89. R. BALFOURIANUS. 255 



39. R. Balfourianus Blox. 



R caule arcuato-prostrato teretiusculo patenti- 

 piloso, aciciilis setisque paucis, aculeis tenuibus iu- 

 aequalibus sparsis e basi oblonga subcompressa patenti- 

 bus, foliis quinatis, folioUs dentato-serratis utrinqiie 

 virklibus supra pilosis rugosis suhtus hirtis nee tomen- 

 tosis, foliolo terminali cordato vel ovato acuto infimis 

 subsessilibus interraediis incumbentibus, paniculse laxse 

 foliosse hirtae pauci-setosge ramis longis distantibus pauci- 

 floris racemoso-corymbosis erecto-patentibus, sepalis 

 ovato-aciiminatis erecto-patentibus, stylis dilute carneis, 

 fructu liemispherico, toro oblongo pedicellate. 



E. Balfourianus Blox.! in Fascic. of Rubi. 1846 (sp. 

 and name only). Bab. ! in A. N. H. xix. 86 (1847); Man. 

 ed. 2. 100; ed. 5. 108; ed. 6. 118. Billot! Fl. Gall, et 

 Germ, exsic. No. 1471 (sp.). Sjnue's Eng. Bot. iii. 192. 



it. fusco-ater 8 suhglaher Bab. ! in A. N. H. xix. 87 ; 

 Man. ed. 2. 104. 



R. tenuiarmatus Lees! Mai v. 51 (1852). 



A*. Salteri /3 Balfourianus Bell Salt, in Bot. Gaz. il 120: 

 in Hook, and Arm. Br. Fl. ed. 7. 125. 



R. Schleicheri Lees! in Steele 54. 



7^. vulgaris Lindl. ! Syn. ed. 2. 93. 



R. corylifolius Jolmst. E. Bord. 62. 



Stem arcuate-prostrate, round near the base, angular 

 towards the end, much branched, hairy with scattered patent 

 hairs, a few subsessile glands, a few (rarely many) short 

 equal setse, an occasional aciculus, and sometimes a glaucous 

 bloom. Prickles chiefly on the angles, slender, unequal. 



