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3. R. sanctus Schreb. 



Turiones angulati sulcati appresse tomentosi aculeis robustis 

 sparsis vel infra petiolos oppositis instructi; aculei e basi valde 

 dilatata compressa lanceolati recti vel superiores falcati, apice 

 excepto, tomentoso-hirsuti ; folia ternata vel quinato-pedata, sti- 

 pulae petiolares parvae filiformes, petiolus trigonus toinen- 

 tosus aculeatusque, foliola omnia petiolulata inaequaliter grosse 

 et saepe inciso- serrata supra pilis simplicibus stellulatisque 

 sparsis instructa, subtus albido-tomentosa, terminale longius 

 petiolulatum suborbiculare vel late rhombeum raro obovatum 

 obtusum brevissime cuspidatum, basin versus saepe cuneatum. — 

 Rami floriferi angulati tomentosi aculeis falcatis rectisve saepe 

 infra petiolos oppositis foliisque ternatis instructi; paniculae 

 terminalis basi solum foliiferae (interdum aphyllae) elongatae 

 ramuli erecto-patentes pilis brevibus patentibus tomentosi acu- 

 leisque sparsis falcatis vel uncinatis muniti; bracteae ovatae 

 breves tomentosae saepe trifidae. Calyces inermes albo-tomentosi, 

 sepalis in flore et fructu reflexis, petala suborbicularia vel ellip- 

 tica basi attenuata externe stellulato-puberula; stamina numerosa 

 stylos paullulum superantia antheris plerumque parce pilosis; 

 germina pilosa; fructus atro-violacei, putamen semiorbiculare. 



Crescit in Tauria et in provinciis transcaucasicis. Extra 

 Rossiam occurrit in convallibus Himalayae occidentalis, in Persia, 

 Armenia, Asia minore, Syria, Creta et verosimile in peninsula 

 Graeca. 



4. R. tomentosus Borkh. — Specimina Rossica eglandu- 

 losa esse solent. In Caucaso et montibus vicinis repertus. — 

 Crescit in Persia, Asia minore, Syria, per omnem Europam 

 australem; in Hispania vero rarius occurrere videtur. 



5. B-. Raddeanus n. sp. 



Turiones angulati pilis longis sparsis hirsuti aculeisque sub- 

 aequalibus validis rectiusculis muniti; folia ternata vel foliolis 

 lateralibus partitis quaterna, verosimile quoque quinata occur- 

 runt. Petioli longi sulcati parce hirsuti; stipulae imo petiolo 

 adnatae filiformes; foliola tenuia subaequaliter argute serrata, 

 supra dense sericeo-pilosa, subtus tomento tenui adpresso albi- 

 cantia, terminale ovale, basi subcordato-truncatum, apicem versus 

 trianguläre acutum vel acuminatum, lateralia manifeste petiolulata 

 saepe biloba vel partita, ita ut folium pedatum evadat. 



Rami floriferi angulati parce hirsuti aculeis subaequalibus 

 parvis rectiusculis vel reclinatis vel falcatis muniti; paniculae 

 elongatae angustae laxae multiflorae ramuli inferiores distantes 

 racemigeri, superiores magis approximati breves erecto-patentes 

 pauciflori vel uniflori, ita ut racemus terminalis evadat; rami 

 pedunculique hirsuti aculeolati, bracteae longae lineares angustae 

 hirsutae saepe trifidae lacinulis filiformibus. Flores spectabiles, 

 calyces tomentoso-hirsuti, sepala pedunculis breviora mucronata 

 in flore reflexa; petala oblonga vel obovata, stamina numerosa 

 stylos fere aequantia, receptaculum hirsutum, germina glabra. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



