242 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Riibi. 



infimis intermediis dissitis, paniculce angustce valde hirsutce ramis 



ascendentibus. 

 R. carpinifolius, Rub. Germ. 36. t. 13 ; £ng. Bot. Suppl. 2664. 



Stem suherectj ultimately arching, clothed with fascicles of 

 straight spreading hairs, angular when young. Prickles nume- 

 rous, of moderate size, equal, hairy, tipped with yellow. Leaflets 

 slightly hairy above, more so and paler beneath. Panicle prickly, 

 compact, often slightly setose, usually with short ascending few- 

 flowered branches, or with a simple close panicle. Flowers and 

 fruit contemporaneous. 



Hedges, rare. July to September. 



Ohs. 1 . It has been well observed by Dr. Bell Salter, that the 

 mode of growth of the barren shoot of this species is very similar 

 to that observed in R. nitidus. In the present case the autumnal 

 secondary growth more generally takes place, but during the 

 summer months it is truly suberect. The young shoots are 

 usually angular, but the matured wood seldom shows much trace 

 of the angles. 



Ohs. 2. A variety with rose-coloured flowers, flaccid leaves and 

 more angular stem is noticed in the ^ Rubi Germ.^ and mentioned 

 as " an extremely beautiful " plant by Dr. Salter, who also ob- 

 serves that this form has a few scattered glands in the panicle. 



17. R. macrophylius (W. et N.); caule arcuate anguloso hirto, 

 aculeis paucis parvis rectis sequalibus, foliis quinatis mucronato- 

 serratis subtus pallida viridibus pubescentibusque, foliolo termi- 

 nali elliptico-ovato, infimis petiolatis intermediis dissitis, paniculce 

 composite elongato-corymhoscd ramis ascendentibus. 



R. macrophyllus, Ruh. Germ. 35. t. 12 ; Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2625. 



Stem long, purplish, more or less hairy or nearly glabrous. 

 Prickles short, thick at the base, distant. Leaflets irregularly 

 but doubly serrate, acute, or with a long point, downy or di- 

 stantly pilose beneath. Prickles on the panicle small. 



jS. Schlechtendalii (Bab.) ; foliolo terminal! obovato-cuneato cuspi- 

 dato irregulariter duplicato-serrato, aculeis majoribus. Bab. Man. 

 95. 



R. Schlechtendalii, Rub. Germ. 34. t. 11. 



y. amplijicatus ; foliolo terminal! ut in var. /3. sed saepe subtus pal- 

 lido, paniculae longissimse angustse infeme foliosae ramis erecto- 

 ascendentibus : pubescentia flavescente. 



R. amplificatus. Lees MSS. ! 



Hedges and thickets, rare. July and August. 



Obs. 1. These plants are usually quite without setse on the bar- 

 ren shoot, but even on English specimens I believe that a very few 

 may occasionally be detected. On Irish (Killarney) specimens 

 of the typical variety short setse are moderately abundant, and a 



