43. R. Cit:sius. 291 



pinnate leaves which are not felted beneatli, nor is tlie 

 terminal leaflet rounded, but is much narrowed below, and 

 in one case very nearly sessile. It seems to connect v. 

 pseudo-Idceus with v. uhii/olniSj and is an additional proof, 

 if proof was wanted, of the plants here included under B. 

 ccBsius forming only one species. 



f hispidus ; caule tenui viridi, aculeis brevibus 

 multis aciciiliformibus ina^qualibus, setis multis brevi- 

 bus rigidis, foliis ternatis, foliolis lobato serratis subtus 

 in venis pilosis lateralibus retrorsum bilobatis terminali 

 obovato acuminato basi subcordato, pedunculis sepalis- 

 que valde setosis et tomentosis vix hirtis. 



E. ccesius e hispidus Kubi Germ. 104. t. 4G C. f 1. Bab. ! 

 Man. ed. 5. Ill; ed. 6. 120. 



It serpens Godr. in Fl. de Fr. i. 538; Fl. Lon\ ed. 2. i. 

 231. Bor. Fl. Centre, ed. 3. 187. Billot! Fl. Gall, et 

 Germ, exsic. Ko. 762 (sp). 



Stem slender, green, glaucous, glabrous; prickles, aciculi 

 and setae small, many, unequal; prickles subulate, patent or 

 subpatent, straight, from an enlarged base, slightly deflexed 

 on the autumnal shoots. Leaves ternate. Leaflets thin, 

 flexible, flat, dull green and pilose above, paler and hairy 

 beneath, lobate-serrate ; lower subsessile, oblong, acute, with 

 a large lobe on the lower side ; terminal rhomboidal or ovate, 

 slightly cordate at the base ; petioles (which are furrowed 

 above) and midribs \\A\X\ small nearly straight prickles and 

 aciculi beneath ; stipules leaflike, stalked. 



Flowering shoot not so distinct from the stem as is usual, 

 often springing from it during the first summer of its growth, 

 and similar to it in form, clothing and foliage. Panicle 



