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Smith’s gems in E. B. tb. 2196 (1810), hitherto accepted 
as the earliest, runs :—‘ Fruit nearly globose, smooth, as well as 
the ilower-stalks. Prickles of the stem slightly ho hooked. Leaflets 
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branched, and very prickly. Prickles scattered, slightly hooked, 
deflexed. Leaflets broad-ovate or roundish, smooth, their ribs 
and veins hairy at the back. Flower-stalks often solitary, often 
2-3 together, smooth. Petals pale blush- colon 
Smith’s fuller description in Eng. F'. ii. p. 393, is as follows: 
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i r glandular. 
small, of a light ~— nike, Floral receptacle very flat. Styles 
distinct. Fruit orange-coloured, roundish ovate, sometimes almost 
exactly mp eee nk with the upright persistent segments of 
the o ut its own length.” 
but a in Smith’ s herbarium are of the former 
Their prickles are se and straight, stouter-based than in most 
involuta —. and practically uniform, though there is only a 
ort piece of stem. Those on the branches are smaller, but there 
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nerves. 
Peduncles short. Calyx-tube globose, fruit not formed. Sepals 
smooth and eglandular, fully pinnate. A separate fruit on the 
sheet is small and globose, not ovoid nor urceolate. An author's 
Specimen at — differs materially in its el A stout hooked 
prickles from long bases, and its large elliptical nate leaflets 
