288 43. K. c^sius. 



acuminate, usually tliree-lobed, the lateral lobes usually 

 rounded at the end and more or less deeply separated from 

 the terminal lobe, or divided into three sessile leaflets of 

 which the terminal is usually narrowed to its base ; petioles 

 (which are fun^owed above) and midribs with very small 

 prickles beneath; stipules linear-lanceolate. 



Flowering shoot from fuscous scales, slightly glaucous 

 especially near to the base. Pi'ickles small, many, declining. 

 Leaves ternate. Leaflets lobate-serrate, broad; lower very 

 unequal-based; terminal slightly narrowed to the base. 

 Panicle loose, rather corymbose ; peduncles finely felted, 

 setose. Sepals slightly setose, with a few aciculi at the base. 

 Petals, stamens, and styles as in var. a. 



This is often a very much larger plant than either of the 

 preceding varieties. Its stems are thick and strong, although 

 quite prostrate unless supported. Its leaves are very broad 

 and often exceedingly hairy beneath in such a manner that 

 (although all the hairs spring from the veins) the surface is 

 quite hidden : but sometimes the hairs are few and to be 

 detected with difficulty. It is usually so different from the 

 ordinary form of R. ccesius that many persons have con- 

 sidered it as a distinct species; and, as will be seen above, 

 it has even been published as such by botanists of repute. 

 If distinct it cannot bear the name of B. ulmifolius which 

 belongs to a plant found at Gibraltar. I am convinced that 

 it is a form of P. ccesius. 



S intermedius ; caule crassiore viridi-purpurascente, 

 aculeis crebris tenuibus subpatentibus valde insequali- 

 bus, aciculis setisque paucis brevissimis Yalidis, foliolis 

 lobato-serratis subtus in venis pilosis terminali triangto- 

 lari-cordato acuminato trilobo vel tripartite vel in 



