. Annals of natural history. Natural history; Plants. 2. , (Mack, in Trans. Roy. Ir. Acad. xiv. 166.) Calyce villoso, bracteis ovatis laxis, foliis junioribus subtus villosis te- nuibus, spinis primariis exiguis tetragonis minutissime scabris, caulibus hirsutis, floribus terminalibus. U. strictus, Mack. 1. c. Lindl. Syn. ed. 2. p. 322. U. Hibernicus, G. Don, Syst. Bot. and Gard. 2. 148. Here the spines are slender, flexible, and short, ascending at an acute angle from the stem, tetragonal with an interme- diate rib upon one of the sides, minutely scabrous, alternately branched from t


. Annals of natural history. Natural history; Plants. 2. , (Mack, in Trans. Roy. Ir. Acad. xiv. 166.) Calyce villoso, bracteis ovatis laxis, foliis junioribus subtus villosis te- nuibus, spinis primariis exiguis tetragonis minutissime scabris, caulibus hirsutis, floribus terminalibus. U. strictus, Mack. 1. c. Lindl. Syn. ed. 2. p. 322. U. Hibernicus, G. Don, Syst. Bot. and Gard. 2. 148. Here the spines are slender, flexible, and short, ascending at an acute angle from the stem, tetragonal with an interme- diate rib upon one of the sides, minutely scabrous, alternately branched from their very base, never (as far as I have ob- served) producing flowers. The flowers are rarely produced at all; when present they are few in number, springing from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, R. and J. E. Taylor


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