Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 245 



/3. Leightonii (Bell Salt. !) ; foliolo terminali rotundato-obovato 



abrupte cuspidato. , Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 367. 

 R. Leightoni, Lees in Leight, Ft. Shrop. 233. 



y. Reichenbachii (Bell Salt. !) ; foliolo terminali subrotundo, caule 



hirsuto aciculis setisque paucis. Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 368, 

 R. Reichenbachii, Rub. Germ. 87. t. 37. 



d. attenuatus ; foliolo terminali obovato longissime acuminate subtus 



pallide viridi. 

 R. echinatus, Bah. Man. 9&. not. Lindl. 



Hedges in the south. yS. Shropshire ; y. Isle of Wight, Dr. 

 Bell Salter 'y 8. Somersetshire, Shropshire and Leicestershire. 

 July. 



Obs. 1. After much consideration I have formed the same 

 opinion as Dr. Bell Salter upon this and the following species.. 

 The usually very setose rachis of the much-branched panicle, and 

 the coarsely serrate and even jagged leaves distinguish this plant 

 from the following, although occasionally one or the other cha- 

 racter is wanting. In var. /3. the leaves are usually rather finely 

 but yet irregularly serrate, and in some forms of var. a. the rachis 

 has a few setae. In all the forms the sepals are very strongly re- 

 flexed from the fruit, and even closely adpressed to the peduncle ; 

 they are also clothed with numerous dark setse and have gene- 

 rally a leafy point. 



Obs. 2. The vars. 7. and S. have very much the appearance of 

 being distinct species, and would be so considered did not inter- 

 mediate states occur. Var. S. is remarkable for having its leaf- 

 lets gradually narrowed into a long jagged point, the base being 

 occasionally narrowed in a similar manner. An incorrectly named, 

 and supposed authentic specimen caused me formerly to consider 

 this as R. echinatus (Lindl.), which I have now ascertained to be- 

 long to R. fusco-ater of Weihe. 



Obs. 3. A Silesian specimen named R. Kcehleri from Gra- 

 bowski, one of the authors of the excellent ' Fl. Silesise,' does not 

 agree with the description in that work, and appears to be a much 

 less prickly form of my var. attenuatus of the present species. 



20. It. Radula (Weihe) ; caule arcuato procumbenteve anguloso as- 

 pero, aculeis inaequalibus tenuibus basi dilatatis sparsis aciculos et 

 setas pilosque insequales crebros longe excedentibuSj/o/iV^ quinatis 

 insequaliter argute serratis, foliolis acuminatis, paniculae longae 

 foliosse superne ultra- axillaris ramis brevibus corymbosis, sepalis 

 ovatis tomentosis a fructu laxe reflexis. 



R. Radula, Bell Salter in Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 367. 



Stem green or greenish purple. Prickles mostly large, but a 

 few smaller passing insensibly into aciculi. Leaves dark green 

 above, paler beneath ; lower pair of leaflets stalked. Panicle 



