130 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Crianlarich (Rev. E. S. Marshall). Stirlingshire about Stirling 

 and Gargunnock. ... I should say that its nearest allies in 

 our list are R. pulcherrimus, Neum., and R. Lindebergii, P. J. 

 Muell. ; but its peculiar leaves, glabrous stem, and very different 

 colouring, make it recognisable from both at a glance, nor do I 

 think it possible for any careful observer to confuse the living bush 

 with other British forms. The following are its most marked 

 characters : It grows in large, rather low, circular masses, with 

 glabrous, shining stem, green, rhamnifolian, nearly glabrous leaves, 

 a remarkably broad subrotund-cuspidate terminal leaflet, and a 

 long, very narrow, more or less flexuous panicle with large flowers, 

 long stamens, pinkish-lilac petals, and gray-green sepals, which are 

 only loosely reflexed on the fall of the petals, and become more or 

 less subpatent afterwards." 



" R. hirtifolius, Muell. and Wirtg., var. danicus, Focke. West 

 Perth common, Callander, Loch Earn, Lake of Monteith, etc. 

 Mid Perth Knock of Crieff (a form intermediate between type 

 and variety), Crianlarich (E. S. Marshall). Argyle Dalmally (E. S. 

 Marshall). Stirlingshire in two localities (Messrs. Kidston and 

 Stirling). Mid Ebudes Coll (S. M. Macvicar). Sutherland. A 

 plant gathered by Mr. F. J. Hanbury at Tongue is probably this." 



" The following is Dr. Focke's note on the West Perth specimens : 

 ' This is indeed my Rubus danicus, which I put as a variety 

 under R. hirtifolius, Muell. and Wirtg. It is a plant that is nearly 

 intermediate between R. macrophyllus and R. pyramidalis. Terminal 

 leaflet much more rounded than in either species.' ... It seems to 

 me much nearer to var. Schlechtendalii than to typical macrophyllus, 

 though distinguished from botli without difficulty by the ascending 

 sepals (common to it and to R. hirtifolius) and the very differently 

 shaped terminal leaflet. The more roundish cuspidate-acuminate 

 terminal leaflet is also one of the characters by which danicus is 

 distinguished from typical hirtifolius, together with the more hairy 

 under surface of the leaves and the luxuriant panicle with more 

 conspicuously hairy rachis and more showy flowers. The bracts 

 are usually somewhat gland-ciliate, and the pedicels occasionally a 

 little glandular ; but generally it seems a more nearly eglandular 

 plant than the type, though that also, like many of its allies, is 

 variable in this respect. The petals are white, and the sepals 

 reflexed in flower, but quickly becoming patent." 



" R. melanoxylon, Muell. and Wirtg. West Perth, fairly common, 

 seemingly distinct, in spite of considerable variation in armature. 

 Callander Crags ; near L. Vennachar and L. Earn ; moor between 

 Callander and Port of Monteith. Dr. Focke writes : ' The species 

 is not well known, and its limits are quite uncertain. Your plant 

 from Scotland, however, is more like the original specimens than 

 anything I met with under this name.' ... It seems nearly allied 



