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Rosace®. 
middle lateral leaflets; other characters as in the last. 
R. discolor Merc.—T. W. Y. B. L. U. Z. S. and probably 
distrib., rather earlier than the last bifrons Vest. 686. 
57 (53). Shoots angular-furrowed, arched-ascending, gen. rather 
hairy. Leaflets glabr. above or, more often, with scattered 
hairs. Ovaries glabr. or with scattered hairs. (Stas gen. 
exceeding the styles) ...... 58 
— Shoots high-arched or almost erect, gen. entirely 
glabr. during their whole development. Leaflets (of the 
shoot) almost always entirely glabr. above. Ovaries 
glabr. (comp. R. candicans). Type of R. thyrsoideus 59 
58. Leaflets broad-oval or roundish-oval, acute or short- 
acuminate, soft-tomentose underneath. Panicle of mo¬ 
derate length, broad, often very compound, with stiff 
branches, often branched above the middle, the upper 
ones in corymb so that the panicle which is rather 
bulky and densely fid, is broad at the top; axis villous, 
gen. with fairly vigorous sickle-shaped prickles. R. dis¬ 
color Grml. Beitr.—W. Y. B. L. Z. S. 6, 7 
macrostemon Focke. 687. 
— Leaflets oval-elliptic, long-acuminate, with applied 
tomentum underneath. Panicle elongated, lax, with very 
spreading branches, often few-fld; axis tomentose, scarcely 
villous. R. Winteri P. J. Mull.—Yaud, Geneva, Freiburg, 
Lucerne. ..... pubescens Weihe. 688. 
59. Panicle elongated, pyramidal, thinner towards the top, 
often more or less mixed with Is of which the lateral 
edges are turned upwards. Stas, even when spreading, 
decidedly exceeding the styles. Leaflets oval or elliptic, 
acuminate. Shoots almost always angular-furrowed. R. 
afgenteus Grml. Beitr. not W. N.; R. argyropsis Focke. 
— V. Z. S. 6, 7 . . . thyrsanthus Focke. 689. 
— Panicle elongated, narrow, almost of equal breadth, with 
few prickles, leafless, i. e. leafy only at the base. Stas 
as high as the styles, almost in the same plane. Leaflets, 
especially the young ones, narrower than in the other 
Discolores, with rather broad, but fairly deep teeth. 
Shoots gen. with flat sides. R. thyrsoideus Wimm. p.— 
Y. J. B. L. Z. S. 6, 7 . . candicans Weihe. 690.*) 
Suberecti. 
60 (46). Shoot cylindric or obtuse-angular, and, except the 
extremity, often slightly pruinose. Prickles small, nar¬ 
row-conic, straight, gen. of a blackish red colour. Ls, 
in weak pis, often only ternate, in vigorous pis quinate 
*) R. elatior Focke. See Beitr. 50. Lausanne. 
