36. R. HUMIFUSUS. 239 



36. R. humifllSUS Weihe. 



R. caulc arcuato-prostrato subtercti, aculeis crebris 

 tcnuibus valde inaequalibus e basi longa compressa 

 decliiiatis, aciculis tenuissimis cum setis et pilis in- 

 cequalihus crebris et patentibus, foliis quinato-pedatis, 

 foUolis arguth sed duplicato-patenti-dentatis supra pilosis 

 opacis suhtas pilosis viridi-canescentibus micautibus, 

 foliolo terminali obovato-oblongo subcuspidato, pani- 

 culiB lata^ infenie foliosse ramis corymbosis racliide 

 subflexuosa, aculeis tenuibus declinatis paucis, pilis et 

 setis lusequalibus crebris, sepalis ovatis pauci-aciculatis 

 brevi-setosis a fructu laxe reflexis. 



B. huimfusus Weihe in Bluff et Fingerh. Compend. 

 Fl. Germ. i. (j^b (1825). Rubi Germ. 81 t. 35. Bab. ! Syn. 

 31; Man. ed. 2. 10 ; ed. 6. IIG. 



' R. hh'tus, a Bab.! Syn. 29; Man. ed. 2. 104; ed. 3. 

 102 ; ed. 4. 104 ; Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. ii. 39. 



E. pallidus jS/oliosus Lees ! in Steele 59. ? 



tSlem terete or slightly angular, prostrate almost from its 

 base. Prickles many, very unequal, very slender, declining 

 or slightly deflexed from a long compressed base. The JiairSy 

 setce and veiy slender acicidi many, unequal, patent, merging 

 very gradually into each other as do the aciculi into the 

 prickles. Leaves quinate-pedate. Lea/lets finely but doubly 

 dentate, dull green and pilose above, paler, hairy and often 

 with a fine coat of short ashy haii-s beneath ; basal lanceo- 

 late ; intermediate obovate subcuspidate, rather unequal 

 below ; terminal obovate-oblong, subcuspidate, cordate at 



