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44. R. saxatilis Linn. 



R. caule tenui prostrate radicante inerme vel acicu- 

 lis parvis paucis herbaceis distantibus exasperate, foliis 

 ternatis, ramo florifero erecto corymbifero paucifloro, 

 petalis lanceolatis calycem subsequantibus. 



B. saxatilis Linn. Fl. Siiec. ed. 2. 173 (1755); Sp. PI. 

 od. 3. 708. Eug. Bot. t. 2233. Sm. ! Eng. Fl. ii. 410. 

 Bab. I Man. ed. 6. 120. Rubi Germ. 30. t. 9. Reichenb. ! 

 Fl. exsic. 787 (sp.). Metsch in Linnaea, xxviii, 102. Garke, 

 Fl. Deutsch, ed. 3. 108. Lange, Danske Fl. 340. Wirtg. ! 

 Herb. Rub. No. 50 (sp.). Syme's Eng. Bot. iii. 159. t. 441. 

 Chamcertihus saxatilis Raii Syn. ed. 1. 94; ed. 3. 261. 

 Stem annual, almost herbaceous, very slender, angular, 

 pilose, prostrate, rooting at the end; prickles none, or few- 

 very small and weak. Leaves ternate. Leaflets about equal, 

 oblong-obovate, unequally coarsely or doubly serrate, pale 

 green on both sides, usually hairy on the veins beneath; 

 lateral nearly sessile, unequal-sided ; stipules lanceolate, nar- 

 rower towards the end of the stem, sometimes attached to 

 the petiole alone, usually to the petiole and stem; petioles 

 hispid, slightly channelled above, with a few distant slender 

 prickles beneath. 



FloweHng shoot erect, springing from the rhizome, angu- 

 lar, hairy. Leaves like those of the stem. Flowers corym- 

 bose, at the top of the shoot. Sepals triangular-lanceolate, 

 reflexed when in flower, afterwards adpressed to fruit. Petals 

 white, erect, inconspicuous, narrow. Fruit of few (3 or 4) 

 roundish, fleshy, red drupels, which are quite distinct and fall 

 off" singly. 



