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panicle is not leafy to the summit, but the upper branches are 

 subtended by trifid bracts. It agrees so well in most other re- 

 spects and in general appearance with that plate, that I have very 

 little doubt of its claims to the name of R. foliosics. 



21. jR. Lingua (Weihe) ; caule procumbente arcuatove subanguloso 

 aspero, aculeis insequalibus subrectis declinatis, aciculis setis pi- 

 lisque paucis brevibus, foliis quinatis ternatisve subglabris subtus 

 palUde viridibus albidisve hirtis, foliolo terminali ovate abrupte 

 cuspidato, panicula laxce ramis sapissime unijloris, foliis floralibus 

 simplicibus magnis, sepalis ovatis tomentosis cuspidatis a fructu 

 laxe reflexis. 



R. Lingua, Rubi Germ. 88. t. 38. 



Stem green or greenish purple. Prickles not very numerous, 

 moderate, purphsh yellow, fewer than in the preceding species and 

 less decidedly larger than the aciculi. Leaves usually green on 

 both sides ; terminal leaflet generally remarkably abrupt, lower 

 pair stalked. Panicle nearly simple with very long pedicels or 

 2 — 3-flowered branches, leafy below ; lower floral leaves ternate, 

 upper simple ; rachis and branches clothed with an ashy tomen- 

 tum, short setse and slender purplish prickles. Calyx greenish. 



/3. tomentosus ; foliolo terminali acuminato subtus tomentoso albido- 



cinerascente, paniculse ramis corymbosis subtrifloris. 

 R. scaber. Rub, Germ. t. 32 ? 



Oakhampton, Devon; Jardine Hall, Dumfries-shire. ^, Jer- 

 sey. Poole, Dorset, Dr. Bell Salter. July to September. 



Obs. 1. The Oakhampton plant agrees very exactly with the 

 plate in the ' Rubi Germ.' In it one or two of the lowermost 

 branches of the panicle have more than one flower, the others 

 being reduced to a single flower, which thus appears to be pro- 

 vided with a peduncle of at least an inch in length. The Dum- 

 fries-shire specimens only differ by having these branches all 

 very much shorter so as to give a close appearance to the panicle. 

 In this latter plant the flowers and fruit are contemporaneous. 



Obs. 2. The var. ^. tomentosus has the general appearance of 

 R. scaber (Weihe) as represented in the ' Rubi Germ.,' but that 

 plant has much smaller and more decidedly hooked prickles on 

 its barren stem, and the under side of all its leaves pale green 

 and only slightly pubescent. It probably is a state of this 

 species. 



It seems doubtful, as suggested by Dr. Salter, if R. Lingua 

 will not ultimately be shown to be a form of R. Radula, 



[To be continued.] 



