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remarkable, and the very open panicle. Sometimes the 1. are 
quinate. A subvariety, B. dentatus Blox., has a slightly angular 
stem, Its. ovate-acuminate-cuspidate with a cordate base ashy 
green beneath, lateral Its. patent or ascending. — /3. R. hirtus 
(W. & K.) ; 1. quinate coarsely and unequally serrate with long 
and dense hairs on the veins and shining beneath, term. It. 
subcordate-ovate-acuminate, pan. often long its branches race- 
mose or corymbose shortly setose its rachis nearly straight. 
R. G. 43. R.fuscus Lees. A subvariety, R. rotundifolius Blox., 
R. deflexidens Boul.?, has a slightly angular stem, 1. ternate or 
rarely quinate. Its. doubly dentate cuspidate, term. It. nearly 
round with a subccrdatebase. — 7. R. Reuteri (Merc.) ; 1. quinate 
coarsely and rather doubly dentate-serrate with few hairs on 
the veins beneath, term. It. obovate-rhomboidal acuminate, 
pan. truncate its branches short subcorymbose few-flowered 
upper 1 — 3-flowered very aciculate setose and hairy, rachis 
nearly straight. Much more hairy and setose than the other 
forms and with some stronger declining or deflexed prickles 
on the stem.-Woods. Sh. VII. VITI. E. T. 
(5) Ccesii. Stems most often arcuate-prostrate, terete or 
slightly angular, usually with a glaucous bloom ; aciculi 
and setae few or none ; prickles unequal. 
42. R. Balfouridnus (Blox.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly 
round patently pilose, aciculi and setae few, prickles slender 
unequal scattered patent from an oblong subcompressed base, 
1. quinate. Its. dentate-serrate green on both sides rugose and 
pilose above hairy (not felted) beneath, term. It. cordate or 
ovate acute, basal Its. subsessile imbricate, pan. loose leafy 
hairy rather setose its branches long distant few-flowered 
racemose-corymbose erect-patent, sep. ovate-amminate erect- 
patent, styles pale flesh-coloured, fr. obloKg its torus oblong 
stalked. — A very variable plant, approaching R. cori/lifoluts 
in some states. Pet. pale pink. Stam. exceeding styles. — 
Hedges. Sh. VII. VIII. E.I. 
43. R. corylifdlius (Sm.) ; st. arcuate-prostrate nearly round 
or obtuse-angled nearly glabrous, aciculi setae and subsessile 
glands very f ew,prickles subulate slender nearly equal subpatent 
or rarely deflexed from a long base, 1. quinate. Its. doubly ser- 
rate green on both sides rugose with scattered hairs above paler 
Sind felted beneath, term. It. roundly cordate or ovate cuspidate or 
acirminate, basal Its. subsessile imbricate, pan. and its branches' 
subcorymbose, sep. ovate cuspidate refiexed from the fruit, pet. 
roundly ovate,styles greenish,torus oblong stalked. — St. slightly 
glaucous. Pan. usually with 2 or 3 long axillary branches, 
