUs irregulariter dentato-serratis suba3qua]i- 

 bus convexis supra opacis pilosis subtus pallidioribvis 

 jnlosis, foliolo terminali obovato-cuspidato, paniculw 

 jiyramidalis inferne foliosae apice et ramis racemosis 

 tomentosis rachide recta rigida, aculeis tenuibus decli- 

 natis, pilis et setis inaequalibus multis, sepalis lanceo- 

 lato-attenuatis fructui laxe adpressis. 



R. pyramidalis Bab. ! in Bot. Gaz. i. 121 (1849) ; Man. 

 ed. 3*. 101 ; ed. G. IIG ; in Billot Annot. 135. Symes' Eng. 

 Bot. iii. 188. 



R. Giiritheri p. pyramidalis Bab. ! in A. N. H. ser. 2. ii. 

 tO (1848) ; Trans. Edin. Bot. Soc. iii. 59. 



R. longithyrsiger Lees ! MS. (1849). 



Stem prostrate almost from its base and conforming itself 

 to the iusequalities of the ground, rooting, angular, not 

 furrowed, green isli purple. Prickles many, short, much de- 

 clining, from a long compressed base. Hairs few. SetcR 

 and aciculi many, nearly equal. Leaves ternate or rarely 

 quinate-pedate. Leaflets of the ternate leaves nearly equal, 

 green on both sides, dull with scattered haii-s above, paler 

 with yellowish hairy veins beneath, not felted, irregularly 

 dentate-serrate, convex from the edges being bent down- 

 wards, obovate-cuspidate ; basal unequal-sided ; terminal 



