35. R. GUNTHERT. 235 



35. R. Giintheri Weihe. 



R. caule arciiato-prostrato tereti, aculeis tenuihus 

 incequalihus e basi magna subcompressa declinatis, 

 aciculis setis pilisque brevibus subsequalibus, fob is ter- 

 natis vel raro quinato-pedatis, /o/ioZis inasqualiter vel 

 dupHcato-dentato-serratis subsequalibus, planis supra 

 opacis pilosis suhtiis pilosis viridi-canescentibus vel 

 subtome^tosis, foliolo terminali obovato-acuminato, 

 paniculije angustse foliosse ramis distantibus ascendenti- 

 bus racemosis paucifloris rachide flexuosa, aculeis tenui- 

 bus declinatis paucis, pilis et setis subsequalibus multis, 

 sepalis ovato-lanceolatis a fructu laxe reflexis. 



R. Giintheri Weihe in Bluff et Fingerh. Comp. Fl. Germ, 

 i. 679 (1825). Rubi Germ. 65. t. 21. Bab. ! in A. K H. 

 xix. 17 ; Man. ed. 2. 105; ed. 5. 107 ; ed. 6. 116. Blox. ! 

 in Kirby 41. Lees ! in Steele 55 ; Mai v. 51. Syme's Eng. 

 Bot. iii. 188. 



R. cinerascens Bor. Fl. Centre, ed. 3. ii. 197 (1857). 



R. j)yTamidalis Quest. ! in Billot, exsic. 2058 (sp.). 



R. glaadidosus var. suhracemosiis Bab. ! in Blox. 

 Fascic. (sp.). 



Stem arcuate-prostrate, round or slightly angular. 

 Prickles very slender, declining, from a long slightly com- 

 pressed base. Hairs few ; acicnli rather more numerous ; 

 setiB abundant ; all short, nearly equal. Leaves ternate or 

 quinate-pedate. Leaflets large, flat, unequally and doubly 

 dentate or serrate, pilose above, paler, hairy, and often with 

 a fine coat of short ashy hairs beneath ; basal unequally 



