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sctosp, prickfe .1 small slender very uneq\ial rather numerous 
straisflit ilecliuiiif;, /. 5-nate or 0-nate p;reeu on both sides pilose 
above bairy beneath, lead, oval-euspidate or ovate-laneeolate, 
|)auiele very setose and toinentose or bairy priekly raeeniose 
leat’y below : setee very unequal j)urple, eal. j)atent or loosely 
clasping the fr. setose. — Setie very numerous and very unequal. 
Panicle with rather distant a.xillai'y branches which are somewhat 
corymbose and short. — a. hirfus; 1. large 5-nate, lead, oval cus- 
pidate, ])anicle toinentose. R. G. 43. — /3. Menkii ; 1. moderate 
5- or ,3-nate, lead, oval-laneeolate, jianielc hairy, cal. jirickly. 
R. G. 22. — Rare. a. Dumfries-shire. Sussex. Salop, fi. Ton- 
bridge AVells. Sh. VII. VIII. E. S. 
27- R. fflandulosus (Ilell.) ; st. arched or declining terete or 
slightly angular hairy setose, prickles small slender unequal 
straight declining, 1. 3-nate or 5-nate green on both sides pilose 
above bairy beneath, lead, oval obovate or obovate-lanceolate, 
panicle very setose and hairy or toinentose prickly corymbose 
leafy below : seta short nearly equal purple, cal. of fr. loosely 
clasping or rede.xed setose. — a. Bellardi ; st. terete sparingly 
hairy very setose, prickles all small very numerous, leajl. oval 
cuspidate regularly and dnely serrate, panicle but little divided 
toinentose with numerous slender straight horizontal prickles 
its summit and few long distant few-dowered branches corymbose. 
R. G. 44. E. B. S. 2883. — f3. Lejeunii ; st. slightly angular 
sparingly hairy and setose, prickles mostly small a few larger, 
lead, oval-cuspidate or obovate-laneeolate unequally but rather 
dnely scYTa.tc, panicle branched densely tomentose with numerous 
short sunken setae and slender declining or slightly dedexed 
prickles. jR. G. 31. — y. rosaceus ; st. slightly angular hauy very 
setose, prickles very unequal, lead, obovate or obovate-lanceolate 
acuminate coarsely and unequally serrate, panicle branched 
below (often with two principal branches) corymbose above 
hairy with long protruded seta and declining or slightly dedexed 
prickles. R. G. 36. — 8. dentatus ; st. slightly angular pilose 
setose, prickles few and small, leafl. ovate cusjiidate cordate below 
unequally ajncidate-dcMfate, panicle hairy with many short setse 
and few slender straight declining prickles ; branches few short 
distant (bvai-icated few-dowered corymbose. Bab. in A. N. H.xix. 
17 . — Rare. a. Terrington Car, Yorkshire, ilfr. Spruce. 5. Twy- 
cross, Leicestershire. Rev. A. Bloxam. Sh. VII. VIII. E. 
28. R. G'untheri (AVeihe) ; st. arched slightly angular setose 
with scattered \\a\vs., prickles numerous unequal strai^t declining 
some strong but short, 1. 3-nate or 5-nate unequally dentate-serrate 
green on both sides glabrous above paler and pilose on the veins 
beneath, lead, broadly obovate cuspidate, panicle thyrsoid hairy 
leafy below mth few slender straight declining prickles and short 
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