114 26. KOSAciiia;. 



its prickles short declining or deflexed from a long base its aci- 

 culi strong its setse -ajid hairs- nearly equal, sep. ovate-aCuminate 

 loosely reflexed from . the fruit. — JR. G. 32. — The topical plant 

 is slender and elegant/ pan. often nearly simple with long pe- 

 dunclefe. The large form (H. Babingtomi Bell-Salt.) is often 

 an enormous plant with' very rough long prostrate stems, a very 

 large panicle with very large and long branches. Pet. white. — 

 Open woods. Sh. VII. VIII. E; 



38. -K. rudis (Weihe) ; st. arcuate angular .suhsiilcate, pricklgs 

 strong conical compressed nearly equal suhpatent exceeding the 

 nea/rly equal and, short acicidi set<s and hairs, 1. quinate, Us. coarsely 

 attd doubly serrate (or loBate-serrate) greenish-white-feltedbeneath, 

 term. It. elliptic or broa,dly oblong-obovate acuminate, pan. long 

 leafy its branches ascending corymbose-racemose the uppermost 

 and ultra-axUlary divaricate its raohis straight its prickles strong 

 declining or deflexed from a long base the uppei-most slender; 

 Sep. ovate-attenuate strongly reflexed. — R. G. 40. — ^The nearly 

 equal not scattered prickles, short aciculi set» and hairs, jagged^ 

 Its. felted beneath, and strongly reflexed sepals are marks of this 

 species. Pet. white. — Hedges, and thickets. Sh. VII. VIII. 



E:S.I. 



29. a. Mddula (Weihe) ; st. arcuate angular, prickles slender 

 declining from a dilated Qompressed, base exceeding the many 

 short unequal acicidi seta and hairs, 1. quinate-pedate. Its. finely 

 but doubly and patently dentate greenish-white-fdted beneath, 

 tiarm. It. ohovate acuminate or subcuspidate,, pan. long leafy its 

 branches short corymbose ascending its prickles strong declining 

 from a long base the uppermost slender, sep. ovate loosely re- 

 flexed from the fruit. — a. S,. Hadtda (Weihe) ; prickles, on the 

 St. unequal, term. It. ohovate acummate. R. G. 39. — j3. R. 

 Leightonii (Lees); prickles on the sti nearly equal, term. It. 

 ohovate cuspidate-r-iyi: denticulaius ; term. It. broadly quadran- 

 gular-ohovate cuspidate subcordate below broadly but faintly 

 dentate the teeth- denticulate. — Hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



(4) Glandtdosi. Stems arcuate-prostr*te or prostrate, root- 

 ing, hairy. Prickles abundant, very unequal, scattered, 

 passing gradually into abundant aciculi and, setae. 



a. Koehleriani. Leaves quinate, or rarely temate. Prickles 

 and setsa thickened at tkeir base. 



30. iJ. -KbeAfej-j (Weihe).;' St. arcuate-prostrate roundish or 

 angular pilose, prickles very unequal slightly declining from 'a 

 compressed base, aciculi and setfe very unequal. Us. unequally 

 01 rather doubly dentate crcn aiowpale green hairy on the veins 



