238 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 



and panicle with numerous long straight prickles (in which re- 

 spect it differs from the figure quoted above from the ' E-ubi 

 Germ/) and a few setse ; branches short, patent or divaricated. 



/3. vestitus (Bell Salt. !) ; caule aestivo suberecto, follolis subrotundis 

 acutis Tn\icroii2ito-dentatis subtus pallida viridibus albidisve. Phytol. 

 ii. 105. 



R. vestitus. Rub. Germ. 81. t. 33. 



R. diversifolius, Lindl. 8yn. ed. 1. 83. 



R. villicaulis, height. ! Fl. Shrop. 231. 



R. villicaulis a, Bab. Man. 95. 



y. argenteus (Bell Salt. I) ; caulis pubescentia densa argenteaque, 

 foliolo terminali subrotundo-obovato acuminato duplicato-c?ew?a^o 

 subtus albo sericeo micanteque, caulis paniculseque aculeis maxi- 

 mis, paniculse ramis inferioribus elongatis et erecto-patentibus. 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 366. 



R. villicaulis jS, 5a6. Maw. 95. 



Hedges and thickets. yS. in shady places. 7. Channel Islands. 

 Sussex and Isle of Wight, Dr. Bell Salter. July and August. 



Obs. I fully concur with my friend Dr. Bell Salter in com- 

 bining these three plants, although it would be difficult to believe 

 that they are only varieties if the extreme forms alone were be- 

 fore us. The remarkably round leaflets and somewhat suberect 

 habit of R. vestitus, and the branching corymbose and often very 

 straggling panicle of R. argenteus would undoubtedly afford good 

 distinguishing marks, did we not see numerous intermediate 

 forms connecting both of them with the typical R. leucostachys. 



12. R. sylvaticus (W. et N.) ; caule arcuate anguloso subteretive 

 piloso, aculeis paulo insequalibus tenuibus rectis, foliis quinatis 

 subtus mollibus micantibus pallideque viridibus, foliolo terminali 

 cordato-ovato apiculato, paniculce composites foliosce ramis brevibus. 



R. sylvaticus, Rub. Germ. 41. t. 15. 



R. villicaulis y, Bab. Man. 95. 



Stem not furrowed, often nearly round ; pubescence of shining 

 patent nearly parallel hairs. Prickles moderate, rather nume- 

 rous, declining, hairy at their base, not quite confined to the 

 angles. Leaflets serrate, usually tinged with purple on the veins 

 beneath. Flowering shoot and panicle with short slender prickles 

 and setse usually sunk in the dense pubescence; floral leaves 

 usually ^-fid or simple. 



/3. villicaulis ; foliolo terminali ovali rotundatove cuspidato, paniculae 

 ramis longioribus : aculeis validioribus, caulis aculeis subsequali- 

 bus sparsis. 



R. viUicaulis, Rub. Germ. 43. t. 17. 



Rather rare. Bath; Killarney; Loch Eil and Linlithgow. 



