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with the aoiculi and setse. L. pale green beneath; lower leaf!, 
nsnally sessile ; term, leafl. rather broad below. Petioles with 
hooked prickles. Panicle with many short hairs and setse and 
long strong jirickles. — (i. candicans ; st. and ])ctioles less prickly 
much more hairy, 1. white beneath, lead, rather broad at the 
base : lower pair stalked, panicle very hairy. — y. echinatus ; st. 
and petioles very j)rickly, 1. the same colour on both sides hard 
with rather rigid hairs beneath, lead, rather narrow at the base : 
lower pair stalked, panicle with long hairs longer setse and aeieuli 
and many small slender prickles. R. echinatus Lindl. Syn. ed. 
1. Leight. Shrop. not Bab. ed. 1. — S. subglaher •, st. and 
petioles witli nearly ecpial jirickles few short setse short aeieuli 
and very few hairs, 1. ajiiculate-dentate glabrous above downy 
beneath, lead, cordate eusjiidate, jianicle diffuse downy with 
scarcely any jirominent hairs setse and aeieuli short prickles long. 
— Isle of Wight. Dorset. Salop. Leicestershire, ji. Malvern. 
y. Salop. 8. Hertford. Bath. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
25. R. Koekleri (Weihe) ; st. deeurved or jirocumbent hairy 
setose, prickles numerous strong very unequal mostly straight, 
1. 5-nate ojiaque above hairy and soft beneath, lead, obovate or 
elli])tieal acuminate, lower pair stalked not overlapping the 
iuterni. pair, panicle branched leafy below prickly setose, cal. of 
fr. spreading or redexed. — a. Koehleri ; prickles very numerous 
unequal straight slightly declining, hairs few, leaji. obovate 
acuminate, panicle tomentose above with spreading corymbose 
branches and numerous long straight prickles. R. G. 25. E. B. S. 
2()05. Barren stem almost covered with very numerous prickles 
aeieuli and setae. — /3. cuspidatus ; jirickles short straight hori- 
zontal, hairs few, leaJl. obovate cuspidate, ])anicle tomentose 
above with short spreading corymbose branches numerous setaj 
and scattered short straight prickles. R. glandulosus Sm. — 
y. pallidus ; ju’ickles sleinler straight declining, hairs rather nu- 
merous, leaji. o5oyate-ellij)tical acuminate, panicle subtomentose 
above with racemose-corymbose branches numerous setae and 
rather numerous short strong declining or dejlexed prickles. 
R. G. 29. — 8. infestus ; prickles rather numerous stout short 
strongly declining, hairs and setae and very short aeieuli few', leaji. 
oblong acuminate pale green and dovray beneath, panicle oblong 
with short few-dowered branches and numerous long slender de- 
clining prickles. Prickles even hooked, short, with thick bases. 
— e.fuscus; prickles rather few declining, aeieuli setae and hairs 
rather numerous, leaji. elliptical subcordate cuspidate, panicle 
narrow with short few-dowered corymbose branches and short 
slender prickles. R. G. 27. R. fusco-ater Leight. R. Koehleri 
/3. fusco-ater Bab. ed. 1. Panicle with long unequal prominent 
setae. — Common. 8. Killarney. Sh. VII. VIII. 
26. R. hirtus (W. and N.); st. “procumbent terete” hairy 
