Dr. T. Bell Salter on somefoiins of Rubus. 369 



strongly nerved beneath. Panicle leafy below, branched. Rachis 

 tomentosc, sparingly prickly. Calyx ovate, tomcntose, reflected 

 in fruit. Flowers July and August. 

 Hab. Hedges near Poole in Dorsetshire. 

 Syn, R. Radula, W, and N. p. 89. tab. 39. 



11. /3. Hystrix. — Glands and seta fewer. Leaves less channeled 



above, and less strongly nerved beneath. 



Hab. Shady woods in the south. 



Sijn, R. Hystrix, W. and N. p. 92. tab. 41. R. Koehleri, var. 

 pallidus, Borrer. 



13. 7. pygmceus. — Stem terete, slender. Prickles slender, de- 

 clining. 

 Hab. Killarney, Kerry, Mr. Babington. Leigh Wood near 



Bristol, Mr. H. 0. Stephens. 



Syn. R. pygmseus {Weihe)j W. and N. p. 93. tab. 42. 



13. 8. foliosus. — Panicle more leafy with simple leaves. 



Hab. Glen Ealloch, Perthshire, and Braid Hills near Edin- 

 burgh, Mr. Babington. 



Syn. R. foliosus [Weihe], W. and N. p. 74. tab. 28. 



This bramble may be distinguished from the last species, with 

 which however it has been often confounded, by the more slender 

 stem J which is of a pale colour, either green or purplish green; by 

 the gradual transition of the prickles into setae; by the pale green 

 of the leaf, which is less jagged; by the calyx , which is broader 

 and shorter than in rudis, has never as in that species the leafy 

 point, and is clothed with a whitish tomentum instead of the dark 

 setae; there are however on the calyx a few scattered glands. 

 Other points of difference are, that the panicle is less branched, 

 leafy only below, except in 8, with ternate leaves. Rachis sparingly 

 prickly and not setose ; the peduncles however are glandulose. 

 The petals are large and of a bright rose-colour. The first form 

 is the R. Radula of the author of the species. It is that of ex- 

 posed situations, and has the characters of the species best de- 

 veloped. It is the most glandulose, and has the beautiful chan- 

 neling of the leaves in the course of the ramifications best 

 marked, — a character pointed out to me by my friend Mr. Ba- 

 bington. 



The var. p. Hystrix is the form of shaded woods, and is the 

 most common. The glands are much fewer, and the leaves less 

 grooved and less pale beneath. 



The var. 7. pygmcms is altogether a more feeble plant. 



The var. 8. foliosus j which was first brought under my notice 



