116 26. EOSACBa). 



28. JR. scdber (Weihe) ; st. arcuate-prostrate subangular sub- 

 sulcate, prickles stroTig short nearly equal declining or deflexed 

 from a long compresaed base, aciculi setse and hairs few very 

 short, 1. 3— 5-nate, Its. doubly dentate opaque and pilose above 

 pale green and pilose beneath, term. It. broadly obovate cuspi- 

 date or acuminate subcordate below, pan. subpyramidal leafy 

 felted truncate or blunt at the end its axillary branches erect- 

 patent racemose the ultra-axillaiy racemose-corymbose or simple 

 its pricldes short decKuing or detiexed from a long base its aci- 

 culi strong its setse and hairs nearly equal, sen. ovate-acuminate 

 loosely reflexed from the fruit. — R. O. 32.— Stam. inflexed ex- 

 ceeding styles. — The typical plant is slender and elegant, pan. 

 often nearly simple with long peduncles. The large form (iJ. 

 Bahingtonii 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. VIU. 



E. 



29. R. rudis (Weihe) ; st, arcuate angular subsulcate, prickles 

 strong conical compressed nearly equal subpateut exceeding the , 

 nearly eqiial and short aciculi setee and hairs, 1. quinate, Its. coarsely 

 and doubly se7Tate{oT\ohtAe-s6Ti[tde) ffreenish-white-felted beneath, 

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

 leafy its branches ascending corymlDose-racemose the uppermost 

 and ultra-axillary divaricate its rachis straight its prickles strong 

 declining or deflexed from a long base the uppermost slender, 

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

 equal not scattered prickles, short aciculi setse and hairs,jaggea. 

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

 species. Pet. white. Stam. exceeding styles. — Hedges and 

 thickets. Sh. Vn. Vm. E.S.I. 



30. R. Rddula (Weihe) ; st. arcuate angular, prickles slender * 

 declining from a dilated compressed base exceeding the many 

 shoriunequal aciculi setce and hairs, 1. quinate-pedate, Its. finely 

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

 term. It. obovate 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. R. Radula (Weihe) ; prickles on the 

 St. unequal, term. It. obovate acuminate. Connivent stam. much 

 exceeding styles. E. B. 8. 452. R. G. 89.— ,8. R. Leightonii 

 (Lees) ; prickles on the st. nearly equal, term. It. obovate cuspi- 

 date. — y. denticulatus (Bab.) ; term. It. broadly quadrangular- 

 obovate cuspidate subcordate below broadly but faintly dentate 

 the teeth denticulate.— Hedges. Sh. VH. VIH. E. S. I. 



